Marlink Equips TUI’s Mein Schiff Flow With Multi-Orbit Network
Fincantieri delivered the InTUItion-class ship at Monfalcone on June twelve, ahead of a Trieste christening TUI plans to carry live over Starlink.
Marlink will supply TUI Cruises with a managed shipboard connectivity platform for Mein Schiff Flow, integrating Starlink low-Earth-orbit service with geostationary VSAT and mobile satellite backup on the new InTUItion-class vessel. The ship was delivered by Fincantieri on June 12 and is scheduled for christening in Trieste, Italy, on June 20, 2026, with TUI planning to carry the ceremony live over Starlink.
The deployment puts the line’s newest ship onto a multi-orbit communications setup from entry into service. The two companies have worked together since 2018. It follows Marlink’s earlier Sealink NextGen installation on Mein Schiff Relax, the first ship in the same class.
A managed multi-orbit network onboard
Marlink will deliver the system through its Possibility Portfolio and XChange NextGen platform, which manages connectivity, network services, cybersecurity, cloud functions and shipboard applications from a common architecture. For Mein Schiff Flow, that means Starlink, GEO VSAT and a mobile satellite backup layer will be managed as one onboard communications environment.
The company’s traffic management will allocate bandwidth among the satellite services according to coverage, application requirements and operational priorities. Marlink said the setup was designed to support guest and crew digital services as well as shipboard operations across different operating regions, including itineraries where communications availability can be more variable.
Marlink acts as an integrator of satellite capacity rather than a satellite owner. The company sources capacity from satellite network operators and combines separate service layers into managed maritime networks.
Handed over at Monfalcone
Fincantieri handed over Mein Schiff Flow at its Monfalcone shipyard in northeastern Italy, with TUI Cruises CEO Wybcke Meier and Fincantieri executives attending the ceremony. “With the delivery of Mein Schiff Flow, we celebrate a new milestone in our collaboration with TUI Cruises,” said Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO and managing director of Fincantieri.
Mein Schiff Flow is the second InTUItion-class ship and the ninth in the Mein Schiff fleet, designed for roughly 3,900 to 4,000 guests and about 1,500 crew.
Launch program and class expansion
After delivery, TUI Cruises scheduled the ship to welcome its first guests on a preview sailing from Trieste. Its christening voyage departs from Trieste to Palma de Mallorca, with calls including Koper, Slovenia, and Palermo, Sicily, before the vessel begins a Mediterranean season from Palma.
Fincantieri and TUI Cruises have already extended the InTUItion-class program beyond Mein Schiff Relax and Mein Schiff Flow. A September 2025 contract covers two additional sister ships for delivery in 2031 and 2032.
