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Agreement Royal Caribbean - STX France for the construction of three cruise ships
a fifth unit of class "Oasis" will be delivered in the spring of 2021 and two ships of class "Edge" in 2021 and 2022
May 26, 2016
The crocieristico group American Royal Caribbean Cruises has undersigned a memorandum of understanding with French ship yard STX France for the construction of three cruise ships, of which a fifth unit of class "Oasis" that will be delivered in the spring of 2021 and two ships of the new class "Edge" that they will be completed in the autumn of 2021 and of 2022. According to the forecasts, the contracts will be signed within the end of the next month.
The ships of class "Oasis", of 227.000 tons of tonnage, can accommodate beyond six thousand passengers in 2.750 cabins. The American group has already taken in delivery three ships of this class realized by the STX France and its group leader STX Europe, while a fourth is currently under construction near the ship yard of St. Nazaire of the French shipbuilding company and will be delivered in 2018.
The ships of class "Edge" will have a tonnage of 117.000 tons and will be able to accommodate 2,900 passengers in 1.450 cabins. Currently STX France is completing the planning of the first prototype of this new series of ships whose construction will be started in the course of the next autumn with delivery in the autumn of 2018 and that they will precede the two units with delivery in 2021 and 2022 destined ones to the brand Celebrity Cruises of the group Royal Caribbean Cruises.
These new store clerks complete the orderbook of the French group STX France that currently is constituted by two orders and seven letters of attempts that guarantee job until 2026.
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