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To Monfalcone the technical launch of new cruise ship MSC Seaside
For the realization of unit MSC Cruises it has invested 700 million euros
November 28, 2016
Saturday in the ship yard of Monfalcone of the Fincantieri has happened, with the technical launch, the completion of the first phase of construction of cruise ship MSC Seaside, before the two mega-ships from cruise of new generation of MSC Cruises that will enter in service between june and December 2017. "Float out" it is a milestone in the distance of construction of a ship: the dry dock is flooded and the ship, once that it goes in flotation, is moved in dock, where it will continue the final phase of its construction with the preparation of the internal spaces and the cabins.
The investment for the realization of MSC Seaside is pairs to 700 million euros and has seen involved beyond 2.000 people to the month between direct and indirect work force of Fincantieri that operates from May 2014 and that they will continue at least until the 2018 for the realization of the second ship Seaside class, MSC Seaview, which 1,300 units in the peak months must be added to others. MSC Cruises has remembered that MSC Seaside is a central pillar in the industrial plan from nine billions of euro of the company that previews the construction of 11 ships of next generation that they will enter in service between 2017 and 2026.
Long 323 meters and with a tonnage of 154.000 tons, MSC Seaside will be able to accommodate 5,179 passengers. Draft of the larger cruise ship never realized in Italy.
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Saturday in the ship yard of Monfalcone of the Fincantieri has happened, with the technical launch, the completion of the first phase of construction of cruise ship MSC Seaside, before the two mega-ships from cruise of new generation of MSC Cruises that will enter in service between june and December 2017. "Float out" it is a milestone in the distance of construction of a ship: the dry dock is flooded and the ship, once that it goes in flotation, is moved in dock, where it will continue the final phase of its construction with the preparation of the internal spaces and the cabins.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
