Meyer Turku cuts first steel for Carnival’s largest ever cruise ship

By Baird Maritime - .

Meyer Turku Shipyard of Finland has held a steel-cutting ceremony for a 5,286-lower berth cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Line.

The ship will be the first North American-based cruise ship to run on LNG and will also be the largest Carnival cruise ship ever built with a gross displacement of 180,000 tonnes.

The yet-unnamed ship will operate from Florida beginning in 2020.

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