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  • Speculation: More new cruise ships for Carnival?


    Carnival Corp. will likely place an order for one or two new ships this summer for delivery in 2017, according to a Wall Street analyst.

    Robin Farley, with UBS Investment Research, said in a note to investors that Princess Cruises or Costa Cruises would be the likely brands to get the new vessels – which she predicted would carry approximately 3,600 passengers each.

    Princess just debuted its new 3,560-passenger Regal Princess in Europe, and Costa's 3,724-passenger Costa Diadema is slated to debut in November.

    While neither Princess nor Costa has additional ships on the books, Farley noted other Carnival brands have new ships on order – including Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line and Seabourn, which all have new builds coming in 2016.

    Farley said the window for placing an order with a shipyard and still allowing enough time for delivery in 2017 would be around August.

    One possibility, she said, is that Carnival Corp. will order a ship design that could be used across several brands, without specifying a specific brand until a later date.

    Competitors with new ships on the books for 2017 include Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises.

    By Fran Golden, Special for USA TODAY

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    Re-posted on CruiseCrazies.com - Cruise News, Articles, Forums, Packing List, Ship Tracker, and more

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