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The ship also features an intelligent energy efficiency system , and 100 % of the ship ’ s recycling materials ( such as plastic , paper , glass and aluminum ) will be carried out of the ship and recycled .
Costa Toscana is a sister ship to Costa Smeralda , delivered from Turku in 2019 . Adam D . Tihany has curated the impressive design of the interior , as with Costa Smeralda .
MARDI GRAS SAILS AWAY
Just a month earlier , Meyer Turku delivered the 180,000 GT , LNG powered cruise ship Mardi Gras to Carnival Cruise Line . This occasion proved that the yard can , indeed , deliver in a tight spot , despite the Covid-19 raging in the background .
Delivery of Mardi Gras was also an important moral booster , given that the shipyard had to lay off 84 people in November , and 166 people already in August . However , the original estimation for the downsizing need – made in April – was 450 people , meaning that the hit wasn ’ t quite as bad as feared initially .
Still , even in a toughest storm , one must keep scanning the horizon . One “ ray of light ” offered last year was the announcing of strategic partnership between Meyer Turku and University of Turku , with the objective of developing and strengthening education and research in engineering .

THE MOST INTELLIGENT DOOR IN THE WORLD

RESEARCH ANCHORS INNOVATION
The strategic partnership is an investment for the future : the Finnish marine cluster needs to pursue innovations – driven by strong research – in order to stay truly world-class . With this partnership , Meyer Turku also pursues more effective recruitment through closer student collaboration .
The Meyer family is confident that the Covid crisis , too , will pass – and that the company will meet the future eye-toeye . Last year , as his sons switched executive chairs , Bernard Meyer remarked that if the company takes the right , bold steps – while taking into account change – it will emerge from this crisis stronger than
The revolutionary e-hinge is an invisible ethernet cable system at sea .
It looks like an ordinary hinge but comes equipped with online access and data transfer . This opens a variety of smart options for remote control . Everything you need in ship doors , we ’ ll handle it .
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