Fincantieri Hands Over Innovative LNG Cruise Ship to Germany’s TUI Cruises

Germany’s TUI Cruises took delivery today, February 7, on the first of two new LNG dual-fuel cruise ships launching a new class of ship for the 16-year-old partnership between TUI and Royal Caribbean Group. The new ship named Mein Schiff Relax marks the first time the line has worked with Fincantieri after a long-term partnership with the shipyard in Turku, Finland.

At 161,000 gross tons, Mein Schiff Relax is the largest for the German brand and the first of the company’s ships to operate on LNG. It was built as a dual-fuel ship immediately capable of operating on LNG or Marine Gas Oil and it will be able to transition to alternatives including bio- or e-LNG when it becomes available in the market. Last year, TUI also introduced the first methanol-ready cruise sh…