|
|
Article: Carnival Corporation Finalizes Contract For Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2.
- Article from:
- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- November 6, 2000
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
New 150,000-ton Liner To Be Largest Passenger Vessel Ever Constructed
When it Enters Service in Late 2003
MIAMI, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ --
Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) today announced it has finalized a contract with France's Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard for the construction of the Queen Mary 2, a new 150,000- ton "liner-style" vessel for its Cunard Line unit.
The largest ocean liner ever constructed, Queen Mary 2 will have a basis- two capacity of 2,620 and will be built at a cost of approximately $780 million (U.S.). Expected to enter service in late 2003, the Queen Mary 2 represents the first new ocean liner ...