<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Carnival Corporation announced today</strong>&nbsp;that they’re placing an order for&nbsp;<strong>nine</strong>&nbsp;new ships, to be spread across multiple brands over a four-year period from 2019 – 2022.<br><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>The Breakdown</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A and German shipbuilder Meyer Werft will each build new ships based on Carnival Corporation’s next-generation ship designs.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Fincantieri, the world’s largest cruise ship building company, will develop and construct five ships at its shipyards in Monfalcone and Marghera, Italy.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">The new ships are expected to serve established cruise markets in North America and Europe, as well as newer markets, including China.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Currently,&nbsp;Carnival Cruise Line is slated for the delivery of&nbsp;<strong>Carnival Vista</strong>&nbsp;in Spring 2016, while Holland America Line has the ms Koningsdam&nbsp;debuting around the same time.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Who does Carnival Corp. own?</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Cunard Line</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">AIDA Cruises</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Costa Cruises</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Princess Cruises</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Carnival Cruise Line</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Seabourn Cruise Line</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Holland America Line</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">P&amp;O Cruises</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">There isn’t any word of the how large each ship will be or what brand will get what ship.</span></span></p>