Ending lower than two years of building, TUI Cruises has formally expanded its fleet with the addition of the Mein Schiff 7. The vessel was formally handed over in a ceremony on the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland on June 10, 2024.
“On June 14, 2022, the metal chopping for Mein Schiff 7 came about at our shipyard. We’re very proud that at this time, lower than two years later, we will hand over the Mein Schiff 7 to TUI Cruises,” stated Meyer Turku’s CEO Tim Meyer because the handover came about.
TUI Cruises’ CEO Wybcke Meier accepted the handover, saying, “Ten years in the past, we picked up our first ship of the Blu Movement class right here in Turku. Mein Schiff 3 was the primary new construct for TUI Cruises, and by 2019, we had constructed a complete of six ships. We thank the Meyer Turku shipyard for the superb cooperation and the event of our ‘feel-good’ fleet.”
Mein Schiff 7, which will likely be primarily based in Kiel, Germany, is ready to depart on a 2-night roundtrip christening voyage within the Bay of Kiel within the Danish Sea on June 12.
It can then sail on a 5-night “anticipation” journey from Kiel to Aarhus and Copenhagen, Denmark, and Oslo, Norway, on June 16 earlier than launching absolutely into its inaugural season.
Cruises for the two,896-passenger and 1,000-crew ship will vary from 8 to 17 days and discover Northern Europe, visiting Norway, Lithuania, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Denmark, and different ports in Germany.
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The seventh ship within the Mein Schiff fleet and the primary constructed for TUI Cruises since 2019, Mein Schiff 7 is a sister ship to Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2. “It affords many options that our visitors admire, together with quite a few new highlights primarily based on visitor suggestions,” stated Meier.
The brand new highlights embrace a brand new design, extra cabin classes, and 12 eating places and bistros throughout its 16 decks.
TUI Cruises Expands Fleet with Give attention to Sustainability
Mein Schiff 7 would be the first ship within the fleet to be operated solely with low-emission marine diesel and is provided with catalysts and a shore energy connection. The ship was constructed to run on methanol, together with inexperienced methanol sooner or later, which can make the ship’s propulsion nearly carbon impartial.
TUI Cruises is presently growing the methanol propulsion of four-stroke engines, because it but exists, and plans to equip the brand new ship with them by 2026. It might be the primary cruise ship powered by methanol propulsion.
Designed to satisfy calls for for sustainability and effectivity, Mein Schiff 7 has additionally been outfitted with an progressive waste processing system that thermally treats natural waste, shredding it and getting ready it for additional use on land.
Known as “HydroTreat,” the method makes use of warmth and strain to separate the liquid components of the waste, that are then directed to the ship’s personal wastewater therapy system. The stable waste components are transformed into so-called BioChar, which is taken into account versatile in agriculture for soil enchancment or as a feed additive.
TUI Cruises is additional increasing its Mein Schiff fleet with the addition of two new ships: the 160,000-gross-ton Mein Schiff Loosen up and Mein Schiff 9. These vessels are presently below building on the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy and are scheduled to debut in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
