On Jan. 15, Meyer Turku Shipyard floated out the first ship being contracted and built totally under the ownership of the Meyer family. Mein Schiff 5 is a sister ship of Mein Schiff 4, which was delivered to its owner last spring. Building of Mein Schiff 5 has advanced as planned and on schedule. The float-out and transfer of the vessel from the dry dock to the outfitting pier marks a shift from the construction phase of the ship hull to the outfitting phase. Ferdinand Strohmeyer, Vice President Operations of TUI Cruises and Jan Meyer, CEO of Meyer Turku, were among the people participating in the opening of the dry dock valves.

"Step by step the good work of our team is coming together and the ship starts to look like a ship. Mein Schiff 4, the sister ship is well received by its guest – yet we cannot stand still and are implementing multiple improvements, big and small, on Mein Schiff 5 to further improve the guest experience. I'm confident that, once again, we will be able to deliver TUI Cruises a wonderful new cruise ship on time," Jan Meyer said.

TUI Cruises has also been satisfied with how the work has progressed and with its continued good cooperation with Meyer Turku.