Carnival Corp orders further two new ships for Princess and Holland America

The new agreement means Carnival Corporation now has 19 new ships scheduled for delivery between 2017 and 2022.

Holland America Line’s new ship will be built at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera, Italy, with an expected delivery in 2021.

Princess Cruises’ new vessel will be constructed at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone, Italy, shipyard with an expected delivery in 2022.

“Our goal is to exceed expectations of the 11.5 million guests who sail with us each year,” said Arnold Donald, chief executive of Carnival Corporation.

“These new ships will offer more opportunities for our guests to create lifelong vacation memories while generating added excitement around the fast-growing global demand for cruise vacations.”

“Using our strategic fleet enhancement plan to introduce new ships is an important part of our measured capacity growth strategy, which includes replacing less efficient ships with newer, larger and more efficient vessels.”

The new 2,600 passenger Holland America Line ship will be its third “Pinnacle” class vessel, following the launch last year of Koningsdam and its sister ship, Nieuw Statendam, which is scheduled for delivery in November 2018.

Princess Cruises’ new ship will carry 3,660 passengers and will be its sixth Royal class vessel. It will join sister ships Royal Princess, Regal Princess and Majestic Princess - the latter of which launches in March 2017 - as well as the two yet-to-be-named vessels under construction by Fincantieri which are scheduled for delivery in 2019 and 2020.