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Schifffahrt | Shipping venture Fincantieri/Carnival/CSSC, an agreement for a supply chain site was signed with Baoshan. The lack of such a supply chain in Asia has been the reason for not being able to compete with the Europeans in cruise ship building. This tight relation of Fincantieri with the state-owned ship builder CSSC is also a reason for not selling the majority of the French yard to the Italians. More Chinese shipyards would like to build cruise ships and one more of them is already successful: China Merchants Heavy Industry Co. will build four expedition cruise vessels (six options) according to designs and with supplies and management of Ulstein. Mäkinen is to set up a cabin assembly plant on the shipyard site. The group of three Norwegian expedition ship designers and builders is joined by two Croatian, a Spanish and a Portuguese competitor. These shipyards are losing the ferry and RoPax business to Asian builders and are also looking for promising business fields. Worth mentioning is also the Chesapeake Ship Building Corp. The various Order book – Options series of river boats and coastal cruisers are operating under U.S. laws but the small company is providing all new ships for American Cruise Lines, the leading operator along the rivers and coasts of North America. Ports A growing number of ports and their hinterlands is suffering from too many tourists. While the local economy is happy about their visits or even heavily dependent on them, some inhabitants or long-standing tourists feel annoyed by the masses of day tourists. Bergen, Norway, now limits the number of cruise ships and passengers per day to four respectively 9,000 for future calls. Other mainly larger cities are still happy about growing numbers of calls. Hamburg did not care very much about cruise ships for a long time. When AIDA Cruises planned to base a new ship for yearround weekly cruises in Hamburg, a new terminal was required. The terminal could be finished in time very fast and below the planned budget, only the ship was delayed. Between 2016 and 2018 the number of calls in Hamburg increased from 170 to 200 and the number of arrivals and departures from 722,000 to 810,000 and 880,000 are expected. This development should justify the replacement of the provisional terminal made out of containers. This will consist of four decks for subway, buses, taxis, shopping mall, hotel and departure/arrival facilities. Epilogue Let’s hope that no new crisis destroys the demand projections and all ships on order can be filled. Some solutions for a more environment conscious ship operation are found, at least for new vessels. But what will happen if small touristic sites are closed for the masses of visitors coming from the giant ships because of overcrowding? Are fewer port calls and more attractions and animation aboard an alternative? Or do the operators have to buy more »private islands« and provide their own destinations? M Name Operator GT Beds Delivery Yard M.o.U. Carnival – Holland America 99,500 2,660 2021 Fincantieri-Marg. Letter of intent Carnival China JV 133,600 4,000 2023+ CSSC-Waigaoqiao Letter of intent Carnival China JV 133,600 4,000 2024+ CSSC-Waigaoqiao M.o.U. Carnival – Princess Cruises 143,700 3,660 2022 Fincantieri-Mon. Planning Genting – Crystal Cruises 117,000 1,000 2022 MV Werften Option Hurtigruten 20,000 530 2020 Kleven Verft Option Hurtigruten 20,000 530 2020 Kleven Verft Option Lindblad 138 Ulstein Verft Option Lindblad 138 Ulstein Verft Letter of intent MSC Cruises 200,000 5,400 2025 STX France Letter of intent MSC Cruises 200,000 5,400 2026 STX France Planning Mystic Group 9,300 200 2019 West Sea Planning Mystic Group 9,300 200 2020 West Sea Planning Mystic Group 9,300 200 2021 West Sea Option Norwegian Cruise Line 140,000 3,300 2026 Fincantieri Option Norwegian Cruise Line 140,000 3,300 2027 Fincantieri Letter of intent Peace Boat, Japan 60,000 1,500 2020 Arctech, Helsinki Option Ritz-Carlton 24,000 298 2021 Barreras Option Ritz-Carlton 24,000 298 2022 Barreras Option Scenic Tours 16,500 228 2019 Uljanik Planning Silversea Cruises 40,700 592 2021 Fincantieri Planning Silversea Cruises 40,700 592 2023 Fincantieri Option SunStone Ships 175 2021 China Merchants Option SunStone Ships 175 2022 China Merchants Option SunStone Ships 175 2022 China Merchants Option SunStone Ships 175 2023 China Merchants Option SunStone Ships 175 2023 China Merchants Option SunStone Ships 175 2024 China Merchants Letter of intent undisclosed 10,000 125 2019 Ulstein Verft Sum 1,591,200 39,339 Source: Hader/ISL 42 HANSA International Maritime Journal – 155. Jahrgang – 2018 – Nr. 2
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