Meyer Turku Yard confirms contract with TTS Marine AB for delivery of access equipment to their fifth and sixth newbuildings for TUI Cruises
Meyer Turku Yard has confirmed a contract with TTS Marine AB for delivery of access equipment to their fifth and sixth newbuildings for TUI Cruises, the company said in its press release.
A contract is reported with Meyer Turku Yard in Finland for delivery of access equipment to their newbuildings, 1392 and 1393, for TUI Cruises to be named Mein Schiff 7 and Mein Schiff 8.
Previously TTS Marine AB has delivered similar equipment the yard’s and TUI’s recent four newbuildings, of which two are already delivered and two under construction. The third vessel in the series will be delivered during May 2016.
The contributions from TTS include shell doors, platforms, covers, elevators and gangways as well as luggage and provision side loading systems, in total about 40 items . The TTS deliveries include design, fabrication and installation of the equipment.
Among other things, TTS scope includes telescopic aluminium gangways. This is an easy-to-install-and-operate feature that both saves space and makes passenger access swifter as it can be used as both an on-board gangway and give access from the terminal through the very same passenger door.
The delivery and installation of equipment to Mein Schiff 7 and 8, will be completed by the end of June 2017 and February 2018 respectively. Mein Schiff 7 is scheduled for delivery to the owner during spring 2018 and Mein Schiff 8 during spring 2019.
TTS has also developed all-electric solutions for cruise doors, responding to the industry’s clear commitment to cleaner operations in environmentally sensitive areas. This application will be delivered to two newbuildings for Star Cruises under construction at Meyer Werft in Papenburg.
In addition TTS Marine AB has recently also received one further major contract for delivery of access to the cruise industry to be built at a European yard for a well-recognised operator in the cruise market.
These deliveries and projects confirms the cruise industry’s appreciation and satisfaction of TTS equipment and solutions developed for this and other cruise vessel projects.
