MEYER WERFT delivers fifth 126,000gt cruise ship to Celebrity Cruises
MEYER WERFT on October 9, 2012 delivered the 126,000-gt Celebrity Reflection to Celebrity Cruises (Miami, USA) in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The Celebrity Reflectionis the fith ship out of a series of five cruise ships the shipyard is building for Celebrity Cruises. MEYER WERFT and Celebrity Cruises have developed and built another extremely eco-friendly ship. Highly energy-efficient systems, a solar power system, optimised hydrodynamics, a very efficient underwater hull coating and an energy-saving lighting system using LEDs cut back the ship's energy demand considerably.
The Celebrity Reflection can accommodate 3,046 passengers, who are taken care of by a crew of 1,271.
MEYER WERFT based in Papenburg was founded in 1795 and is in its sixth generation of family ownership. Bernard Meyer is the managing partner of the company.
MEYER WERFT specializes in construction and building special-purpose ships: cruise ships, car and passenger ferries, RoRo ships as well as LPG tankers. MEYER WERFT’s affiliated company, NEPTUN WERFT GmbH in Rostock, is building river cruise liners and supplements the offer. The construction of gas tankers rounds of the portfolio.
Today MEYER WERFT has more than 2,500 employees and is one of the biggest employers in the region. The family-owned company also provides professional training for about 300 apprentices in twelve different professions. The workload will keep the company busy well into the year 2015.