Maritime
MSC CRUISES ENTERS ULTRA-LUXURY SEGMENT
BY PLACING ORDER FOR FOUR MORE SHIPS
FROM FINCANTIERI
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The ships will feature, amongst other, the best and latest envi-
ronmental technology and other cutting-edge maritime solutions
at sea. They will also showcase highly-innovative design as well as
introduce ground-breaking options for guest comfort and relax.
Pierfrancesco Vago, MSC Cruises’ Executive Chairman, said: “It is
off the back of the great success of our ship-within-a-ship luxury
concept that our guests asked us to enter into the ultra-luxury seg-
ment, as a natural evolution of the MSC Yacht Club. These ships will
be able to offer unique itineraries, thanks to their size, and the guest
services will be taken to another level, including our personalised
MSC Yacht Club butler service, available 24/7.
Mr Vago continued, “I am especially pleased to be able to further
extend our partnership with Fincantieri through this
new order. The award-winning Seaside and Seaside-Evo
class have already been recognised as ground-break-
ing and innovative designs. We are now introducing
another new class, which will establish a new standard
of ultra-luxury at sea with ships that will showcase the
quality and highest standards that are associated with
Made in Italy.”
Giuseppe Bono, CEO of Fincantieri, stated: “It is with
pride that two great brands – an Italian one and one
with a strong Italian DNA -, well-known all over the
world, today announce an important construction
program. We are extremely satisfied that, to launch a
new class of ships in the luxury segment, MSC Cruises
has recognized that our design will help them create a
new generation of ships that will be cutting edge both
in terms of safety and technological content, and with
particular attention paid to passenger comfort. With this
project Fincantieri can count on 53 cruise ships in its
order book, confirming its position as absolute market
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leader”.
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he first of this highly-innovative new generation of
ships will come into service in Spring 2023
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri today announced the
signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for
the construction of four ultra-luxury cruise ships for
a total value in excess of EUR 2 billion.
The ships, the first of which will be delivered in
Spring 2023, will have gross tonnage of approx.
64,000 GRT and feature 500 cabins. The remaining three ships will
come into service one per year over the following three years.
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