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Schifffahrt | Shipping Genting builds new cruise vessels at its »own« yard group MV Werften in Germany cently added two more contracts of its biggest class (205,700 GT / 5,264 beds) and four 960 bed luxury ships to its order book. Plans for another four giants and a new class of sail-assisted vessels are being discussed. MSC is ready to push NCL from the third rank of the world’s biggest operators. The latest four contracted ships and the two series in planning stages comprise a volume of 6.5 bn €. •• The German TUI Group is also not able to report new contracts. The spectacular news is that TUI has sold 50% of the tradition-rich German brand Hapag-Lloyd Cruises to Royal Caribbean Cruises who are holding already 50% in the JV TUI © MV Werften Cruises, the operators of the »Mein Schiff« series. The third brand under the roof of TUI is the British subsidiary Marella Cruises. TUI plans to invest the new liquidity in more new cruise ships. •• The Genting Group is building up the workforce of its shipyards at the German Baltic Sea coast and two projects are nearing completion: The first ship of the Crystal Yacht Expedition series is due in summer and the first of the 205,000 GT giants is in the covered outfitting dock in Wismar. It will debut next year as cruise ship with the highest number of beds - 9,500 including upper beds. A new series was announced with 2,000 beds on 88,000 GT ships. These new contracts of the big groups alone add up to 33,000 beds and keep the order book on its high level. It may be expected that the biggest groups order most new ships, but first of all Mediterranean Shipping Cruises (MSC) seems not to see any limitations of cruising. Not the fight against air pollution, not the over-tourism in famous ports and not world-wide influence of young climate activists seem to delay the expansion of the company in any form. The order book of MSC reaches already as far asr 2027. Has MSC recognized the problems before they announced that all emissions would be compensated by programmes for reforestation and protection of the seas costing many millions per year? Some more projects are worth mentioning. The shipyard group China Merchant Industry Holding has won a new contract plus options from Shanghai Style Cruise for a 37,000 GT / 660 beds ship. Last year it successfully completed the »Greg Mortimer« (7,892 GT / 160 beds) for SunStone Ships as first deep-sea cruise ship from a Chinese shipyard and as first of a longer series. Contrary to several European builders delivery was on time. The river cruise operator Vodohod of Russia joined the run for expedition ships and contracted two of them with 148 beds with Arctech of Helsinki. The French company Ponant which has tak- The global orderbook for cruise ships Shipyard Operator Ship GT Delivery Price, mill.$ LNG Fincantieri / Vard Ponant Le Jacques Cartier 10,000 2020 130 Fincantieri / Vard Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Hanseatic Spirit 15,650 2021 200 Fincantieri / Vard Ponant Le Commandant Charcot 30,000 2021 270 LNG Fincantieri / Vard Paul Gauguin Cruises Unnamed 11,000 2022 166 Fincantieri / Vard Paul Gauguin Cruises Unnamed 2 11,000 2022 166 Fincantieri / Vard Vung Tau Coral Expeditions Coral Geographer 5,000 2020 65 Halong Shipbuilding Emerald Yacht Cruises Emerald Azzura ? 2021 Helsinki Shipyard Vodohod Unnamed 10,500 2021 100 Helsinki Shipyard Vodohod Unnamed 10,500 2022 100 Huanghai Shipbuilding Aranui Cruises AraMana 10,000 2022 69 Kleven Verft Hurtigruten Unnamed 20,889 2021 130 Metalships & Docks Sea Cloud Cruises Sea Cloud Spirit 4,230 2020 100 Meyer Turku Carnival Cruise Line Mardi Gras 180,000 2020 1,100 Meyer Turku Royal Caribbean Icon class 1 200,000 2022 1,590 LNG Meyer Turku Carnival Cruise Line Unnamed 180,000 2022 900 LNG Meyer Turku Royal Caribbean Icon class 2 200,000 2024 1,590 LNG Meyer Turku Royal Caribbean Icon class 3 200,000 2025 1,600 LNG 20 HANSA – International Maritime Journal 04 | 2020
Schifffahrt | Shipping Number Number of Vessels of Vessels 60 50 60 40 50 30 40 20 30 10 20 0 10 0 Net additions Withdrawn Newbuilding Net additions orders Expected Withdrawn withdrawals Additions and deletions of capacity 1995 - 2022 Additions and deletions of capacity 1995 - 2022 Newbuilding orders Expected withdrawals 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 © Hader en over Paul Gauguin Cruises added two new 230 bed orders for this Pacific based company. Most exotic is the project of the Polynesian company operating the »Aranui« cargo/cruise liners. Risks and threads Various events hit the industry during the year: The hurricane Dorian hit the Caribbean Sea, bush fires hit Australia, and the political unrest in Iran or Hong Kong and early 2020 the Corona virus in China not only lead to re-routings. The whole influence of the new virus desease cannot be overseen at the moment of writing. The odyssey of the »Westerdam« which was forced to finish a cruise in Cambodia or the quarantined »Diamond Princess« where thousands of passengers were forced to stay on board in their cabins with the restaurants and public rooms being closed, were first cruise industry victims of the outbreak. By mid-February, Genting Hong Kong, Costa, Celebrity and others reported reactions to the situation. AIDA Cruises ordered the »AIDAbella« and »AIDAvita« back from Asia to other regions. Again, politics are influencing the touristic trends. Some operators had to change their planned itineraries when US president Donald Trump stopped cruises to Cuba. MSC instead could make use of its newly created private island »Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve« since December. For the small island the new purpose may be better than its past as a sand mining island. Otherwise cruise ships and passengers return to Istanbul or other Turkish ports. Even Egypt is praised as a safe destination again and the pyramids or other destinations in the Nile valley are back in the catalogues. A victory for the environment and a permanent financial burden for all ship operators is the decision of the International Maritime Organization to ban high sulphur fuel oil Since 1 January 2020 the world fleet has to use low sulfur fuel (mostly diesel oil instead of HFO) as long as the exhaust gases are not cleaned. Markets In India the first domestic cruise line reports more than 40,000 guests. The elegant 6,700 GT and 350 bed »Angriya« with two restaurants, five bars, wellness etc. is a thoroughly modernized Japanese ferry dating from 1997. As long as it makes only one night trips between Bombay and Goa, the ship is not included in the cruise fleet statistics. A real cruise ship is the former »Pacific Jewel« (70,310 GT) which took up cruises from Bombay to Goa for The global orderbook for cruise ships Shipyard Operator Ship GT Delivery Price, mill.$ LNG Meyer Turku Yard Costa Cruises Costa Toscana 180,000 2021 100 LNG Meyer Turku Yard TUI Cruises Mein Schiff 7 111,500 2023 515 Meyer Werft P&O Cruises Iona 180,000 2020 1,100 Meyer Werft Saga Cruises Spirit of Adventure 55,900 2020 330 Meyer Werft Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas 168,600 2020 970 Meyer Werft Disney Cruise Line Disney Wish 140,000 2021 900 LNG Meyer Werft AIDA Cruises AIDAcosma 180,000 2021 100 LNG Meyer Werft P&O Cruises Unnamed 180,000 2022 1,222 LNG Meyer Werft Disney Cruise Line Unnamed 140,000 2022 900 LNG Meyer Werft Disney Cruise Line Unnamed 140,000 2023 900 LNG Meyer Werft AIDA Cruises Unnamed 180,000 2023 1,000 LNG MV Werften Crystal Expedition Cruises Crystal Endeavor 19,800 2020 200 MV Werften Dream Cruises Global Dream 208,000 2021 1,000 MV Werften Crystal Expedition Cruises Endeavor 2 19,800 2021 200 MV Werften Dream Cruises Global class 2 208,000 2022 1,000 MV Werften Crystal Cruises Crystal Diamond 65,000* 2022 456 Shanghai Waigaoqiao CSSC Carnival Unnamed 133,500 2023 750 © Informa/Seatrade/Hansa HANSA – International Maritime Journal 04 | 2020 21
