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SNCM confirmation the intention to renew the fleet
In sight orders for eight ships ro-pax. In pole position the ship yard of Saint-Nazaire of STX France
July 25, 2012
The company of French navigation SNCM (Société Nationale Maritime Run Méditerranée) has confirmed the intention to renew own fleet and is in negotiations with three ship yards for the construction of new ships ro-pax. The investment could pile to 800-850 million euros for the realization of eight ferries for goods and passengers of the ability to about 1.300 passengers and 2,400 linear meters of rotabili, with delivery in period 2015-2018.
After a recognition between various yards for the construction of the ships, SNCM has defined a short list that the Atlantique di Saint-Nazaire of the STX France includes the navalmeccanico plant French Chantiers de, a South Korean yard and a Japanese yard. The intention of the shipowning company would be to assign the entire store clerk to a single ship yard, that it could be the plant of Saint-Nazaire in consideration also of the fact that the French State stops is 25% of the capital stock of SNCM (66% is possessed by the French Veolia Transdev) that 33.3% of the capital stock of STX France (66.6% is possessed by STX Europe, branch of South Korean STX).
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