Genting Cruise Lines (GCL) has begun design work on a series of mid-sized cruise ships it plans to build at MV Werften in Germany.
Dubbed the Universal Class, the LNG-powered, 88,000-gt vessels will accommodate 2,000 passengers.
Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, chairman and CEO of Genting Hong Kong, parent of both GCL and MV Werften, revealed at this week’s keel-laying ceremony of the second 208,000-gt cruiseship MV Werften is building for GCL, that the company intends to charter them to international hotel brands that want to enter the cruise industry, but are unable to do so as almost all building slots are occupied till the end of the decade.
