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TUI’s Mein Schiff 2 arrives in Kiel for summer season

Mein Schiff 2, the new cruise ship of TUI Cruises, was given a traditional welcome when she arrived in Kiel today from Copenhagen at the end of her maiden voyage.

The ship was met early this morning by the tug Bülk at the Friedrichsort light beacon on her approach from Copenhagen and escorted with a fountain display to Kiel’s Ostseekai Cruise Terminal.

Captain Kjell Holm and his crew were officially welcomed afterwards by Cathy Kietzer, the president of the Schleswig-Holstein state capital.

Mein Schiff at Kiel’s Ostseekai Cruise Terminal

During an on-board reception she presented the traditional First Call plaque and the Guest Flag of the City of Kiel. “It’s a big day for our port”, said Cathy Kietzer. “We are delighted that the maiden voyage of “Mein Schiff 2” has brought her to us, here in the Kiel fiord. Kiel is the perfect turnaround port for cruises in northern Europe”.
This is the third year in a row that Kiel has been the base port for TUI Cruises in northern Europe.

Mein Schiff 2 will sail from the Ostseekai Terminal 12 times up to the start of September for cruises to the biggest cities on the Baltic, along the Norwegian fiords and to the North Cape and also Spitzbergen.

The 77,000-ton Mein Schiff 2, named on May 14, was completed at the Meyer Shipyard for Celebrity Cruises in 1997 as Mercury .

She was leaving Kiel for Bergen in Norway this evening