MEYER WERFT lays keel for Carnival Jubilee
For the first time, a cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Line will be built in Papenburg, Germany.
With the traditional keel laying ceremony, the construction of Carnival Jubilee at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg has reached another milestone. This is the first time that a ship for this Miami-based brand and shipping company is being built in Papenburg.
"We are pleased to take another symbolic step in the construction of the Carnival Jubilee with the keel laying. The MEYER team will once again produce an advanced and innovative cruise ship that will provide a great vacation for millions of passengers," said Bernard Meyer, Managing Director of MEYER WERFT.
The Carnival Jubilee will now be completed in the world's largest covered shipbuilding dock at MEYER WERFT and delivered at the end of 2023. Carnival Cruise Line will then deploy the ship for cruises to the Caribbean from the Texas port of Galveston. That's why the U.S. state was omnipresent during the keel-laying ceremony: Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy, wearing a cowboy-shaped hard, placed the traditional lucky coins under the 375-ton steel block.
Carnival Jubilee is the third ship of a series MEYER Group is building for Carnival Cruise Line. MEYER TURKU has already delivered the Mardi Gras in 2020, followed by the Carnival Celebration in 2022. All ships are equipped with the low-emission LNG propulsion system. The highlight for passengers on board the three ships will be a roller coaster for the first time.
In response to Pandemie and the associated crisis, MEYER WERFT and Carnival Corporation decided to build this ship for a different brand than originally planned within the group, thus agreeing on a design change in record time. This is the first time that a ship design has been transferred from MEYER TURKU to MEYER WERFT.
This step was only made possible by the joint MEYER Global Design organization of development, planning and design at all MEYER Group locations and thus demonstrates the great flexibility of the entire MEYER Group to react to ad-hoc market requirements. Also for this reason, the group-wide Design & Engineering is to grow further and is therefore looking for additional architects, engineers and experts in the field of entertainment, sustainability and IT development. The focus will also be on the training of our own youngsters, e.g. in the course of the dual study program for all disciplines.
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