Helsinki Shipyard Oy, the Finnish company that is building two expedition cruise vessels that will be operated by Swan Hellenic, the UK based expedition cruise operator, will sign a contract for a third ship in the next few days, Managing Director Carl-Gustaf Rotkirch told the Finnish broadcasting company YLE.
“We are in talks to build a sister vessel for the two ships already in production. Hopefully these talks will leaf to a good result,” he was quoted by YLE as saying and adding that a contract should be signed in the next few days.
Rotkirch said that the Helsinki Shipyard is in talks with potential customers in the US and in Europe about further orders. He did not elaborate what kinds of ships are in question.
SH Minerva, the first if the two ships currently on order, is scheduled for completion in August 2021 and the second vessel in January 2022. Both are of 10,700 gross tons and they will have accommodation for 148 passengers.
