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Last year the MSC ships Cruises have accommodated a number record of 2,4 million passengers
Exercise 2018 is closed with a profit clearly of 348 million euros (+11.9%)
April 8, 2019
Last year the number of passengers that is accommodated on the ships of the fleet of company MSC Cruises has reached the quota record almost 2,4 million, with an increment of +19.6% on the 2017 that are determined also by the income in the fleet of three ships MSC Wonder, MSC Seaside and MSC Seaview that have commissioning respective of the May and November 2017 and june 2018 (for a total increment of +23% of the ability) having elevated the number of ships operated from the company to 15. Between the 2017 and 2018 society it has recorded an increment of +20% of the reservations for the cruises realized from the ships of the fleet.
In the 2018 revenues of the company they have totaled a value record of 2,75 billion euros (+21.5%), of which 2,06 billion generated from the sale of tickets (+21.5%) and 690 million from the sales on board of ships (+21.3%). The EBITDA is piled to 741 million euros (+32.1%), the operating profit to 484 million euros (+32.1%) and the profit clearly to 348 million euros (+11.9%).
Last February the company has taken in delivery new the Beautifulst ship MSC and the next October is previewed the delivery of new Huge unit MSC. The two ships that take part of the plan of MSC investments Cruises of the total value of 11,4 billion euros that preview the delivery between this year and 2027 of 16 new cruise ships, of which four opzionate to the yards.
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