MEYER WERFT to build another Luxury Liner for NCL

Papenburg, 03.05.2005 - The US cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has announced today that it has placed an order with MEYER WERFT for a new cruise ship scheduled for delivery in early October 2007.

The new ship ordered in Papenburg is a sister ship to Norwegian Jewel which is currently under construction and will be completed in August 2005. This 93,000-gt vessel is 264 m long, 32.2 m wide, and can accommodate almost 2,400 passengers.

"We are very thankful that Norwegian Cruise Line has confided in us once again," states Managing Partner Bernard Meyer. "By the year 2007 Norwegian Cruise Line will have eight ships in their fleet built by MEYER WERFT."

Papenburg, 15.04.2005 - The next cruise ship, 93,000-gt Norwegian Jewel, is likely to be docked out on June 10th, 2005. She will be berthed alongside the outfitting pier for about 2 weeks. The passage down the River Ems is scheduled for the last weekend in June.

Ronan Keating, Nena, Bonnie Tyler

Date: Friday, 17 June and Saturday 18 June 2005, next to MEYER WERFT

As already happened in 2002 a new cruise liner built by MEYER WERFT will be the background scenery for a big event presented by German broadcaster NDR in June directly at the premises of the shipyard.

Well known artists like Ronan Keating, Jimmy Sommerville, Bonnie Tyler, Chris Norman and Suzie Quattro as well as national stars like Nena will be on stage during the NDR Festival at 17-18, June.

For further information and tickets please contact: ++49-(0)511-444066 - or contact the local tourist information: 0049-(0)4961-8396-0

Second Boxship named in Hamburg

Papenburg, 11.03.2005 - On March, 10 2005 MEYER WERFT in Papenburg delivered the second container ship for Hansa Hamburg Shipping International. The 1,600 TEU vessel will be named in Hamburg on Saturday and has been chartered by the Canadian operator CP Ships and will be in service on the route Canada - Northwestern Europe.

MS Reinbek, yard number S. 672, is the second unit out of four novel container ships having a freight capacity of 1,620 containers (TEU). The other two ships of this type will follow untill summer of 2005.

These slender-built ships are 169.0 m long, 27.2 m wide, and can operate at a speed of 20 knots. From a technical viewpoint, the ships are outstanding due to the highest ice class (Finnish-Swedish 1A Super) and the special arrangement of the hatches. In the midship section they are designed as so-called "open-top ships," while on the forward end as well as on both sides hatch covers are provided. Such a triple, longitudinal division of the cargo hold is an absolute novelty.

New Ship for Norwegian Cruise Line

Papenburg, 08.02.2005 - In the covered building dock of MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, one of a total of 67 steel blocks of the new 93,000-gt cruise vessel Pride of Hawaii was put into place on the keelblocks today. Inside the dock, following an old tradition, Lim Keong Han, the son of Tan Sri Lim, CEO of Norwegian Cruise Lines parent company Star Cruises, laid the traditional "lucky penny" before the block was put down by the yard´s 800-ton crane. The block weighs nearly 450 tons, is 20 m long, 25 m wide and about 9 m high.

The Pride of Hawaii is the second of three news ships which are being built for the cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). It is supposed to be operated in the American cruise market, and its delivery is scheduled in the spring of 2006. The length overall will be 294.13 m, the breadth 32.2 m, and it will be able to reach a speed of more than 25 knots. 2,376 passengers will be accommodated in 1,188 cabins and will be taken care of by a crew of 1,000. Five MAN diesel engines (100,000 hp) will generate the ship's power while two 20-MW azipods will be provided for propulsion. This pod system will ensure that the ship operates at a special low-noise and low-vibration level. At the same time it will provide the ship with extremely favourable manoeuvring capabilities.

Later on, the Pride of Hawaii will sail under US flag under the brand name "NCL America."

Photo: The first Block of the Pride of Hawaii - in the background NCL´s new ship Norwegian Jewel for delivery in summer 2005.