MSC Cruises has commissioned the French shipyard Chantiers de l'Atlantique the construction of two additional ships "World" class cruise that will follow the other six already ordered by the airline which include the MSC World Europe, taking delivery in 2022, the MSC World America delivered last March, the MSC World Asia that will be delivered completed next year, the MSC World Atlantic that will be delivered in 2027 and two more units ordered in May that they will be taken delivery in 2029 and 2030.

The new order announced today is worth 3.5 billion and expects construction of the two ships to begin in 2029 to be delivered in 2030 and 2031. The announcement is which took place during the double event organized to celebrate the two other ships of the same class currently in construction at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard of Chantiers de l'Atlantique: the float out of MSC World Asia, a moment in which the ship touches the water for the first time, and the ceremony of the coin of MSC World Atlantic, an ancient seafaring tradition that involves welding a medallion inside the hull of the ship under construction as a symbol of blessing and good luck.

Orders announced today bring MSC's investment Cruises at almost seven billion euros for the four ships ordered this year, which reaches 10.5 billion euros if we consider also the two units currently under construction. When in the 2031 All new builds will be taken over fleet of the company, currently of 23 units, will reach a total of 29 ships.

The "World" class ships, of the gross tonnage of 205,700 tons, are 333 meters long, 47 meters wide, have a draft of 9.15 meters and a maximum speed of 21.8 knots. The ships have a capacity of 6,774 passengers and 2,126 members of the crew. All ships in the class are equipped with engines dual-fuel fuels powered by liquefied natural gas and the company plans to use biofuels and biofuels for navigation synthetic fuels as soon as they become available on a large scale.