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In the Fincantieri yard of Monfalcone the construction of new cruise ship MSC Seaside is begun
To Marghera the "Seabourn Encore" of Seabourn Cruie Line is launched
March 4, 2016
In the ship yard of Monfalcone of the Fincantieri group the construction of new ship MSC Seaside of MSC is begun Cruises. With a tonnage of 154.000 tons, it will be most major unit from cruise never realized in Italy. The ship will to make one's debut to November of 2017 and will be christened to Miami the next month.
MSC Cruises has commissioned to Fincantieri two ships of generation "Seaside" more an ulterior one currently as an option, for a total investment of 2,1 billion euros.
While today in the other ship yard of Marghera of the Italian navalmeccanico group the ceremony of launch of Seabourn Encore has been carried out, before two cruise ships extra-dislocates that Fincantieri is realizing for the society owner of a shipping company Seabourn Cruise Line, brand of Carnival Corporation. The new ship will enter to take part of the fleet of Seabourn in the end of this year. The unit has about 41.000 tons of tonnage, is long about 210 meters, wide 28 and will be able to reach the 18,6 knots of cruise speed. It will be able moreover to accommodate on board hardly 600 roomy passengers in suite double all equipped of private balcony.
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