Odo-CBR Commentary: Could unallocated Carnival ships from Turku go to China?
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Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest cruise shipping group, said that the two 180,000 gross ton LNG powered ships it had ordered from Meyer Werft in Papenburg will enter service with AIDA Cruises in Germany, while two similar vessels from Meyer Turku would be allocated to a brand later.
The company said two of the ships will be built for AIDA Cruises at Meyer Werft's shipyard in Papenburg. "Additional information about the ships, including which new ships will be added to each brand, will be made available at a later date," Carnival said in a statement this morning.
However, on 27 March Carnival signed two strategic memorandums of agreement, with Meyer and Fincantieri respectively, that will add a total of nine new cruise ships to the company's fleet over a four-year period from 2019 - 2022. Details of the vessels and to which brands they would be allocated will be disclosed later, but the company said they would serve the North American, European and Chinese markets, Carnival said at the time.
We think it is quite possible that the two ships from Turku will enter service in China, probably under the brand name of a new company that will focus on the Chinese markets.
The newbuildings Carnival group ordered today have a capacity of 5,000 in lower beds and a maximum of 6,600 and their public areas will be designed with flexibility and multi functionality in mind: a high density design probably best suited for fairly short cruises, which dominate the Chinese market.
Carnival group has shared platform designs between various brands for almost two decades and the concept appears to have proven quite successful.
New ships to replace old, enhance return profile -- Donald.
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The contract Carnival Corporation & plc signed with Meyer Werft in Germany and Meyer Turku in Finland to build a total of four 180,000 gross ton ships is consistent with the company’s measured capacity growth strategy to replace less efficient capacity with newer, larger and more fuel efficient vessels over time, said Carnival Corporation & plc CEO Arnold Donald
"We are looking forward to executing on the next step in our fleet enhancement plan," said Donald. "At a cost per berth in line with our existing order book, these new ships will enhance the return profile of our fleet," he said in a statement.
Two of the ships will be built in Turku and two at Papenburg. They will be delivered in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
The Papenburg ships will be destined to AIDA Cruises, Carnival group's German unit, which has three ships of about 40,000 gross tons in its fleet. These are among the smallest ones operated by any major contemporary market brand.
Carnival orders four 180,000 gross ton LNG powered ships at Meyer
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Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest cruise shipping group, has placed an order for four 180,000 gross ton LNG powered cruise liners at Meyer shipyards.
Two will be delivered for AIDA Cruises, its German brand, from the Papenburg yard in Germany. The two due from Meyer Turku in Finland wll be allocated to a brand at a later point.
The contracts are worth several billions of euros in all.
The orders are part of a nine ship order programme that the Carnival group unveiled in the spring. Each of the ships will have a maximum capacity of 6,600 passengers, which is the highest number of any existing vessel or any newbuilding on order. Their lower bed capacity will be 5,000.
Arnold Donald. CEO of the Carnival group, said that the ships are part of the group's programme to grow capacity and to replace older vessels with larger and more efficient ones.
The design of the ships has focused on making public areas on board more flexible so that they can be used more efficiently, which again enhances the cruise experience of passengers.
Jan Meyer, Managing Director of Meyer Turku, said that the orders bring stability for the company and its sub contractors. The Meyer family acquired the shipyard in Turku last year from the South Korean STX Offshore & Shipbuilding group.
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