Corona had brought the cruise business to a standstill. Some of the shipping companies that had ordered new ships from the shipyards agreed on later delivery dates. In the meantime, production of the megaliners has started up again. The “Arvia” will soon join the fleet of the British shipping company P&O, which belongs to the Carnival Cruises group, the world market leader for cruises.
The “Arvia” is a 344 meter long cruise giant of 184,000 gross register tons. The new building, a sister ship of the “Iona” commissioned by P&O Cruises in 2020, offers space for 5,200 passengers with 2614 cabins.
It is no longer powered by heavy oil or diesel, but by liquefied natural gas. Although liquefied natural gas is still a fossil fuel, the emission of CO2 nitrogen oxides and particulate matter is almost completely reduced in contrast to conventional drives.
criticism of Nabu
In order to transfer the ship, which is initially being built in the construction dock of the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, Lower Saxony, downstream towards the North Sea, the Ems has to be dammed. Nabu noted on Norddeutscher Rundfunk that the temporary increase in the water level would also flood numerous meadows in the foreland of the dyke. These areas are in need of thousands of migratory birds on their long journey south right now.
According to the shipyard, the transfer maneuver began on Saturday morning, and on Sunday the “Arvia” reached the outfitting quay in the port of Eemshaven at around 4.30 a.m. as planned.
source: www.meyerwerft.de and www.ndr.de
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