The new Holland America Line ship Nieuw Statendam has been delivered by Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Venice.
The vessel is the 16th Holland America Line ship built by Fincantieri and is the line’s second Pinnacle-class ship after Koningsdam, delivered in 2016.
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri will also build the third vessel in the series, due to be delivered in 2021.
Micky Arison, Carnival Corporation’s chairman; Arnold Donald, the corporation’s president and chief executive; Stein Kruse, the chief executive of Holland America Group; and Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line, all attended yesterday’s ceremony.
According to the shipbuilding team, the 99,500 tonne vessel’s technology is aimed at ensuring energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact.
Fincantieri is currently designing or building 53 other ships across all of its yards.