Update adds fourth paragraph re possible employment of later units of class outside Asian source markets
Star Cruises, the contemporary market unit in the Genting Hong Kong group, will receive one and later two global class ships per year from Lloyd Werft Group in Germany, Genting Hong Kong said in a statement.
“Delivery of the “Global Class” series of ships will commence between 2019 and 2020 starting with one ship a year and eventually increasing to two ships a year,” Genting Hong Kong said. It did not provide further details, e.g. when the accelerated delivery schedule should be introduced.
The first two 201,000 gross to ships ordered on 10 May in the are designed with Chinese Characteristics and they will be the first purpose built cruise ships deployed for the contemporary Chinese market.
However, it did say that the design is intended for "world-wide cruising," which could mean that future units of the class could be employed the Asian source markets
The Lloyd Werft Group is also part of Genting Hong Kong.
