The EUR 230m ($269m) acquisition of the former Nordic Yards by Hong Kong-quoted Genting Group has helped propel Germany to the position of Europe’s leading shipbuilding nation with the world’s largest cruiseship orderbook.

Now operating as MV Werften, three fully enclosed modern facilities at Wismar, Stralsund and Rostock are ready to build state-of-the-art cruiseships for Genting, one of the most ambitious operators in the cruise business.

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