Hurtigruten to Build Third Expedition Cruise Ship at Kleven Verft
Expedition cruise ship driver Hurtigruten has actually authorized a memorandum of comprehending with its Norwegian shipyard Kleven Verft for the building of a 3rd crossbreed battery-powered exploration cruise liner.
The brand-new order becomes part of contract authorized in between Kleven as well as Hurtigruten in 2016 requiring the building of 2 expedition-style cruise liner plus choices for 2 added vessels.
The brand-new ship’s layout, building, design as well as progressed innovation will certainly be based upon the initial ships, currently called MS Roald Amundsen as well as MS Fridtjof Nansen, which are presently incomplete at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway.
The brand-new vessels will certainly have ability for as much as 530 visitors as well as will certainly be tailor-made with an ice-strengthened hull to run in several of the globe’s toughest problems, consisting of Norwegian arms, Antarctica, Iceland, Greenland, as well as the Arctic.
“We are thrilled to introduce yet another revolutionary hybrid powered expedition ship. This groundbreaking vessel will take our guests to some of the most spectacular areas of our planet, in a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly way than ever seen before,” stated Hurtigruten CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Daniel Skjeldam.
The 3rd ship is anticipated to be provided in the 2nd quarter of 2021 complying with distribution of the initial 2 ships in 2019 as well as 2020, specifically.
The enhancement of the vessels will certainly expand Hurtigruten fleet to 17 tailor-made exploration ships.
In 2017, after Hurtigruten had actually positioned its preliminary order, Kleven went through a comprehensive restructuring that led to Hurtigruten getting 40% possession in the Kleven Verft as well as particular various other Kleven subsidiaries with its holding firm KVEHolding Hurtigruten previously this year upped its risk in those properties to 100%.
Hurtigruten stated it anticipates a shipbuilding agreement to be authorized for 3rd vessel in the initial quarter of 2019.
