Two More Breakaway-Plus for Norwegian Cruise Lines

| July 14, 2014 | Shipping News | No Comments

Artist rendering Norwegian Breakaway-plus
Artist rendering Norwegian Breakaway-plus

Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that it has reached an agreement with shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH of Germany to build two new Breakaway-Plus class cruise ships for delivery in the second quarter 2018 and the fourth quarter 2019. Each ship will be 164,600 gross tons and include 4,200 passenger berths.

 Norwegian Cruise Line’s chief executive officer, Kevin Sheehan said, “NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY and NORWEGIAN GETAWAY have proven themselves as industry game-changers and are extremely popular with our guests. It was only natural that we build on their success with this new ship order that further solidifies our long-term growth strategy.”

The contract price for both ships is approximately euro 1.6 billion. The Company has export credit financing in place for each ship, arranged and underwritten by KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH of Germany.

 “We are thrilled that Norwegian Cruise Line has the continued confidence in Meyer Werft to expand their fleet,” said managing partner Bernard Meyer. “We are very proud of our longstanding relationship with Norwegian.”

 

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MARTIN COX - Founder and publisher of MaritimeMatters, inspired by maritime culture and technology growing up in the port of Southampton. He works as a photographer in Los Angeles, and his works has been exhibited in LA, San Francisco, New York, London and Iceland. Martin is the co-writer of the book “Hollywood to Honolulu; the story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company” published by the Steam Ship Historical Society of America. The Los Angeles Maritime Museum has commissioned artworks and collected his photographs.

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