Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced it signed an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for four new ships for delivery in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, with an option for two more vessels 2026 and 2027.
Each of them, 140,000 gross-ton cruise ship, will carry about 3,300 passengers and cost around $800 million. They will feature energy-efficient design, based on Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest Breakaway-Plus Class ships, which include Norwegian Escape, Norwegian Joy and Norwegian Bliss.Yet, the new cruise ships will be significantly smaller than the Breakaway Plus Class. They will be 23,000 tons smaller and will be able to carry around 1,000 fewer passengers.
Yet, the new cruise ships will be significantly smaller than the Breakaway Plus Class. They will be 23,000 tons smaller and will be able to carry around 1,000 fewer passengers.
Norwegian Escape debuted in October 2015 and is currently sailing from Miami to the Caribbean. Norwegian Joy, the second in the class, debuts to the Asian cruise market in only a few months, and Norwegian Bliss comes out in spring 2018. The fourth as-yet unnamed Breakaway-Plus ship is scheduled to debut in winter 2019.
Although no further details of the prototype design of the new vessels have been released by the company, there is no doubt that some of the key priorities will be energy efficiency while optimizing fuel consumption and reducing the impact on the environment by reducing the intensity of carbon emissions.
Each of the four new cruise ships will cost approximately $853 million, said from the company, and the majority of funding would come from export credit financing.
Frank Del Rio, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line said in a press release that the new class of ships will “continue Norwegian Cruise Line brand’s legacy of introducing meaningful innovation to the cruise industry.”
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