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Seaburn exercises an option with Fincantieri for the construction of a second cruise ship extra-dislocates
It will have a tonnage of about 40.350 tons and will be delivered in the spring of 2018
December 1, 2014
Fincantieri has announced today that the Carnival group has exercised an option for the construction of a second cruise ship extra-dislocates, after that former to beginning year ( on 21 January 2014), than in the spring of 2018 she will enter also to take part of the fleet of the Seabourn brand and that it will be twin of that announced to January.
The second ship, whose delivery is previewed at the end of 2016, will have a tonnage of about 40.350 tons, will be long about 210 meters, wide 28 meters and will be able to reach the 18,6 knots of cruise speed. It will be able to accommodate 604 roomy passengers in 302 on board suite, all equipped of private balcony.
Fincantieri has specified that this unit 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 the reduction of the consumption, obtained also thanks to the optimization of hydrodynamics.
"Never the exercise of an option is not discounted - it has emphasized the managing director of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono - when it is spoken about investments of such capacity. We are therefore happy that Seabourn has decided "to double" its confidence in ours confronts, above all to light of the fact that our collaboration is so recent, and that it is strengthened so much fastly. I believe that these are important indications of as the new customers, together with those of long date, as in this case the Carnival group of which takes part Seabourn, and the entire market, section in all recognizes Fincantieri as the world leader of this avanzatissimo its declinations, comprised that extra-dislocates in which work our partner for this project".
"We have found - the president of Seabourn has declared, Richard D. Meadows - an incredible enthusiasm and interest from when we have announced the order for the first unit, and are very pleased who the question for our brand allows us to add a second ship hooligan-I dislocate to our fleet expanding. These two new ships will offer to the elegance refined for which we are famous, let alone amusements, the innovations and the modern design that characterize the Seabourn brand".
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Fincantieri has announced today that the Carnival group has exercised an option for the construction of a second cruise ship extra-dislocates, after that former to beginning year 
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