Norwegian is following Royal Caribbean's giant cruise ship playbook
Norwegian plans to debut four of its largest cruise ships ever starting in 2030. Each would sail more than 8,300 people.
Norwegian Cruise Line places order for its largest ships yet
Norwegian Cruise Line will follow up its Prima-Plus class with its largest ship class to date. Fincantieri has received a firm order for the construction of four new Norwegian cruise ships each with a gross tonnage of approximately 226,000, which will make this new class of ships the largest ever built for the cruise line.
Norwegian orders fleet of its largest ever cruise ships
That makes each vessel slightly smaller than the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, which has a gross tonnage of 250,800 – though the giant Royal Caribbean ship has a maximum passenger capacity of 7,600, or 5,610 based on double occupancy.
Details emerge for massive ships planned for Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line had already announced it was planning to compete with Royal Caribbean in the big-ship game, but details on just how big its new Pinnacle class would be were revealed Wednesday. In a press release from Italian shipyard company Finacantieri,
Fincantieri Firms Up New Ship Order for Norwegian Cruise Line
Fincantieri announced in a press release that its Letter of Intent with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, first disclosed on April 8, 2024, has been finalized into a firm order for four new cruise ships for the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) brand.
Italy's Fincantieri gets Norwegian Line cruise ship order worth $9 billion
Norwegian Line Holdings (NCL) and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri said on Wednesday they had agreed a deal for four new cruise liners, which a source close to the matter said was worth around 9 billion euros ($9.
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NCL's big plans for a new class of ships has grown bigger
The new ships will be smaller than Royal Caribbean's Icon class (the Icon of the Seas is about 250,000 gross tons and can ...
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Officially Inks Deal for Four New Ships
It’s now official: Fincantieri will build four new cruise ships for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. The two companies first announced the deal in April 2024, but recently signed a firm order ...