The cruise industry has experienced a record week of deliveries of newbuildings as three large ships added almost half a million gross tons to the global cruise ship fleet in just three days.
MSC Cruises took delivery of the 181,541 gross ton MSC Grandiosa from Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France today.
Yesterday, Meyer Werft in Germany delivered the 169,245 gross ton Norwegian Encore to Norwegian Cruise Line. It is the third and final Brreakaway Plus class vessel of the operator.
On Tuesday, Carnival Cruise Line received the 133,868 gross ton Carnival Panorama from Fincantieri. The ship was ordered in 2015 for P&O Cruises Australia as their first new building, but was later transferred to Carnival Cruise Line within the carnival corporation & plc group.
The combined gross tonnage of the three ships amounts to 484,654.
