STX France as well as MSC Cruises have actually revealed they have actually wrapped up the agreements for 2 brand-new 177,000-ton cruise liner for MSC.

The 2 next-generation ships will certainly be the biggest ever before developed for a European cruise ship line.

Delivery is arranged for 2019 as well as 2020, specifically.

The ships will certainly be referred to as the “Meraviglia-Plus” course, an advancement of the smaller sized 167,000 GRT “Meraviglia” course. The initially of 2 “Meraviglia” ships are arranged to become part of solution in June 2017. The will certainly have capability for 6,300 travelers in 2,450 cabins.

“I am extremely pleased to see us continuing to deliver against our industrial plan with the coming into force of the final contract for the two “Meraviglia-Plus” ships,” stated Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of MSCCruises “I view this as a further reflection of the strength of the relationship in place from day one between MSC Cruises and STX France. It is for this reason that, in addition to having built at STX France all twelve of our existing ships, through 2026 up to eight more are currently planned to be built in France at STX.”

MSC Cruises stated both devices settled today become part of the business’s EUR9 billion financial investment prepare for eleven brand-new next-generation cruise liner to find right into solution by 2026.