shipbuilding
Leave the shipyard: Ems transfer of a cruise ship
The new cruise ship “Arvia” has left the Meyer shipyard and is on its way on the Ems. photo
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The ship, built for the British shipping company P&O Cruises, is to be transferred to the North Sea via the Ems. The ship, which is powered by liquid natural gas (LNG), has space for around 5,200 passengers.
The Papenburg Meyer shipyard started the Ems transfer of the newly built cruise ship “Arvia” on Saturday. Hundreds of people followed the departure of the shipyard in the morning, as a company spokesman said. The transfer has started as planned and the arrival in Eemshaven, Netherlands, is still expected for Sunday, said the shipyard spokesman.
There the new building will be tested technically and nautically. The ship will then set course for Bremerhaven for the handover to the British shipping company P&O Cruises. The “Arvia” is identical in construction to the “Iona”, which was already delivered in 2020. There is space for around 5200 passengers on board.
Like its sister ship, the “Ariva” is operated with liquid natural gas (LNG). This ensures a significantly lower level of pollution at sea, since neither sulfur oxides nor soot particles are released, the shipyard said. When leaving the building dock at the end of August, demonstrators accused the industry of “greenwashing”. LNG also causes climate-damaging CO2 emissions.