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Started on Monfalcone the work of construction of the cruise ship Royal Princess
It will enter in service in the spring of 2013 and will be the new flagship of Princess Cruises
October 20, 2011
Today in the ship yard of Monfalcone of the Fincantieri group the ceremony of start of the work in basin of the new cruise ship Royal Princess with it has been carried out puts down in basin of the first block ship, a section of the weight of about 500 tons.
The ship, commissioned from the American group Carnival for the society owner of a shipping company Princess Cruises, will take the sea in the spring of 2013 and will be the new flagship of the fleet of the crocieristica company.
Royal Princess will be before the two ships prototype commissioned to Fincantieri last year ( on 4 May 2010). The ship will have about 141.000 tons of tonnage, will be able to accommodate on board 3,600 passengers and largest will up to now be constructed for the fleet of Princess Cruises. Fincantieri has emphasized that the unit will represent a new technological point of reference to European and world-wide level for the layout innovative, the highest performances and the high quality of technical solutions of vanguard.
To the today's ceremony it has attended Alan Buckelew, president and managing director of Princess Cruises. "It is always a lot moving - it has declared - to assist to the first step aerobic of the construction of the ship, the moment in which the sections pre-assembled join in order to form those that the new income in our fleet represents, particularly when draft of a project prototype". "The project to the vanguard of Royal Princess - it has added Buckelew - is characterized for some new particularly entusiasmanti elements and areas ulteriorly widened, but also for the profile classic and the peculiarities that the passengers usually expect from the Princess brand".
"It puts down it of the first block in basin - the managing director of Fincantieri has confirmed, Giuseppe Bono - represents a fundamental stage in the construction of Royal Princess, innovative ship prototype for one of the more prestigious brands of the group Carnival, first crocieristico operator to the world, for which in the past we have constructed many ships. This returns us particularly proud and firmly is convinced that Fincantieri will construct the beautifulr ship to the world".
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Today in the ship yard of Monfalcone of the Fincantieri group the ceremony of start of the work in basin of the new cruise ship Royal Princess with it has been carried out puts down in basin of the first block ship, a section of the weight of about 500 tons.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
