It takes courage to name a cruise liner "Titanic II". But an Australian billionaire, Clive Palmer, had no hesitations and is about to commission the ship from a Chinese shipyard, the CSC Jinling Shipyard Co Ltd in Nanjing, in the Jiangsu province. It is a state shipyard, which however has requested the collaboration of other builders, including the Finnish Deltamarin.
The transatlantic will sail the Atlantic and its maiden voyage will exactly retrace the route of its sadly famous namesake. The cruise ship will have a length of 270 meters, a height of 53 meters and will develop along nine floors and 840 cabins. The 2400 passengers and 900 crew members will make their maiden voyage in 2016.
The reputation associated with the Titanic, however, was compensated by the famous film by James Cameron: a young Chinese woman who wants to be among the passengers on the first voyage, said that for her the Titanic is above all associated with a beautiful love story …
