Begun to Saint-Nazaire the last retouchings to new Precious cruise ship MSC of MSC Cruises



The last retouchings to the hull, the systems and the furnishings of MSC are on Precious, the fourth flagship of the class "Fantasy" of MSC Cruises that in recent days are transferred to the Joubert pier, basin C, of i yards STX Europe di Saint-Nazaire. Draft of the first displacement of the ship from when its construction is begun and has been be a matter of a long which lasted operation two days that the involvement of great part of staff of the French ship yards has demanded.

MSC Precious, that it will be able to accommodate until 4.345 passengers, is long 333 meters, wide 38 meters and will be able to reach a speed of 23 knots. The ship, planned from the study of naval architecture De Jorio International Design, will be christened next 23 March to Genoa, port from which will leave for cruises weeklies magazine with stages to Naples, Messina, Tunisi, Barcelona and Marseilles.

While the Fincantieri Italian has concluded with happen to Trieste the careening work on megayacht the Eclipse, that she has left the yard of the Triestine Arsenal San Marco and has left for the tests in sea. The maintenance activities have demanded about four weeks of job and the employment of 70 people.

In the segment of megayacht the Fincantieri it can boast the delivery in 2011 of the Serene ones, of 134 meters, the greater, luxurious boat and technologically advanced never constructed in Italy and between the first ten to the world, winner of the prize "World Superyacht Awards" 2012. Moreover currently the Italian navalmeccanico group is realizing near the yard of Muggiano (La Spezia) a second megayacht still more challenger and ambitious of first: the Victory, of 140 meters.

In the field of megayacht the Fincantieri it has recently introduced others three projects: Virage88, 88 meters, designed by Andrew Winch who, as he says the name, have inspired themselves in the choice of the concept to the movement of the waves, Strong, 145 meters, a "gas turbines designed yacht" by Ken Freivoch, the innovative design and with a propulsive system in a position to exceeding the speed 35 knots at the same time diminishing the environmental impact, and Harmony, 142 meters, designed by Andrea Vallicelli for Fincantieri Yachts and introduced the slid spring to Dubai International Boat Show.