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German ship repair and conversion specialist Lloyd Werft has started one of
its biggest tasks to turn the uncompleted hull a 72.000 ton vessel originally
ordered for an American owner into a new ship for Norwegian Cruise Line with
delivery in the spring of next year.
The hull of the former QUEEN OF AMERICAS arrived in Bremerhaven on December
16 a four-week transatlantic tow in December after steel sections , pipework,
main engines and podded propulsion units had been shipped in advance.
QUEEN OF THE AMERICAS was one of two vessels ordered from Ingalls Shipbuilding
at Pascagoula, USA, for the American Classic Voyage Company but was purchased
by NCL after the failure of the Chicago-based operator.
Lloyd Werft delivered NORWEGIAN SKY to NCL
in 1999 from the uncompleted hull of a vessel ordered for Costa, and say the
present task is of similar scale to this project and earlier major reconstructions
of NCL's France and the replacement of the original steam turbines of Cunard's
QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 with diesel engines.
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