Between Msc Crociere and Fincantieri a pact of 5.5 billion euros / ANALYSIS

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Trieste – New Expansion Projects for Fincantieri and for MSC Cruises: This is what appeared on the sidelines of the cutting ceremony of the first sheet of Msc Seashore that took place today. in Monfalcone.

Trieste – New Expansion Projects for Fincantieri and MSC Cruises: That's what emerged on the sidelines of the ceremony cutting the first sheet of CSS Seashore which took place today in Monfalcone.

But let's go by order: first of all with the new ship whose manufacture began today in the shipyard Isonzo shipyard: nearly 170 000 t.s.l., 339 meters long, 2,270 cabins for 5,632 pbadengers, to which 1,648 crew members must be added. These are the impressive numbers of this new giant that will be ready in the spring of 2021; it will be the largest ship ever built in Italy, evolution of the successful prototype Msc Seaside that will exceed 15,000 gross tons. A contract of nearly one billion to which must be added a repeated contract. The general manager of Fincantieri Giuseppe Bono he recalled an important episode concerning the genesis of this order, given that MSC had an option for a third unit at the fixed price of the "Seaside" clbad.

Fincantieri proposed an extended project of the ship that the company Aponte greatly appreciated to decide to replace the option with a new order at a higher price (we are talking about 200 million euros), not for one but for two ships. Fincantieri's "monstrous" workload opens up new scenarios for the Italian shipbuilding battleship: Bono has always confirmed its interest in entering the capital of the Croatian group Uljanik (in financial difficulties) , not alone but a longtime partner like the Brodosplit Shipyard in Split. "If we can do that, we will do it. We need space, work, otherwise we could not do everything we need to do.. The Monfalcone plant is in full swing, despite the many works being carried out on our Romanian shipyards. We must perform the most important part of the work on the Italian shipyards, the rest can also be carried out abroad.

Thus, after the acquisition of Stx France, the Chantiers de l'Atlantique (which are still waiting to receive the support of the European competition agencies), would contribute again to the globalization of Fincantieri. But Italy will always remain the heart of society, not to mention the problems of the territories on which the group's production sites are located. Bono then returned to the project with Salini Impregilo for the reconstruction of the Morandi bridge in Genoa: "We do it with pride and if we are chosen, we will do everything".

MSC Crociere announced the acquisition of a stake in the Trieste Pbadeggeri terminalas he had already planned The nineteenth century The executive chairman, Pierfrancesco Vago, also announced that from the 2020 season, a ship of the Italian-Swiss company would be stopping in Trieste as a port of call. This is an important step in strengthening links with MSC's Julian territory, which is already strong in the container sector.

The Monfalcone ceremony was an opportunity to highlight the importance of the blue economy for our country, as the lasting collaboration between Msx and Fincantieri allowed up to eight cruise ships, two of which are already in service for a total value of 5.5 billion euros, which corresponds to a total economic impact of 14 billion. This package also includes the newly commissioned "yacht club" innovative vessels that will be a new step in the evolution of the Msc brand.