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Letter of attempts signed from Celebrity Cruises and STX France for the construction of two cruise ships of new class
They will have a tonnage of 117.000 tons, will be long 300 meters and wide beyond 37 meters
December 5, 2014
The crocieristica company Celebrity Cruises of the group American Royal Caribbean Cruises has signed a letter of attempts with French ship yard STX France for the construction of two ships of new class that will be developed as project "Edge" on the base of the units of class Millenium and Solstice. According to the forecasts, the first ship will be taken in delivery in the autumn of 2018 and second in the first part of 2020.
The new ships will have a tonnage of 117.000 tons, will be long 300 meters, wide beyond 37 meters, high 58 meters and will have an ability to 2.900 passengers. The objective is to use them in the segment premium on breviums crocieristici routes. "The insertion in our fleet of the two ships of the Egde project - it has explained the president and managing director of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Richard Fain - in the long term offers to a moderated increase of the ability in the within of our strategic plan and the prosecuzione of the positive phase that the Celebrity brand has obtained in the segment premium of our field".
Royal Caribbean Cruises previews that in the 2014s, 2015, the 2016, 2017 and 2018 ability to the fleet of the group will grow respective of +2.4%, +5.5%, +6.7%, +3.8% and +4.3%, esteem that in future does not hold account of the possible cession of ships or new incomes of unit in the fleet programmed.
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The crocieristica company Celebrity Cruises of the group American Royal Caribbean Cruises has signed a letter of attempts with French ship yard STX France for the construction of two ships of new class that will be developed as project "Edge" on the base of the units of class Millenium and Solstice. According to the forecasts, the first ship will be taken in delivery in the autumn of 2018 and second in the first part of 2020.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
