
Water begins getting in Meyer Turku structure dock as the float out procedure starts (Image: Meyer Turku)
Carnival Cruise Line’s 180,000 GT, LNG-fueled future flag ship Mardi Gras was today drifted out at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.
The 5,200-passenger ship was initially established for shipment in August, however after what the shipyard in December called an “adjustment in its production schedule,” the ship is currently established for shipment in October, with its entrance right into earnings solution prepared for November 14.
“We can’t wait for our guests to experience Mardi Gras, a one-of-a-kind ship that is true game changer and continues the evolution of the Carnival vacation experience,” claims Ben Clement, Carnival’s elderly vice head of state of newbuilds.
“I believe Mardi Gras will be a truly special ship. She will be the first to use our now proven LNG cruise ship propulsion system in North American markets and feature many other sophisticated technologies – including BOLT, the first roller coaster onboard a ship,” Chief Executive Officer of Meyer Turku Jan Meyer states.
With the float-out, the large ship’s 6 themed areas are likewise starting to materialize with the indoor construct out of rooms like Emeril’s Bistro 1396 produced by famous cook Emeril Lagasse as well as a groundbreaking brand-new room principle with incredible three-deck-high floor-to-ceiling home windows as well as portable LED displays.
Almost 1,000 specialized business are participated in supplying products as well as complicated solutions to produce the cruise liner at Turku Shipyard.
“We are building all the facilities a smart modern city would have: hospitals, IT-networks, restaurants and sophisticated environmental technologies, on a ship sailing the seas,” claims Meyer Turku Chief Executive OfficerJan Meyer “It is a very difficult undertaking but also the end result is really spectacular.”