Today in the Marghera shipyard the cut took place of the first sheet of the Seven Seas Prestige, the first of two new ultra-luxury cruise ships for the Regent Seven company Seas Cruises of the Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings group, which is expected to be completed in 2026 and will be followed by the sister ship in 2029.

With a gross tonnage of 77,000 tons and a length of 257 meters, Seven Seas Prestige will be able to accommodate about 850 passengers in 434 spacious suites. The ship will be the first unit of the "Prestige" class, which is a new generation of ships, the first new class of Regent ships in ten years, followed by the "Explorer" series also built for Regent Seven Seas Cruises by Fincantieri: Seven Seas Seas Explorer (2016), Seven Seas Splendor (2020) and Seven Seas Grandeur (2023) delivered respectively by the shipyard of Sestri Ponente and that of Ancona.