Fincantieri, maxi committed by MSC Cruises: up to three ships for 2.1 … – The Republic

The contract announced in a press conference: two ships and a third in option, to 700 million each. Will be the largest ever built by the group led by Bono. The first delivery in November 2017. Few days ago he started the program “Renaissance” in the yards of Palermo: 200 million jobs for the site in trouble

MILAN – Fincantieri has signed a contract with MSC Cruises for the construction of two cruise ships with more than one option, cementing a relationship that has recently brought good news for the industrial site of Palermo’s shipbuilding group. The announcement of the maxi-job came during a press conference. The value of each ship is $ 700 million and therefore the contract can be up to 2.1 billion. It will be the largest cruise ship ever built up from shipbuilding group led by Giuseppe Bono. The first vessel is scheduled for delivery in November 2017.

The prototype of the ship is called “Seaside” and writes the company in a statement, “will present cutting-edge features and are unique in the shipbuilding industry in world that will give way to a real generation of cruise ships are able to rewrite the rules of the architecture of the sector. ” The insurance and financial support to the implementation of the first two ships will come from Sace. The delivery shipowner Gianluigi Aponte will occur in two different moments: the first in November of 2017, the second in May 2018. 323 meters Long, 41 wide and 70 high, the new unit will have a gross tonnage of 154,000 tons, will be able to accommodate nearly 5,200 passengers plus 1,413 crew members and will feature 2,070 guest cabins, 759 for the board and staff of 43,500 square meters of public areas available. “Thank you

The innovative design and versatility,” writes Fincantieri, “the new units will be able to dock in ports around the world.”

“This is a special day for us. Fact today officially begin a new and ambitious adventure with friends MSc, a group that has made quality and distinctive-ness to their figures – said Giuseppe Bono, Fincantieri – these vessels, which represent a real design challenge will be fully developed by Fincantieri confirming the technological supremacy on a global level that we hold between shipbuilders. ” “Seaside is a futuristic prototype structure, agility and shapes. Along with Fincantieri we prepare for a new challenge and compelling,” adds Pierfrancesco Vago for Msc.

The agreement between the two companies comes by return of the setting at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo the first block of “MSC Armonia”, which gave start to the program “Renaissance”, an impressive floor to almost € 200 million which will be submitted to all four ships of the class Lirica MSC Cruises. The section laid today at the airport weighs approximately 350 tons. In the next three months will add three additional sections, the cutting of sheet metal is currently under construction in the workshops of Palermo. An important event for the structure, which is threatened by the recent assumption of closure under the shipbuilding group.