Costa's New Flagship Postponed at Meyer Turku - Maritime and Salvage Wolrd News

Costa Smeralda throughout its flout out. Photo politeness Meyer Turku

Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku is delaying shipment of Costa Cruise’s brand-new front runner vessel, the LNG-powered Costa Smeralda, by one month, the shipbuilder stated in a declaration.

Meyer Turku connects the hold-up to troubles with the ship’s LNG propulsion as well as various other advanced modern technologies onboard, integrated with its plus size.

Under the brand-new timeline, Meyer Turku will certainly relocate shipment of Costa Smeralda from mid-October to mid-November

The 180,000 gross loads Costa Smeralda was just one of 4 LNG-powered ships purchased by Costa Cruises’ moms and dadCarnival Corp back in June 2015 at Meyer Turku as well as Germany’s Meyer Werft.

Costa Smeralda will certainly be the 2nd to de supplied out of a complete 11 brand-new ships currently ready to sign up with Carnival Corporation’s fleet in between 2018 as well as 2025 that can be powered by dissolved gas (LNG).

“With its new cruise ship LNG propulsion system and many sophisticated rooms with stage and audio/video equipment the complexity and sophistication of the ship is very high in order to create a unique Costa-style passenger experience,” Meyer Turku stated in a declaration. “Aside from its one-of-a-kind style functions additionally its dimension of 180 000 GT goes over as well as much bigger than the just recently constructed ships at Turku shipyard.

“In getting this all to work together with many involved persons and companies, Meyer Turku had a slower progress speed than needed, despite counter-actions. Meyer Turku apologizes to all that are affected by this change,” the business included.

A sis ship to Costa Smeralda schedules in 2021.

Costa Smeralda in numbers: