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The contracts which signed by Virgin and Fincantieri for the construction of three cruise ships have become executives
the three units will be realized in the plant of Sestri West (Genoa)
December 20, 2016
Fincantieri has announced today to have finalized the agreements for the three first cruise ships of the Virgin Voyages, the new brand that will sanction the income of the Virgin group in the crocieristico field ( on December 5, 2014 and 24 june 2015). The contracts with the British group, that they have become executives, have a total value of about two billions of euro.
The navalmeccanico group has specified that the ships will be constructed near the yard of Sestri West (Genoa) and the deliveries are previewed in 2020, 2021 and in 2022. The new units will have about 110.000 tons of tonnage, a length of 278 meters, a width of 38 and will be equipped of beyond 1.400 cabins in a position to more accommodating than 2.800 passengers assisted from a crew of beyond 1.100 people.
Fincantieri has emphasized that "these ships will characterize for the design original and an elevated complexity, let alone for a range of ideas and highly innovative solutions of planning, particularly in relation to the energetic recovery and the limited environmental impact. The units - it has explained the Italian company - in fact will be equipped of a system of production of the electric power give about a MW that uses the refuse heat of the diesel engines. The result is therefore a project in a position to distinguishing Virgin Voyages in world-wide the crocieristico panorama".
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Fincantieri has announced today to have finalized the agreements for the three first cruise ships of the Virgin Voyages, the new brand that will sanction the income of the Virgin group in the crocieristico field 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
