Fincantieri said on Monday that the two firms signed a contract for the design and construction of two new cruise ships.
According to the shipbuilder, this order replaces the memorandum of agreement (MoA) signed in March 2025 with TUI for the construction of two cruise ships for their Marella Cruises brand.
The ships, which will be delivered in 2031 and 2032 respectively, will be sister ships to Mein Schiff Relax and Mein Schiff Flow – part of the InTUItion class – and will be powered by dual-fuel engines (LNG and MGO).
With a gross tonnage of approximately 160,000 tons, the vessels will be larger than the ones originally planned for the Marella Cruises configuration and will be built according to the latest environmental standards, Fincantieri said.
The shipbuilder said the value of the contract, subject to financing and other typical terms and conditions, is “higher than the one foreseen in the initial MoA for the Marella Cruises brand, but remains within the threshold communicated on March 31, 2025.”
Fincantieri said in March that the contract is worth more than 2 billion euros ($2.34 billion).
Earlier this year, Fincantieri floated out the second LNG-powered ship it built for TUI Cruises.
The launch of Mein Schiff Flow took place at the Monfalcone shipyard on May 30.
A sister ship to Mein Schiff Relax, which was delivered in February this year, the new unit is scheduled to enter service in mid-2026.
LNG remained the clear fuel of choice for alternative-fueled vessel orders, with 87 new ships ordered, totaling 14.2 million gross tonnes in the first half of this year, according to classification society DNV.
DNV said that LNG fuel remains dominant in the container segment, with 13.6 million GT (81 vessels) in the first half of this year.
