INTERNATIONAL SHIPREPAIR NEWS January|February 2000
Lloyd Werft continues to set the pace
German yard Lloyd Werft continues to set the pace in the
cruiseship repair and conversion sector. The Bremerhaven-based outfit recently completed
repairs on Norwegian Cruise Line's
Norwegian Dream, which
was involved in a collision with the containership Ever Decent during August. The
cruise vessel was in the yard for 40 days, during which time repairs to her bow and side
were carried out. Lloyd Werft beat out such yards as Blohm+Voss, Remontowa and Harland &
Wolff to land the contract.
The yard has also completed a refit on the Cunard cruiseship Royal Viking Sun. The vessel emerged from the refit
with a new name - the Seaborn Sun - and a new owner - Cunard's sister company
Seabourn, thus signalled the end of the Royal Viking brand. The Seabourn Sun was
followed into the yard by the Queen
Elizabeth 2 and Vistafjord, which is to be renamed Caronia. QE2
was in the yard for a 20 million refit which took place between 12th November and 11th
December. Public rooms, passenger areas and all cabins throughout the vessel were
refurbished. Launched by the Queen at John Brown and Co. shipyard of Clydebank in 1967, QE2
was the last passenger ship to be built on the Clyde. Since her maiden voyage, she has
sailed over 4,648,050 nautical miles an has carried more than two million passengers on
1,159 voyages.