Start of construction on Newbuild for Asia

The first piece of steel was cut at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, Germany for the construction of the second ship with the construction number S. 712 for Asian operator Dream Cruises.

Colin Au, Advisor, Founding President and Chief Executive, Genting Hong Kong and Thatcher Brown, President, Dream Cruises, pushed together with Bernard Meyer, Managing Partner of Meyer Werft, the button of the plasma torch as the first plate of steel was cut by the plasma torch in the yard’s state of the art facility “laser center”.

Delivery of the ship is planned for fall 2017. The sister ship will be delivered in fall 2016. Both new ships for Dream Cruises will be abt. 151, 000 gross tons each and have a ca-pacity of more than 3.300 passengers.

Each ship is 325 m in length, 39.7 m in breadth and will reach a trail speed of abt. 23 knots. These new ships are designed for the fast growing Chinese cruise market.

The management and project teams of Dream Cruises and Meyer Werft took part at the ceremony for the first steel cut.

Photo: from left- Thatcher Brown, President, Dream Cruises, Colin Au, Advisor, Founding President and Chief Executive, Genting Hong Kong, Bernard Meyer Managing Partner of Meyer Werft