Norwegian Cruise Line Is Ordering a Fleet of Slightly Less-Giant Ships
Photo Credit: Norwegian Cruise Line has announced plans to order several new ships. Pictured here is a recent vessel, Norwegian Escape. Norwegian Cruise Line
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Norwegian Cruise Line still has three extra-large ships on the way, but it looks like the company's future fleet is being designed for flexibility.
In a world of megaships, Norwegian Cruise Line is going a little smaller with its next order.
The Miami-based cruise line said Thursday it reached an agreement with Itally's Fincantieri shipyard to buy four new vessels — with the option to add two more — for delivery between 2022 and 2027. Unlike the ships built for the company in the past several years, the new additions will have room for 3,300 passengers.
That's larger than the operator's earliest vessels, which held between approximately 2,000 and 2,400 passengers. But it's smaller than ships that have come online since 2010, whose capacity has ranged from about 4,000 to m
