Carnival Cruise Line has introduced that they’ve positioned an order for a fourth Excel class cruise ship that can debut within the spring of 2027.
This new Excel class ship shall be 180,000 gross tons in measurement, carry 6,400 passengers, and be a sister ship to Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration, and Carnival Jubilee. Carnival didn’t say what the identify of this fourth Excel class can be however that it will be constructed on the Meyer Werft shipyard.
“Our Excel-class ships have been an amazing addition to the Carnival fleet and confirmed highly regarded with our company,” mentioned Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “Because the world’s hottest cruise line, this new ship allows us to proceed the expansion of our unbelievable fleet as we welcome our loyal company again to cruise extra often and entice new-to-cruise company to expertise all {that a} Carnival cruise has to supply.”
This ship would be the tenth Excel class ship ordered by Carnival Company. Different Carnival cruise strains that function this class of ship are Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, and P&O Cruises.
The identify, homeport, and itineraries for this new ship shall be introduced at a later date.
“Constructing on our sturdy efficiency and rising momentum all over the world, we’re excited to renew our newbuild program and additional improve our world fleet with yet one more state-of-the-art ship that can wow Carnival Cruise Line’s company,” mentioned Josh Weinstein, CEO of Carnival Company. “With one newbuild scheduled for supply in 2025, none for 2026, and this order being our solely anticipated newbuild in 2027, our accountable capital method will help using our substantial free money circulation over the following a number of years to strategically enhance our steadiness sheet, considerably cut back our leverage ranges and proceed to switch worth from debt holders to shareholders.
“We’re following by on our measured capability development technique with the addition of 1 to 2 ships per yr starting in 2027, which shall be allotted to our cruise strains that almost all want the capability to fulfill outsized demand, delivering a lovely payback interval. We additionally stay targeted on driving income development all through our portfolio of world-class cruise strains by persevering with to enhance execution throughout all points of our operation, yielding greater return on invested capital,” mentioned Weinstein.
“We’re more than happy that the partnership between the MEYER Group and Carnival Company will proceed with this new order,” mentioned Bernd Eikens, CEO MEYER Group.
Carnival Cruise Line has 27 cruise ships of their fleet. This new LNG powered Excel class ship will give them a fleet of 28 ships by 2027 and is at the moment the one vessel that Carnival has on order.
Carnival Company is the world’s largest cruise firm working 9 cruise strains that sail all all over the world.
