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Virgin Cruises will order three new cruise ships of 110.000 tons of tonnage to Fincantieri
They will be taken in delivery in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The new crocieristica company will sign an agreement with the port of Miami
June 24, 2015
Virgin Cruises, the new crocieristica company that is constituted last year by the Virgin group guided by Richard Benson ( on 5 December 2014), a binding letter of attempts for the construction of three cruise ships of 110.000 tons of tonnage has undersigned with the navalmeccanico group Italian Fincantieri approximately. According to the forecasts, the order will come undersigned within the end of this year.
The activity of Virgin Cruises will begin therefore with three ships rather than with two as announced introducing the new company. The three new units, that they will be taken in delivery in 2020, 2021 and 2022, will have 1,430 cabins and will be able to accommodate beyond 2.800 passengers and 1,150 members of the crew.
Moreover Virgin Cruise will tighten an agreement with the port of Miami in order to realize crocieristici routes of seven days in the Caribbean with departure from the port of Florida. "We are absolutely disposed - it has emphasized the managing director of Virgin Cruises, Tom McAlpine - to stuffed to notice in the field of the cruises and the collaborations with Fincantieri and PortMiami assure to Virgin Cruises of being able to make it".
"I am honored - the managing director of Fincantieri has commented, Giuseppe Bono - than our company is chosen as partner by Virgin Cruises for a so important program that he marks the entrance of a prestigious brand in the field of the cruises. I am convinced that this choice will contribute to widen the audience of the crocieristi, considering that the section has still wide margins of increase. They are sure that both our teams entirety will create to an innovative project that will offer to the passengers an unforgettable experience. With this agreement - it has added Bono - the number of our customers grows and our world-wide leadership is strengthened. Our current workload allows to give an important contribution to the resumption of the Country and graces to it our workers and suppliers will be able to count with confidence on the working continuity for a long period of time".
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Virgin Cruises, the new crocieristica company that is constituted last year by the Virgin group guided by Richard Benson 
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