The projected entry into service of Titanic II is now scheduled to take place in 2018 rather than 2016 as originally envisaged, according to Clive Palmer, owner of Blue Star Line Pty Ltd, the Australian company that plans to build the ship in China.
“The first project development phase has been completed,” said Palmer, owner of Blue Star Line. “Currently the focus is on the evaluation and the project master plan development and more information will be available once this phase is completed."
"Titanic II is scheduled to be launched from its construction base in China in 2018, before her maiden passenger voyage retracing its original journey from Southampton to New York,” he said in a statement.