Carnival Corporation Orders Another LNG-Powered Cruise Ship

Carnival Corporation has announced it has signed a shipbuilding contract for a second next-generation cruise ship for its P&O Cruises brand with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH that is scheduled to be delivered in 2022.

The ship will be built in Papenburg, Germany, and feature the corporation's "green cruising" design as one of the first generation of cruise ships to be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas both while in port and at sea. It will be 180,000 gross tons and will accommodate approximately 5,200 guests. Both new ships will be registered in the UK.

In total, Carnival Corporation has agreements in place with German and Finnish shipbuilders Meyer Werft and Meyer Turku to build eight LNG-powered cruise ships across four of its 10 global cruise brands with delivery dates between 2018 and 2022.