12.06.2015
New ownership and new cruise orders have improved the situation of Meyer’s Turku shipyard. The shipyard will complete two ships for TUI this and next year. A third TUI ship will be finished in 2017 and the fourth one in 2019. In February, the Turku shipyard confirmed an order for a fast car ferry for Tallink to be finished in 2017. Tallink also has an option for an additional ferry.
Meyer signed a deal with the world’s largest cruise company Carnival for four cruise ships which will completed during 2019-2022. Two of the ships will be built in Turku shipyard. The on-going projects and new deals vastly improve the Finnish shipyard cluster’s situation. The large orders also mean work for smaller companies in the field. (Source: www.tekniikkatalous.fi, 11.4.2015)