In the period 2015-2016, 17 new big cruise ships will be launched adding a total of 41162 passenger capacity to the world wide industry, which is 9,1% growth, with additional $3,4 billion dollars in annual revenue.
This video is about the features of the new luxury mega-yacht designed for cruises in Antarctica and the Arctic regions.
New MSC cruise ships 2017-2026
On March 20, 2014, MSC Cruises and STX France signed in Paris a letter of intent for building 2 new mega cruise ships (scheduled delivery in 2017 (Meraviglia) and 2019 (TBA), with an option for 2 more same class cruise ships. Each of the new MSC cruise ships features weight of 167,600 GT. As GT they will be slightly smaller than the Quantum ships (167,800 GT), but with bigger passenger capacity - 4,500 vs 4,180.
The MSC Cruises new ships will feature expanded facilities (theater, MSC Yacht Club, solarium, amusement park, aqua park, 2-deck "inside promenade"), new dining options, new cabin categories (duplex suites in the Yacht Club area), optimized hull design. better propulsion and fuel scrubbers.
In February 2016, MSC announced it would build two new mega ships of the so called "Meraviglia Plus” class. There is unofficial information about an additional MSC cruise ship order for four more Meraviglia-plus class (GT 177,000 tons) ships. Each will be able to carry up to 6,300 passengers at full capacity. The two newbuilds will have 200 additional cabins and will be 16 meters longer compared to the Meraviglia class ships,
This makes the MSC cruise company (as a private investor) the largest foreign investor in France – with over USD 8,6 billion in export contracts over a period of 5 years.
On April 6, 2016, the MSC cruise company signed a letter of intent with STX France for construction of up to four new class vessels. The ships will be LNG-powered, with GT tonnage 200,000 tons and passenger capacity 5,400 (at double occupancy). The first of these four newest ships will be delivered in 2022. The ship design is new - known as “World Class”.
New Carnival ships 2019-2022
In the end of March 2015 was announced, that the Carnival Corporation orders a total of 9 new vessels to be built by two different building companies. Fincantieri SpA (Italy) will construct 5 new ships at the company's yards in Monfalcone and Marghera. Meyer Werft BmbH will construct the other 4 new Carnival ships at the company's yards in Germany (Papenburg) and Finland (Turku).
One of the new vessels will be of a new class, with gross tonnage of 175,000. All new ship orders feature next-generation cruise vessel designs, and will serve the company's well established markets (North America, Europe), as well as the booming markets of Asia and Australia. Each ship will be designed accordingly to the brand line it will serve - Costa, Princess, Holland America and Carnival Cruise Lines.
Cruise ship orders set a new record, as the global market will introduce in 2019 more passenger berths than ever - over 40000 in total. The 2019's order book has 12 new cruise ships (average passenger capacity of 3362). For comparison, about 33500 berths were introduced in 2010, and about 30000 in 2001.
The biggest vessels debuting in 2019 are two Carnival Corporation ships being built for the lines AIDA and Costa (each with capacity 5200 pax). Among the smallest vessels are four Ponant yachts (each with capacity 180 pax).
New NCL ships - next photo represents the company's new vessel design by Project Leonardo.
Next video is about the new Ponant ships.