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 Ships
currently on order for delivery in 2011 until
2016 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 the last few years. However, recently, the orderbooks of the
yards start to fill again as the cruise business
continues to show growth, and appr. 20 vessels will enter service in the next
years from 2012 onwards.
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- Cruise ships delivered from 2004 till 2010.
Largest cruise ships in the world at 220.000 GRT and
carrying 5400 passengers: Royal Caribbean International's Oasis (2009)
and Allure of the Seas (2010)
Norwegia Epic built 2010 for NCL
| Delivery |
Name |
Owner |
GRT |
Passengers |
Built by |
Remark |
| Q? |
Pearl Mist |
Pearl Cruises |
8.700 |
210 |
Irving Shipbuilding |
ship already run trials in the autumn of 2009,
but the line has a dispute withe the yard concerning the quality of the
ships fittings,delivery is now uncertain |
| Q2 |
Aidasol |
Aida |
68500 |
2030 |
Meyer |
larger version of Aidaura and
Aidavita |
| Q2 |
L' Austal |
Cie de Iles du Ponant |
10.700 |
264 |
Fincantieri |
sister to Le Boreal |
| Q2 |
Carnival Magic |
Carnival |
130.000 |
3600 |
Fincantieri |
largest ever owned by Carnival |
| Q2 |
Disney Dream |
Disney |
122.000 |
2500 |
Meyer |
new class |
| Q3 |
Le Austral |
Cie des Iles du Ponant |
10.500 |
2100 |
Fincantieri |
sister to le Boreal |
| Q2 |
Costa Favolosa |
Costa |
114.200 |
3800 |
Fincantirei |
based on Carnival Conquest |
| Q3 |
Seabourn Quest |
Seabourn |
32.000 |
450 |
T. Mariotti |
sister to Seabourn Sojourn |
| Q3 |
Celebrity Silhouette |
Celebrity |
117000 |
2850 |
Meyer |
sister to Celebrity Solstice-Eclipse |
 Disney
Dream
| Delivery |
Name |
Owner |
GRT |
Passengers |
Built by |
Remark |
| Q2 |
Riviera |
Oceania |
65.000 |
1280 |
Fincantieri |
Sister to Marina |
| Q2 |
Carnival Breeze |
Carnival |
128.000 |
3600 |
Fincantieri |
sister to Carnival Dream |
| Q2 |
Disney Fantasy |
Disney |
127.000 |
2500 |
Meyer |
New class |
| Q2 |
Costa Fascinosa |
Costa |
114.200 |
3800 |
Fincantirei |
based on Carnival Conquest |
| Q2 |
AidaMar |
Aida |
71.000 |
2030 |
Meyer |
larger version of Aidaura and
Aidavita |
| Q2 |
Sea Cloud Hussar |
Sea Cloud |
4.800 |
136 |
Factoria Naval de Marin |
sail cruiser |
| Q2 |
MSC Divina |
MSC |
140.000 |
3000 |
STX yards France |
Fantasia class |
| Q4 |
Celebrity Reflection |
Celebrity |
126.000 |
2850 |
Meyer |
Solstice class |
 MSC
Fantastica
| Delivery |
Name |
Owner |
GRT |
Passengers |
Built by |
Remark |
| Q? |
Europa 2 |
HAPAG Lloyd |
39.500 |
516 |
STX |
developed from existing Europa |
| Q? |
Utopia |
Utopia Residences |
105.000 |
199 residences/ 218 hotel |
Samsung Heavy Industries |
residence cruise ship |
| Q2 |
unnamed |
Aida |
71.000 |
2030 |
Meyer |
larger version of Aidaura and
Aidavita |
| Q2 |
unnamed |
NCL |
144.000 |
4000 |
Meyer |
new class |
| Q2 |
Royal Princess |
Princess Cruises |
140.000 |
3600 |
Fincantieri |
new class |
| Delivery |
Name |
Owner |
GRT |
Passengers |
Built by |
Remark |
| Q2 |
Unnamed |
Princess Cruises |
140.000 |
3600 |
Fincantieri |
second ship new class |
| Q2 |
unnamed |
NCL |
144.000 |
4000 |
Meyer |
new class |
| Q3 |
unnamed |
Royal Caribbean Int |
158.000 |
4100 |
Meyer |
new class |
| Q4 |
Unnamed |
Costa Cruises |
132.000 |
4900 |
Fincantieri |
evolution of Concordia-class |
 Residential
vessel Utopia
| Delivery |
Name |
Owner |
GRT |
Passengers |
Built by |
Remark |
| Q1 |
unnamed |
Aida Cruises |
125.000 |
3250 |
Mitsubishi Heavy Ind |
new class |
| Q3 |
unnamed |
Royal Caribbean Int |
158.000 |
4100 |
Meyer |
second ship of new class |
| Delivery |
Name |
Owner |
GRT |
Passengers |
Built by |
Remark |
| Q1 |
unnamed |
Aida Cruises |
125.000 |
|
Mitsubishi Heavy Ind |
second ship of new class |
Some spectacular newbuildings projects....will
they ever be completed?
Kaguya
The size of the ship, to be built by Aker yards, is an incredible 450,000GT,
505m length 58m breadth hull, 20 decks, was first determined as adequate for
having the "functions of a city" as the company calls it. The largest
allocation of floor space on the ship is the multipurpose hall. It features a
floor space of 7,000 square meters (!) for various kinds of events to be held.
It is about 10 times bigger than any halls in a contempory hotel and is capable
of holding any kind of trade show, convention, in-door sport event, etc. The
Kaguya comprises of three different hotels, each with 1,200 rooms The size of
the shopping mall will be 300m long......
To quote the company: "there are quite a few international cruise ships
traveling around the world, and none are open to the local people of the cities
they visit. The ship becomes nothing more than the scenery from the harbor. The
ship we are planning will be fully available to the people it visits at each
port of call, functioning as an international cultural exchange. The people at
each port city will be able to enjoy all the facilities on the ship and the
latest and greatest equipment that the ship brings in to each port. The ship
will become a part, an extension of the port city where it arrives at the moment
it docks in at the harbor. All facilities including hotels, shopping malls,
sport arena and various events at the multi-purpose hall on board will become a
part of the city, available to the passengers and locals alike".
Monaco Residential
In 2006 Building Investment Group started research on a project to
build the most luxurious residental cruise ship in the world, to be
named Monaco, even surpassing the famous vessel The World.
Monaco will have four hundred ultra luxury suites and a four star
hotel on board.
Building Investment Group is a privately owned
investment company which specilizes in exclusive resorts
and hotels. Being internationally active, the company
currently has projects in The Netherlands, Belgium and
Kazachstan.
The Monaco will have a length of 268 meter
and a beam of 31,50 meter. The ship will
have 12 decks and inside an atrium will span
two thirds of its length. This atrium will
be the focal point of the Monaco, the luxury
appartments will be situated around it,
being close to its shopping center,
restaurants, the spot to meet your fellow
inhabitants.....
At this time the company is
negotiating with several yards,
all situated in Europe because
they offer the best quality in
passenger ship building
according to the Building
Investment Group. Buyers of the
suites, Europe's high society,
can literally watch their suites
being built and can adapt them
completely to their wishes.
Planning is at the moment to
start in 2011 with construction
of the Monaco and to launch her
in 2013. Then she will start her
continous sailings around the
world.
THE FREEDOM SHIP
Freedom Ship is a ship with the concept of “floating city” proposed by Norman
Nixon of Freedom Ship International. With a design length of 1400 meters (4500
feet), width of 230 meters (750 feet) and high of 110 meters (350 feet), Freedom
Ship is four times the length of the largest cruise ship in the world today.
Planned to be a floating city with condominium housing for 50,000 people, and
projected to be a mile long, with an airstrip to accommodate aircraft, it would
have a duty-free and rapid transit. What would have been the largest
unconventional ship (more like a series of linked barges as otherwise the sea's
movement would have the ship broken in pieces) in the world, the Freedom Ship,
is still no morethan a blueprint. Construction was originally planned to begin
in 2002 with a goal of completion two years later. An estimated 15,000
workers were to work 24 hours a day to get the ship built in time.....
All text and photographs (unless stated otherwise) © Paul
Timmerman
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