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Vard signs a letter of attempts with Viking for the planning and construction of two cruise ships
The store clerk will have a total value of beyond 460 million euros
April 4, 2018
The shipbuilding society Vard Holdings of the Fincantieri group has signed a letter of attempts for the planning and the construction of two special cruise ships for the American company Viking, plus others two as an option. The units, that they will be delivered in Norway respective in according to trimester of 2021 and in according to trimester of 2022, will be first that Vard will realize for this society owner of a shipping company, with which the Fincantieri group leader, as a result of the last which signed agreement a month ago for the realization of six new units(on 7 March 2018), it has in course the construction of 16 ships, of which already four completed and delivered to the shipowner, activity that will be completed in 2027.
Vard has specified that the value of the potential contract with Viking for the two ships, than the parts they are engaged to finalize within the half of this year, is of about 4,5 billion Norwegian crowns (beyond 460 million euros).
Vard has specified moreover that the project, totally innovative, will be developed by Vard Design in close collaboration with the customer, second the most elevated standard than safety and reduction of the environmental impact, factors these that have always greater weight also in the crocieristico field.
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