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Aker Yards In Dispute Over Cruise Vessel Project
Aker Yards France is in a dispute with the cruise vessel operator Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) over the costs of the construction of a cruise vessel. Aker Yards France is in a process to find solutions to the dispute, including a dialogue with NCL and its involved subsidiaries with the objective of establishing an agreement.
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MSC Cruises Places Two Ship Orders for the Most Modern Fleet in the World
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Sept. 10 — MSC Cruises has announced the extraordinary expansion of its fleet with the order of two additional ships from the Aker Yards France at St. Nazaire. The announcement was made today in Milan by Pierfrancesco Vago, CEO of MSC Cruises worldwide, and Domenico Pellegrino, MSC Cruises General Manager, and Jacques [...]
Coin Ceremony For MSC Magnifica In St. Nazaire
ST. NAZAIRE, FRANCE (MAY 7, 2008) — Today, at the Aker Yards France shipyards in St. Nazaire, one of the oldest marine traditions was celebrated once again: the Coin Ceremony.
In the presence of Pierfrancesco Vago, CEO of MSC Cruises, and Jacques Hardelay, managing director of Aker Yards France, together sealed two coins into the [...]
NCL’s First F3 Ship Takes Shape With Keel Laying At Aker Yards
St. Nazaire, France - Apr 24, 2008 - During a ceremony today at Aker Yards in St. Nazaire, France, the keel was laid for the first of Norwegian Cruise Line’s F3 ships, the third generation and the next evolution of the company’s innovative Freestyle Cruising ships. The first block of the keel, number 5006, a [...]
Norwegian Cruise Line Throws Cruising A Curve, Introduces New Wave Staterooms By NCL
Miami - Apr 24, 2008 - Today at Aker Yards in France, NCL Corporation revealed the cruise industry’s most innovative living space at sea - New Wave Staterooms by NCL. Designed for its next generation of Freestyle Cruising ships, F3, the New Wave standard, New Wave balcony and New Wave deluxe staterooms represent a giant [...]
Transfers Of MSC Splendida, MSC Magnifica Take Place At St. Nazaire
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (MARCH 5, 2008) – Progress continues at a rapid pace at the Aker Yards in St. Nazaire, France, with the construction of four new ships commissioned by MSC Cruises. With these new additions, MSC Cruises will have one of the most modern fleets in the world and a total of 12 ships [...]
MSC Fantasia, The ‘Luxury’ Ship, On Track For December Christening In Naples
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (February 13, 2008) —The construction of MSC Fantasia is making rapid progress at Aker Yards in Saint-Nazaire, France, in anticipation of her Dec. 18, 2008 christening in Naples, Italy.
MSC Fantasia will be MSC Cruises’ first ship to offer an exclusive VIP area that will truly be a paradise within a paradise.
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Full Steam Ahead For MSC Cruises’ Growing Fleet
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (February 12, 2008) – The development of MSC Cruises, which began in 2003, steams ahead at the Aker Yards in St. Nazaire, France, where there are four ships being built simultaneously: MSC Poesia, MSC Fantasia, MSC Splendida and MSC Magnifica. With an overall total of 450 000 tons of steel, MSC Cruises [...]
MSC Magnifica - The First Aft Section Is Complete
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (Nov. 6, 2007) – The aft section of MSC Magnifica, the fourth ship in MSC Cruises’ “Musica†class of ships, has been posed in the dry dock at Aker Yards in St. Nazaire, France.
The aft panel, which is part of the double base of the hull of the ship, has been completely [...]
MSC Cruises Gives Birth To A New Concept In Cruising
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (Oct. 25, 2007) – The construction of MSC Fantasia is making rapid progress at the Aker Yards in St. Nazaire, France. This ship is due to be delivered to the MSC Cruises fleet in December 2008.
Transferred to the lower dry dock on Sept. 1, MSC Fantasia continues to grow. This stage of [...]
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