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cabins and space for 2,550 passengers + 987 crew. Also for MSC Cruises, two 133,500 GT cruise vessels MSC Fantasia and MSC Serenata will be delivered in 2008 and 2009 respectively. The production start of Fantasia took place in St Nazaire in September 2006. The 333 metres long and 38 m wide vessel has 1,650 cabins and accommodates 3,887 passengers + 1,300 crew. In September 2006, Aker Yards entered into an agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) on building two large cruise ships to be delivered from SaintNazaire in 2009 and 2010.The