Peace Boat is in the final steps of a bidding process to order the Ecoship, which the cruise ship operator hopes will be the greenest ship in the industry.

Director and co-founder Yoshioka Tatsuya says the organisation is on track to place the order in the middle of this year, with delivery targeted in the late spring of 2020.

"We are very near," he told TradeWinds on the sidelines of the Seatrade Cruise Global conference.

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