Today in the Ancona shipyard of Fincantieri the delivery of the new ship Viking Vela, the first of A series of cruise ships that the Navalmeccanica Group is being built for the shipowner Viking. Viking Sailing It belongs to the small cruise ship segment: it has a gross tonnage of about 54,300 tons, is equipped with 499 cabins and is able to accommodate 998 passengers.

Viking Vela is the thirteenth ship delivered by Fincantieri to Viking, including the two expedition units carried out by the subsidiary Vard. Considering the ships ordered to today and the contracts and options signed in recent months - subjects to financing in accordance with industry practice - the sound long-standing partnership between Fincantieri and Viking includes a total of 26 ships.