FCR Finland, the Finnish company that specialises in refit and refurbishment projects of passenger vessels, has won an order worth about €7.5 million from Carnival Cruise Lines in connection of refit of its Carnival Destiny cruise liner, the company said in a statement.
The ship will underfo an extensive refit at the Trieste yard of Fincantieri, after which it will re-enterservice as Carnival Sunshine. The 101,353 gross ton vessel was built in 1996 and it was the first passenger vessel to exceed the 100,000 gross ton size.
Hannu Luoto, Managing Director of FCR Finland, says that the company decided in 2010 to focus on growth and consequently, it increased its marketing efforts and refined its processes by increasing resources. “It is fine to see that Finnish competence is trusted in demanding refurbishment projects. Our ambition is to gain similar large orders each year and continue to serve our other valued customers, which means that we will have to increase our efforts also in the future,” he said in a statement.
FCR Finland uses the recently launched SHIPSU platform on the internet to present its suppliers and contractors to the customer. This will help the companies in question to improve their prospects of winning future orders directly from the customer in question, Luoto added.