Seabourn has emitted the order to Fincantieri for a new cruise ship extra-dislocates



The crocieristica company Seabourn of the American group Carnival Corporation has transformed in order the letter of attempts signed last October with the navalmeccanico group Italian Fincantieri for the construction of a cruise ship extra-dislocates ( on 21 October 2013).

The new ship, that it will enter to take part of the fleet of Seabourn in the second half of 2016, will have about 40.350 tons of tonnage, will be long about 210 meters and wide 28, will be able to reach the 18,6 knots of cruise speed and will be able moreover to accommodate on board 604 roomy passengers in 302 suite, all equipped of private balcony.

Fincantieri has emphasized that the new unit will be set up the characteristics second and the technical solutions of vanguard that make of Seabourn between the brands of greater prestige in the segment extra-I dislocate and with it will continue the modernization of the fleet begun in 2009. Moreover - it has specified Fincantieri - the new ship will have in safety one of its greater strengths: in fact it will be constructed adopting the most advanced technologies, whose standards will exceed the demands for the reference norms; important it will be also the reduction of the consumption, obtained thanks to the optimization of hydrodynamics.

"The new ship - the president of Seabourn has declared, Richard D. Meadows - will give to continuity to the evolution begun with the expansion of the fleet of Seabourn, adding elements of modern design and innovations online with the refined elegance that marks Seabourn. With its delivery, the crocieristica company with the highest appraisals to the world will offer to the travellers also the more modern fleet of ships of the segment of the luxury".

"The order by a new customer - the managing director of Fincantieri has commented, Giuseppe Bono - is always reason of great satisfaction. Today we can add also a pride tip to you, because with Seabourn, that it represents the high range of offer of the Carnival group, we will construct to ships for all the operators of the segment extra-I dislocate, a market niche that in the last year it has seen to converge strong investments. This flattering result, from which we must leave in order to look to the future with optimism, is son of the renewal spirit that we are getting ahead with determination to all the levels of activity of the company".