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Two new ships ordered for Princess Cruises, HAL
Saturday, 20 Jan, 2017
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Carnival Corp has announced a new order for two new ships with Italy’s Fincantieri.
The two ship order, valued at more than $1 billion, will be built for Holland America Line and Princess Cruises.
The Princess Cruises ship will be about 145,000 tons, with a capacity of 3,660 passengers and will be delivered in 2022.
It will be the sixth ‘Royal’ class ship for the fleet.
Holland America Line’s new ship is expected for delivery in 2021, weighing in at 99,500 tons.
The 2,660-guest ship will be the third ‘Pinnacle’ class vessel.
The second Pinnacle class ship named Nieuw Statendam, is scheduled for delivery in 2018.
"We are extremely pleased to formally announce these two new ships and build on the success and popularity of their sister ships already sailing guests around the globe," said Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald.
"Using our strategic fleet enhancement plan to introduce new ships is an important part of our measured capacity growth strategy, which includes replacing less efficient ships with newer, larger and more efficient vessels".
The companies cited their ‘deep rooted partnership’ which has so far produced 62 ships since 1990, with a further 11 on order.
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