Just a few days after the Mein Schiff Relax was floated out in the Italian Fincantieri shipyard, the dock of the Mein Schiff 7 in the Finnish Meyer Turku shipyard was also flooded ton December 1. Around 300 million liters of water flowed into the dock and ensured a successful floating in a snowy winter landscape and with traditional cannon fire. This newbuilding is now receiving the finishing touches before it begins its first trips for guests next early summer.
“We are pleased that the 7th newbuilding in the Mein Schiff fleet now has water under its keel. The sister ship of Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 not only offers many wonderful innovations for our guests, but also relies on new low-emission fuels for propulsion,” says Wybcke Meier, CEO of TUI Cruises.
There will be many new highlights on the Mein Schiff 7 that will offer guests of the Mein Schiff fleet a very special feeling of well-being and travel at the highest level. Guests can expect two new cabin categories for solo travelers: 12 indoor and 14 outdoor single cabins offer individual freedom with plenty of storage space and a unique feel-good atmosphere.
The newbuilding will operate with lower-emission marine diesel (sulfur content: 0.1%) and is equipped with catalytic converters (nitrogen oxide reduction: around 75%) and a shore power connection. In addition, the Mein Schiff 7 is being built run also on methanol, potentially green methanol, which makes the ship's propulsion system almost CO2-neutral. The decision to prepare Mein Schiff 7 for methanol propulsion is an important investment in the future and an important contribution to climate-neutral cruising.
In order to achieve even more efficient waste processing, the Mein Schiff 7 will be equipped with an innovative system that can shred organic waste through thermal treatment and process it for further use on land. “HydroTreat”, a new system for processing biological waste: the liquid parts of the waste are separated using heat and pressure and sent to the ship's own wastewater treatment system. In the end, purified wastewater comes out on land at the level of modern sewage treatment plants.
