MSC will be called Wonder the first new ship of class "Seen" of MSC Cruises



Today in the French ship yard of Saint Nazaire of the STX France the cut of the first sheet has been celebrated of before the two new ships of the new generation of unit from cruise of "Seen" class ordered from company MSC Cruises within a plan of investments of the value of beyond five billions of euro.

In the course of the Pierfrancesco Vago ceremony, MSC executive chairman Cruises, has revealed that the new ship from 5.700 passengers, of the tonnage of 167.000 tons and with delivery to May 2017, will call MSC Wonder and will have as home port Genoa. From the new ship its first broken summer will pass here making in the western Mediterranean, with the possibility of boarding also to Marseilles and Barcelona.

The second twin ship will be ready in 2019. Moreover the crocieristica company has already opzionato two ulterior ships of the Seen project to deliver within 2022.

"MSC Wonder - it has emphasized Vague - will be the most innovative and imposing cruise ship never constructed from a total crocieristica company with center in Europe. We have chosen an able name to evoke the sense of astonishment and "wonder" generated from the discovery of the innovative functionalities and from the only style of MSC Cruises. The ship will join the MSC know-how-how Cruises, young and brave company with 300 years of marine experience, with the experience of one of the yards more to the vanguard of the world. It today begins the construction of a real jewel".

"The cut of the sheet - it has added to the MSC managing director Cruises, Gianni Onorato - represents a fundamental stage in the development plan of the company, that it will see MSC Cruises to very double own ability within 2022 with seven new ships and plan of investments from 5,1 billion euros. MSC Wonder will be one of the ecocompatibili, surer ships and more technologically advanced than all the crocieristico section. Between little weeks it will be already possible to begin to on board reserve own cruise of this extraordinary ship that will carry the travellers towards which wrapped up the more evocative destinations of the world from comfort and unmistakable style MSC".

"From March 2014 - it has explained general the manager of STX France, Laurent Castaing - more than 400 coming people from various teams of the yard they have worked untiringly in order to define all characteristics of a ship that, are sure, will constitute the standard for the future ships of this generation. This extraordinary project testifies the visionary approach of MSC Cruises and is proud to collaborate with they through our ability to innovation and know-how-how".

In the 2014 ships of group MSC Cruises they have accommodated 1,67 million and the company has recorded has a turnover of 1,5 billion euro. For the 2015 MSC Cruises it previews an ulterior increase of 10%.