Today, in its shipyard in Marghera, Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Queen Anne to Cunard, company of the American group Carnival Corporation. It is the Third unit built by the Italian company for the company British. With 114,000 gross tons, the Queen Anne It has a capacity of 3,000 passengers. Exit from the Venetian plant, the ship will set sail for Southampton, its port of departure where it will arrive on the 27th April, before its seven-night maiden voyage to Lisbon, May 3.

Meanwhile, today Fincantieri and the Princess cruise line Cruises, also part of the Carnival Group, agreed to the postponement of the delivery of the Star Princess, the next ship of "Sphere" class, moving it from July 29, 2025 to July 26, 2025 September 2025, deferral leading to the cancellation of the Nine inaugural cruises. Initially, the ship, the construction of which was started at the end of last year ( of the 11th December 2023), will be deployed in the Mediterranean, with departures from Barcelona and then start in autumn 2025 in the Caribbean with departures from the port of Fort Laurderdale.

The Sun Princess, the first "Sphere" class ship, was delivered by Fincantieri to Princess last February ( of 14 February 2024).