Celebrity Century, at 71,545 gross tons the smallest unit in the fleet of Celebrity Cruises, will be transferred to Croisieres de France (CdF), the Paris based subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) group, a French media report says.

CdF currently operates the L'Horizon, a 47,000 gross ton vessel that was originally built in the early 1990s for Celebrity Cruises, which is also part of the RCCL group. In April next year, it will be joined by L'Zenith, sister ship of the current CdF incumbent that will come from Pullmantur, the Madrid based unit if RCCL group. Celebrity Century will replace L'Zenith in the following year, a report in Cruisemag.com says.

CdF will carry about 55,000 passengers this year; it expects the figure to reach 100,000 next yrar and rise further, to 120,000 in 2015, the report said