Today in the shipyard of Sestri Ponente (Genoa) of the Fincantieri, three events were held relating to new ships from cruise for the MSC group's Explora Journeys company, with the technical launch of Explora IV, the ceremony of the Explora V and with the start of construction of Explora VI. A fourth ship that Fincantieri is building at the same time to Explora Journeys, the Explora III, is performing in these sea trials and will be delivered next July. Explora IV and Explora V, which will take off both in 2027, and Explora VI, which will enter service in 2028, will complete the construction program of the Fleet of six ships entirely entrusted to the Navalmeccanico Group Italian who has already completed the first two units, Explora I and Explora II.

"Today - commented Pierfrancesco Vago, president Executive of the Passenger Division of the MSC Group, intervening to today's events - we celebrate a very important milestone in the growth path of Explora Journeys, our dedicated brand to luxury trips on the sea. With two units already operational, the third arriving at the beginning of August and the last three at the same time, the fleet is being built for the first time Explora is already all "present" and the plan industrial is on its way to being fully implemented and in a timely manner quickly".

The Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Fincantieri, Pierroberto Folgiero, underlined that this triple ceremony testifies to "Fincantieri's ability to bring On complex industrial programs with continuity, quality and technological vision that will bring, for example, the adoption of a propulsion system for Explora VI very innovative fuel cells. The segment of cruise - he specified - generally represents one of the pillars of the Group's business plan and continues to offer prospects for long-term structural growth. In this scenario, the Sestri Ponente shipyard plays a strategic role in the development of of our industrial capabilities in Cruise and strengthening of Fincantieri's global leadership in a sector with high technological complexity that is constantly growing".

For the construction of the six Explora Journeys ships, the overall investment by the MSC Group was equal to about 3.5 billion euros. Considering also the four ships commissioned and delivered by Fincantieri in the past years to MSC Cruises - MSC Seaside, MSC Seaview, MSC Seashore and MSC Seascape - the investment of the MSC Group it rises to a total of about seven billion euros.