Construction starts on Princess Cruises’ Sphere-class LNG-fueled ships

Construction starts on Princess Cruises’ Sphere-class LNG-fueled ships

By Baird Maritime - .
PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK
Photo: Fincantieri

Italian shipyard Fincantieri held a steel-cutting ceremony for the first in a series of two new LNG-fueled vessels for Princess Cruises on Thursday, September 2.

Fincantieri said the two 175,000GT Sphere-class vessels will will be the largest ships to be built in Italy.

Once completed, each ship will have capacity for 4,300 guests.

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