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Ships currently on order for delivery in 2007 until 2012 are listed below. Shipping companies became more prudent when ordering new tonnage because of economic and political uncertainties, so the number of orders placed slowed down considerably in 2004/2005. However, recently, the orderbooks of the yards fill at a rapid pace as the cruise business continues to show growth, and appr. 40 vessels will enter service in the next four years.

Updated on January 30th, 2008

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           Queen Mary 2, the world' s longest cruise-liner, made her maiden voyage January 12th 2004.

Building of cruise ships    -   Photographs taken at various yards in Europe

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                                                                         Carnival Valor, Carnival Cruises

Newbuildings past / in the final planning stage

Several shipping companies are planning to launch new tonnage. Those having passed the planning stage which will probably result in orders are: 

Canyon Ranch:             letter of intent signed, yard Aker Finnyards , concerns 2 vessels. No firm order yet.

Carnival:                      concerns a 5000 pax, 180.000GRT monster cruise liner Carnival has been planning for years.

Ocean Club:                 Four Seasons will be the name of the new residential vessel, the second of it's kind (see ship description of The World for more information of the first ever residential cruise ship). See above. Ocean Club has an option for a second vessel.

Crystal Cruises:             has had plans for a newbuilding for some time. Now that Crystal Harmony has ;eft the fleet and  became Asuka 2, the company needs a new vessel as soon as possile.

Vision Quest Cruises:    a new Norwegian cruise line planning to order up to three large cruise ships measuring appr. 70.000GRT. They will mainly serve the conference market and if these plans materialize, will be built at Aker Finnyards.

EasyCruise:   Currently has three ships on order. They will be built by Neorion Holdings in Greece. Delivery dates for the three vessels which will measure appr. 7.500 GRT, are not known yet.

Conversions/ refits

NCL are still in the planning stage regarding the conversions of the famous transatlantic liner United States, which has been in lay up for over 30 years. Reconstruction of the hull will take place in the US, the rest of the work (superstructure, interiors) will be completed in Europe. But it can take up to 5 or 6 years before she will be taken into service in 2009/ 2010, according to NCL.

All text and photographs (unless stated otherwise) ©  Paul Timmerman

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