Meyer Turku shipyard, the German owned cruise ship builder in Finland, plans to expand its capacity, the Turun Sanomat daily reports on its website.

Among the plans is an option to extend the graving dock in which ships are built so that two vessels could be built at one time. The current size of the dock is 365m by 80m.

The company is considering also other investments to improve the performance of the yard, Jan Meyer, Managing Director of Meyer Turku was reported as saying. However, the investments decisions would depend on future workload.

Meyer Turku has just delivered Mein Schiff 4, second in a series of four 99,300 gross ton cruise liners for TUI Cruises in Hamburg. The contract has options for two additional ships. Furthermore, Carnival Corp & plc has signed a preliminary agreement with the shipyard to construct two of the nine ships it recently said it would order in the near future.

Jan Meyer was reported as saying that the agreement with Carnival also included options and that the initial contracts for the two ships should be confirmed during the summer.