Fincantieri will realize a fourth cruise ship extra-dislocates for the French Companies du Ponant



The French Companies du Ponant has ordered to the navalmeccanico group Italian Fincantieri the construction of a cruise ship extra-dislocates twin of the Soleal, the ship "undermines-cruise last month" delivered ( on 28 June 2013) that - as the precedence the Austral and the Boreal delivered to French shipowning society respective in May 2010 and in April 2011 - is realized in the Fincantieri ship yard of Ancona.

Also the hardly ordered ship will be assigned to the plant of Ancona, with delivery previewed in the spring of 2015. The unit will fly French flag, will have about 11.000 tons of tonnage, will be long about 142 meters, wide 18 and will be able to reach the 16 knots of cruise speed. It will be able moreover to accommodate on board 264 passengers in 132 between cabins and suite, all with external sight, 95% of which you equip of private balcony, besides 140 members of the crew. The ship will be constructed adopting the most advanced technologies in topic of environmental protection and for via of the reduced dimensions it will be able to reach ports and inaccessible destinations to greater units. In fact it will navigate in Alaska during the summer, and Australia and New Zealand during the winter. The preparation of the internal ones will be conceived "on a human scale" and will be entrusted to the celebrated French architect Jean-Philippe Nuel who has cured the interior design of the three precedence twin ships.

"This new order - the managing director of Fincantieri has commented, Giuseppe Bono - represents an important consolidation of the relationships with a prestigious society owner of a shipping company and a lot promising affords us to garrison world-wise a business segment. A for us encouraging goal, than joins and that those recent ones it arrives in a moment of still difficult market, and that it has been possible to reach also thanks to the greater cohesion that has come true inside of the company and that it affords very to hope on the necessary recovery of efficiency and competitiveness".

"For Companies du Ponant - the managing director of the French company has declared, Jean-Emmanuel Sauvéè - this new order is another step towards the future that validates a model of effective business and strengthens the partnership with Fincantieri, to which three yachts are entrusted the construction of this twin fourth after the great job carried out on the precedence".