Disney’s American Cruise Division announced, “A global dream“One of the largest yachts in the world, still unfinished, which has been waiting for a new owner for months in a hangar in Germany. Asian leisure and travel group Genting HK originally ordered the ship from its German subsidiary MV Werften. But both companies went bankrupt, victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, which halted cruises.
The fate of the three-quarters-completed Navy has been uncertain ever since. “Its construction will be completed at the former MV Werften shipyard in Wismar under the supervision of Meyer Werft management.“The shipyard, based in Papenburg, Lower Saxony, has already built three other cruise ships for the group,” Disney Cruise Line said in a press release issued Wednesday night. The purchase price was not disclosed. In June, MV Werften’s management indicated that the vessel, which is estimated to cost a total of €1.5 billion, still needed €600 million to complete. “A global dreamwill be renamed, the appearance will be changed to “colors inspired by Mickey Mouseand based outside the United States. With about 6,000 passengers and a crew of 2,300, it should sail the seas from 2025.
MV Werften filed for bankruptcy in January. In June, the manufacturer Thyssenkrupp Marine System announced the acquisition of shipyards in Wismar (North), where it wants to produce submarines. About 2,000 employees worked at the MV Werften shipyards, which were distributed between the ports of Stralsund, Rostock and Wismar, all located in West Pomerania, a former East German region.
Source: Le Figaro
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