05/26/2026
German shipbuilder unveils vision for the world’s 1st fully electric cruise ship
Imagine a cruise ship nearly a thousand feet long carrying 1,800 passengers across the ocean with no smoke, no rumbling engines, and no local emissions.
German ship builder Meyer Werft wants to make this vision a reality by building what could become the world’s first fully electric battery-powered cruise ship.
The concept, called “Project Vision,” could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and potentially change cruising forever.
“Batteries are now in a state with the energy density and other aspects, safety, life cycle and so on, where we say, now this is the most energy efficient way to do cruises,” said Johannes Bade, a project engineer with Meyer Werft.
The proposed ship would plug in and recharge while in port, operating much like the world’s largest electric vehicle, except this one floats.
