Genting Hong Kong has signed an order for ten ships from the Lloyd Werft Group, comprising of two mega cruise ships for Star Cruises and eight vessels for Crystal Cruises.
Star Cruises has designed the Global-class of ships for worldwide cruising, each measuring 201,000 tonnes with 5,000 lower berths.
Delivery of the vessels will commence between 2019 and 2020 starting with one ship a year and eventually increasing to two ships a year.
The first two ships ordered in the class will be the first purpose built cruise ships deployed for the contemporary Chinese market.
In order to produce sufficient ships for early deliveries for its rapid fleet expansion, Genting has purchased four shipyards in Germany to form the Lloyd Werft Group, which will eventually produce two mega ships of over 200,000 tonnes each and a mid-size ship of 50,000 tonnes a year.