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Crucial phase for the outcome of the order of crocieristica company Libyan GNMTC to STX France
Within on 15 May the payment of 25% of the value of the store clerk is previewed
April 26, 2011
A crucial moment is approached in order to know the future of the cruise ship that Libyan company GNMTC has ordered to the STX France of group STX Europe and that it is under construction in the French ship yard of Saint-Nazaire (1° July and 23 Decembers 2010).
If to the action of the signature of the contract it is poured a account pairs to 10% of the total value of the order, that it piles to beyond 500 million euros, within next 15 May the Libyan company must in fact pay 25% of the value of the store clerk. In consideration of the state of war in existence in Libya between the faithful military forces to colonel Gheddati and the rebels supported from the aerial missions of an international coalition, that it is promoted above all by the French government, nobody is up to now in a position to knowing if such expiration will be honored. Moreover, even if the payment had to happen, it is possible that the transaction is hindered by the decided economic endorsements from the United Nations and from the European Union with the attempt to stop the repression mails in existence from the Libyan government.
The new cruise ship, constructed on the project of the MSC Fantasy, will be long 333 meters, wide 38 meters, will have 1,739 passenger compartments and will be completed in December 2012. The managing director of STX France, Jacques Hardelay, has released some declarations emphasizing that a ship of this type in delivery at the end of the next year is however of interest for the crocieristica industry. If the order with GNMTC had to fall, the first company to which the French yard it could offer the new ship would be probably MSC Cruises, company that a ship of the same type in the same plant of Saint-Nazaire has under construction and for which the project is studied from which the unit for the Libyan company is being born.
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