Carnival Announces New Cruise Ship Orders For Two Of Its Brands - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Carnival Corp. & Plc. (CCL.L, CUK, CCL), the world's largest travel and leisure company, Friday announced new cruise ship orders for two of its brands with Fincantieri S.p.A., the world's largest cruise ship building company.

The new cruise ships will be constructed by Fincantieri for Carnival Cruise Line and Holland America Line, two of Carnival's nine brands.

Carnival Cruise Line's as-yet-unnamed 3,954-passenger vessel will be the 26th ship in the line's fleet. It will offer many of the latest and most popular features from Carnival's current ships, along with several innovations that will be exclusive to this vessel. The delivery date for the new cruise ship is scheduled for March 2018.

The new ship will be a sister ship to Carnival Vista, which is slated for delivery in spring 2016.

For Holland America Line, the new order adds a second Pinnacle class ship to the fleet. This is a new class of vessels that will debut with the delivery and launch of the ms Koningsdam in February 2016. The new ship, scheduled for delivery in late November 2018, will accommodate 2,650 guests and 1,025 crew.