Travel giant Carnival Corporation has signed two strategic memorandums of agreement that will add a total of nine new cruise ships to the company’s fleet from 2019 to 2022.
The shipbuilding agreements, which include options for additional ship builds in the coming years, are subject to several conditions, including satisfactory financing.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and German shipbuilder Meyer Werft will each build new ships based on Carnival Corporation’s next-generation ship designs, which are designed to produce the most efficient ships in the company’s history.
The new ships are expected to serve established cruise markets in North America and Europe, as well as newer markets, including China. Each new ship will be specifically designed and developed for the brand and guests it will serve.
“We’re excited to take this next step in our fleet enhancement plan with these two new agreements that are consistent with our long-term strategy of measured capacity growth over time,” said Arnold Donald, president and CEO of Carnival Corporation.
“Our goal as a company is to exceed the expectations of every guest on every ship every day, and these new ships will further enable us to do just that.”
Carnival Corporation’s fleet enhancement strategy will add two new ships to its fleet in 2015 and remove four ships from the fleet.
P&O Cruises UK officially launched Britannia, the largest ship ever designed exclusively for Britain, in a naming ceremony earlier this month. Later this year, the AIDA Cruises fleet will welcome AIDAprima, which is expected to be one of the most technically advanced and sustainable cruise ships ever built.
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