The Titanic II project is two years behind schedule.

Workers at the Chinese yard told The Australian daily the project was yet to be given the formal go-ahead.

One, named as Wang, said: “That ship was just a proposal. It’s never been carried out and the project has never launched.”

Palmer’s Blue Star Line reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding with AVIC Kaixin Beijing Ship Industry last year to help promote the project and provide funding.

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