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Agreement between Carnival-CIC and CSSC-Fincantieri for the construction in China of two cruise ships
Option for two ulterior units
September 23, 2016
After the series of agreements that the crocieristico group American Carnival has signed with the Chinese navalmeccanico group It lowers It are Shipbuilding Corporatin (CSSC), understandings for the construction and employment of cruise ships in China extended to the marine, logistic group, financial and real estate Chinese Lowers Merchants Group (CMG), to the Chinese sovereign bottom China Investment Corporation (CIC) and to the navalmeccanico group Italian Fincantieri ( on 16 October and 21 November 2014, 27 January and 21 October 2015, 4 July 2016), today an agreement has been undersigned for given the starting signal to the realization of two new ships.
To Tianjin, in occasion of the inauguration of 11th the edition of "It lowers Cruise Shipping and International Cruise Expo", Fincantieri and China It are Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have signed in fact with Carnival Corporation and CIC Corporation Capital (CIC Capital) a not binding agreement for the construction of the first two new cruise ships that will be realized in China for the Chinese market.
Fincantieri has specified that the agreement is subject to various conditions, included the improvement of joint venture between Italian group and CSSC and the financing. Fincantieri has specified moreover that, second previewed how much from the agreement, joint venture about to constitution will act as first contractor for the construction near the yard Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), site of group CSSC, two new cruise ships ordered from joint venture of which Carnival Corporation, CSSC and CIC will take part Capital, with the option also for two ulterior units.
The new ships will be based on the platform of the ships of "the Seen" class realized by Fincantieri for the Carnival group, and their design purposely will second be personalized the specific tastes of the Chinese customers for the new Chinese crocieristico brand of joint venture between Carnival, CSSC and CIC Capital, than it will take care also to operate the units. The first delivery is previewed for 2022.
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After the series of agreements that the crocieristico group American Carnival has signed with the Chinese navalmeccanico group It lowers It are Shipbuilding Corporatin (CSSC), understandings for the construction and employment of cruise ships in China extended to the marine, logistic group, financial and real estate Chinese Lowers Merchants Group (CMG), to the Chinese sovereign bottom China Investment Corporation (CIC) and to the navalmeccanico group Italian Fincantieri 
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