Article: Holland America Line Announces New 61,000-Ton Luxury Cruise Ship to Join Fleet In 2000

SEATTLE, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line, a unit of Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), today announced that it has reached an agreement with Italy's Fincantieri shipyard for the construction of a new sister ship to its recently delivered Rotterdam.

The estimated cost of the new 1,380-passenger, 61,000-gross-ton cruise ship is $300 million. Delivery is scheduled for the fall of 2000.

The addition of this new luxury cruise vessel will bring Holland America Line's fleet to 11 ships, with a total capacity of 14,560 berths.

A. Kirk Lanterman, chairman and chief executive officer of Holland America Line, said: "Our now flagship, ...

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