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Begun to Palermo the restructure of the four ships of "Lyric" class of MSC Cruises
the total investment piles almost 200 million euros
May 19, 2014
With the today's formulation of the first new block of cruise ship MSC Harmony that is carried out in the Fincantieri plant of Palermo has had beginning the program "Renaissance", that almost 200 million euros for the realization of important renovations to which all will be subordinates and the four ships of "the Lyric" class of MSC preview a total investment Cruises.
The section put down today on the port of call hung about 350 tons. In next the three months ulterior ones will join three dissect whose cut of sheets is currently in course near the workshops of the Palermo yard. The troncone, so compound, will be launched at the end of the month of July for being "inserted" to the center of the hull of the ship, that it will arrive on 31 August in yard. They will obtain in this way about 200 new cabins, new spaces dedicated to the entertainment between which an aquapark let alone the renewal, in the spaces and the decor, of the boutiques of edge and the adoption of technological solutions of vanguard for the entire unit.
The term of the work is previewed for next 17 November 2014, day in which the MSC Harmony lascerà the yard in order to carry out cruises weeklies magazine to the Canarian islands all season long winter.
The program "Renaissance" previews that the effettuazione of the restructure of the others three ships of the same class is completed within 2015 with the following planning: MSC Symphony from on 12 January on March 16, 2015, MSC Opera from on 2 May on July 4, 2015 and Lyric MSC from on 31 August on November 2, 2015.
The four ships of the Lyric class are constructed between 2003 and 2005 near yards STX of Saint-Nazaire, in France. 251 meters are currently long, have a tonnage of 60.000 tons and can transport until 2.200 passengers each. Al term of the program "Renaissance" will be long 275 meters, will have a tonnage of about 65.000 tons and will be in degrees to accommodate 2,680 travellers, thanks to 193 new cabins for ship and to 59 new cabins for the members of the crew.
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With the today's formulation of the first new block of cruise ship MSC Harmony that is carried out in the Fincantieri plant of Palermo has had beginning the program "Renaissance", that almost 200 million euros for the realization of important renovations to which all will be subordinates and the four ships of "the Lyric" class of MSC preview a total investment Cruises.
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