Costa Crociere has finalized the order with Meyer Werft for two new cruise ships of 183.200 tons of tonnage



The Costa Crociere company of the group Carnival Corporation has announced to have finalized the order with the German Meyer Werft for the construction of two cruise ships each of beyond 183.200 tons of tonnage and in a position to accommodating about 6.600 passengers and 1,647 members of the crew that, with the others two ordered ships of the same type from Carnival for the AIDA Cruises brand, will be the endowed units of the widest fleeting ability to the world let alone first fed offshore with which liquified natural gas ( on 15 June 2015).

The two destined ships to Costa Crociere, that they will fly Italian flag, will be long 337 meters, wide 42 meters, will have the maximum draught of 8,8 meters and a speed of service of 17 knots. The units will be constructed in the ship yard of Meyer Werft to Turku, in Finland, and will be delivered in 2019 and 2020. "These ships - it has emphasized the managing director of the crocieristica company, Michael Thamm - will consolidate the leadership of the group Coast, already number in all main markets of continental Europe. The plurimiliardario contract with Meyer reflects our strategy to constantly innovate our offers of vacation and to propose to our hosts a experience of unsurpassable cruise".

"The two ships Coast - it has added the general manager of the company, Neil Palomba - represent a true innovation for the market and will fix new standards for the entire field: they will be the first ships green fed with LNG and will offer very many attractions for the hosts. They will represent moreover the perfect incarnation of our new positioning based on the best of Italy. The order is also a confirmation of the continuous increase of the brand Coast, that it will become still more solid and it will continue to generate positive an economic impact in the main countries in which work, comprised Italy".

"We are honored - Bernard Meyer has commented, managing director of Meyer Turku Oy - of the fact that the group Coast has entrusted us the realization of the program of construction of its ships of new generation for Europe, than they will be distinguished for a revolutionary concept of green cruising, thought in order to answer to the specific requirements of the group. We will construct these ships to Turku with the aid of suppliers for the majority European, that they are the best ones in the field. Between they there are also numerous Italian suppliers, with which we have worked in the past, it is in our yards in Finland that in Germany. We count of being able to continue this collaboration of success".