Refurbishment Firm MJM Marine Wins Cruiseship Contract

20th February 2019

Chairman of MJM Marine Brian McConville, vice-president of vessel refurbishment at Norwegian Cruise Line Colin Gant, and chief executive of MJM Gary Annett

#cruiseliners - Newry based firm MJM Marine, writes The Irish Times, has won its biggest contract to date for a “multimillion dollar” refit of a cruise liner that will involve a team of 1,400 people.

The company, which has its headquarters in the Co. Down city and has been in business for 35 years, has won the contract from Norwegian Cruise Line to completely refurbish its Norwegian Joy cruise ship as the company relocates the ship from Asia to the west coast of the United States

Norwegian Joy, which was the first cruise ship to feature a race track at sea, will cruise Alaska this summer after the refit.

For further reading on the contract click here.

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