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Fincantieri launches two cruise ships for Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Virgin Voyages
Both in 2020 will be delivered
February 11, 2019
Saturday in the ship yard of Ancona of the Fincantieri has carried out the ceremony of launch of Seven Seas Splendor, the second extra cruise ship luxury that the navalmeccanico group will realize for the society owner of a shipping company Regent Seven Seas Cruises of the group Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH). The delivery is previewed for 2020.
As the binoculars Seven Seas Explorer, delivered from Fincantieri near the plant of Sestri West (Genoa) in 2016, Seven Seas Splendor will have 55,000 tons of tonnage and will be able to accommodate 750 passengers. Last January Fincantieri has received the order from NCLH for a third unit of the series, with delivery previewed in 2023(on 16 January 2019).
Friday, while, in the genoese ship yard of Sestri West of the navalmeccanico group has held the ceremony of launch of Scarlet Lady, before four cruise ships commissioned to Fincantieri by Virgin Voyages, brand of the Virgin group(on June 24, 2015, 2031Decembers 2016 and October). Now it will begin the phase of preparation of the internal ones, that it will carry at the beginning to the delivery of the unit of 2020.
Scarlet Lady will have about 110.000 tons of tonnage, will be long 278 meters and wide 38. The twin ship, currently under construction near the same yard, will be delivered in 2021, while the third and fourth unit will take the sea respective in 2022 and 2023. They will be all equipped of beyond 1.400 cabins in a position to more accommodating than 2.770 passengers assisted from a crew of 1.160 people.
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