Cruise news (MeyerTurku-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Costa Toscana
The Italian brand of Carnival Corporation & plc, Costa Cruises, celebrated on Tuesday, July 30, the first steel-cutting for the brand's 2nd ship...
July 30, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Cruises Orders 3rd Icon Class Ship
RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced it has ordered a 3rd Icon Class ship scheduled for delivery in 2025. The shipbuilding order for the...
July 2, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Coin Ceremony Held for Carnival Mardi Gras
Construction officially started on Carnival Cruise Line’s biggest ship ever, Mardi Gras. The 180,000 GT vessel is scheduled to debut in 2020...
June 18, 2019 - Accidents
Fire on Costa Smeralda Causes Evacuation
Finish shipyard Meyer Turku revealed that there was a fire on Costa Smeralda's Deck 15 on Monday, March 18. Stored equipment inside the ship caught...
March 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Costa Smeralda Floated Out
Costa Cruises celebrated the official float-out of its new ship, Costa Smeralda, at Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland on Friday, March 15. As part of...
March 18, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Yellow Funnel Installed on Costa Cruises Flagship
Construction of the new flagship of Costa Cruises - Costa Smeralda, is continuing at Meyer's shipyard in Turku, Finland. The yellow funnel with...
February 27, 2019 - Cruise Industry
New Mein Schiff 2 Delivered to TUI Cruises
TUI Cruises took delivery of New Mein Schiff 2 from Meyer Turku shipyard. With New Mein Schiff 2 TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku continued taking...
January 23, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Announces Name of New XL-Class Ship
Carnival Cruise Line announced that it will name its newest XL-class cruise ship to be delivered in 2020 Mardi Gras, bringing back to fleet the name...
December 6, 2018 - Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Carnival Cruise Line's Newest and Largest Ship
The first steel was cut today for Carnival Cruise Line’s newest XL-Class ships. The new livery was unveiled for the 180,000-ton XL newbuild...
November 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Coin Ceremony Held for Costa Smeralda
Costa Cruises celebrated on July 4 the traditional coin ceremony for its newbuild, Costa Smeralda, at Meyer Turku shipyard, one of the world's...
July 4, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Mein Schiff 2 Floated Out
A month after the delivery of New Mein Schiff 1, the next TUI ship in line, newbuild Mein Schiff 2, was floated out on Friday, June 1, at Meyer Turku...
June 1, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Mein Schiff 1 Handed Over to TUI Cruises
The new flagship cruise liner of German TUI Cruises was delivered today, April 25, from Meyer Turku shipyard in south west Finland. The new Mein...
April 25, 2018 - Cruise Industry
ALMACO to supply galley/kitchen equipment on Costa Cruises ships
Meyer Turku awarded Almaco Group the contract to supply galley equipment to the first LNG-powered ships of Costa Cruises. The vessels are due to be...
February 25, 2018 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises to Expand Fleet with New Ship
TUI Cruises is ordering a new ship to expand its fleet to 7 vessels from 2023 when Mein Schiff 7 enters service, according to a TUI spokesman...
February 12, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Mein Schiff 2 Keel Laid
The keel of TUI Cruises' new Mein Schiff 2 was laid today, October 5, at Meyer Turku shipyard. The production milestone marks the start of the hull...
October 5, 2017