SUNSTONE Ships and China Merchants Industry Holdings have inked an agreement to build four expedition vessels, with options for another six ships. The order positions SunStone as the largest tonnage provider of expedition vessels to the cruise and travel industry, with an existing fleet of ten ships on charter to...
SUNSTONE Ships and China Merchants Industry Holdings have inked an agreement to build four expedition vessels, with options for another six ships.
The order positions SunStone as the largest tonnage provider of expedition vessels to the cruise and travel industry, with an existing fleet of ten ships on charter to companies including Quark Expeditions.
To be built in China, the vessels will be Polar Class six, 104m in length and feature 80-95 passenger cabins.
Ulstein Design & Solutions will supply the vessel’s design and equipment package, as well as the supervision for the building of the vessels, while Makinen, Finland, will establish a cabin assembly plant and interior workshop at the shipyard’s facilities, and will look after all interior spaces on the newbuilds.
Hotel design will be managed by Tomas Tillberg Design International.
The vessels will be part of the SunStone Fleet and chartered to new and existing clients.
A render of one of the new ships is pictured above.
