a cikin watan Disamba na 1998, Cunard ya ba da cikakkun bayanai game da Project Queen Mary, aikin don haɓaka layin da zai dace da Sarauniya Elizabeth 2. Harland da Wolff na Arewacin Ireland, Aker Kværner na Norway, Fincantieri na Italiya, Meyer Werft na Jamus da Chantiers de l'Atlantique na Faransa an gayyace su don yin tayin a kan aikin. A ƙarshe an sanya hannu kan kwangilar tare da Chantiers de l'Atlantique, wani reshen kamfanin Alstom, a ranar 6 ga watan Nuwamba na 2000. Wannan shi ne daidai da aka gina jirgin ruwan jirgin ruwan na Cunard, SS Normandie na Faransa da kuma jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na SS Compagnie Générale.
Harland da Wolff na Arewacin Ireland, Aker Kværner na Norway, Fincantieri na Italiya, Meyer Werft na Jamus, da Chantiers de l'Atlantique na Faransa