crocieristico group NCLH closes 2016 with an ulterior increase of the economic performances



In the 2016 clearly recorded profit from the crocieristico group Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) it has marked an increment of +48.2% having been piled to 633,1 million dollars regarding 427,1 million dollars in the exercise anniversary precedence. The revenues have grown of +12.2% attesting itself to 4,87 billion dollars. The EBITDA and the EBIT have been pairs respective to 1,35 billion dollars (+24.1%) and 925,5 million dollars (+31.7%). Last year the fleet of 24 ships of the group, operated through the crocieristici marks Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC), has accommodated beyond 2,3 million passengers (+8.0%).

In the solo fourth trimester of 2016, period in which the ships of the group have accommodated 575 thousand passengers (+4.8% on the same period of 2015), NCLH has totaled revenues pairs to 1,12 billion dollars, with a progression of +8.5% regarding 1,04 billion dollars in the quarter October-December of 2015. EBITDA and operating profit have turned out pairs respective to 273,5 million dollars (+21.8%) and 153,5 million dollars (+30.2%). The profit clearly is piled to 72,2 million dollars (+88.5%).

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings considers that the sensitive increase of the economic results will continue in the course of the current year: "this uninterrupted trend of the revenues and the profits - the president has explained and managing director of the group, Frank Del Rio - previews will continue in 2017 since, as for reservations, now we are in the best position in the history of our company with prices slightly to above last year".

Confirming the perspectives of ulterior rise of the economic results, Wendy Beck, executive vice-president and financial director of the group, it has remembered that "this year much attended debut in the Chinese crocieristico market with the delivery of the Norwegian Joy marks another milestone with ours". It will be in fact this last ship, rather than the Norwegian Bliss as initially announced ( on 12 October 2015), to celebrate the income of the group in the Chinese market.

The Norwegian Joy, binoculars of the Norwegian Escape and second ship of the class "Breakaway Plus", it is planned specifically for the Chinese market and will be delivered to NCL from the German ship yard Meyer Werft in the course of the next spring in order to begin the activity in China in summer. The ship, of 167.800 tons of tonnage, with a length of 325,9 meters, a width of 41,4 meters and 2,100 cabins, will be able to accommodate 4,200 passengers altogether.