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Fincantieri starts the construction of the new cruise ship for P&O Cruises
In the ship yard of Monfalcone has happened puts down she of the first block ship
May 15, 2013
Today in the ship yard of Monfalcone of the Italian group Fincantieri it is begun, with it puts down in basin of the first block ship constituted from a section of the weight of about 400 tons, the construction of the new unit from cruise for company P&O Cruises of the group Carnival Corporation & plc, that it is ordered in 2011 ( on 1° June 2011).
The ship, that it will enter in March in service 2015 and it will be able to accommodate 3,611 passengers, will be the flagship of the fleet of P&O the realized largest Cruises let alone for the British market. From the 1990 today Fincantieri it has realized 64 cruise ships, of which 31 constructed from the plant isontino and 56 destined ones to the various marks of the Carnival group.
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