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Fincantieri cuts first steel for MSC Armonia's new 25mtr mid-body sectionFincantieri cuts first steel for MSC Armonia's new 25mtr mid-body section

Fincantieri’s Palermo shipyard has cut the first steel for a 25mtr long mid-body section for MSC Armonia, the first of four Lirica-class ships due to be lengthened and upgraded under the line’s €200m ‘Rinascimento’ program.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

February 4, 2014

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

Unveiled by MSC Cruises last December during a joint press conference attended by the cruise line’s ceo Gianni Onorato and Fincantieri ceo, Giuseppe Bono, MSC’s Armonia, Sinfonia, Opera and Lirica will be lengthened from 251mtr to 275mtr, increasing passenger capacity from 2,068 to 2,680 per vessel and  providing space for more public areas, a new shopping mall, as well as entertainment spaces including an aqua park.

MSC Armonia will enter Fincantieri’s dock in Palermo on August 31, 2014. 

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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