The Papenburg Meyer shipyard started the Ems transfer of the newly built cruise ship "Arvia" on Saturday. Hundreds of people followed the departure of the shipyard in the morning, as a company spokesman said. The transfer has started as planned and the arrival in Eemshaven, Netherlands, is still expected for Sunday, said the shipyard spokesman.

There the new building will be tested technically and nautically. For the handover to the British shipping company P

Like its sister ship, the "Ariva" is operated with liquid natural gas (LNG). This ensures a significantly lower level of pollution at sea, since neither sulfur oxides nor soot particles are released, the shipyard said. When leaving the building dock at the end of August, demonstrators accused the industry of "greenwashing". LNG also causes climate-damaging CO2 emissions.