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Costa Cruises to Get 2 Newbuild LNG Cruise Ships
Carnival Corporation & plc (Carnival) announced Tuesday that its Italian line, Costa Crociere S.p.A. (Costa Cruises), will receive two of the the four "next-generation" liquid natural gas (LNG)-powered cruise ships that it announced it had ordered in June.
The vessels, which will reportedly have the largest guest capacity in the world and feature a "green cruising" design, are set to be delivered to Costa Cruises in 2019 and 2020.
Carnival had previously announced that it had signed a multi-billion dollar contract with Meyer Werft GmbH (Meyer Werft) to build the vessels at its shipyard in Turku, Finland.
"These new ships will be phenomenal additions to our fleet, and we're looking forward to seeing our Costa and AIDA brands bring this ground-breaking new ship design to life for our guests in a way that is customized for each brand," said Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival.
In June, Carnival explained that the other two new build LNG cruise ships would be going to its German cruise line, AIDA Cruises.
