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O riginally founded as a financial hold- Since the year 1990, Fincantieri has ing company, Fincantieri is continu- built close to 60 cruise ships. A number ing the tradition of Italian shipbuilding. At present, the Fincantieri group consists of a network of 21 shipyards, four Carnival are the ’Carnival Magic’ and the ’Royal Princess’. of further cruise ships are under construction or scheduled to be built at Fincantieri’s CONSTRUCTION shipyards in Italy. STARTED IN 2011 design centres – one of them for naval Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard Carnival’s new cruise liner ’Royal Prin- research – and two production sites con- has a long history of building cruise ships cess’ was constructed by Fincantieri for centrating on the manufacturing of sys- for Carnival Group and its Carnival Cruise the British-American cruise line Princess tems and mechanical components. Over- Lines and Princess Cruises fleets. Cruises, a brand owned and operated by all, Fincantieri has a team of 19 000 people worldwide. 22 seatec 1/2014 Amongst the recent cruise ships Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard has built for the Carnival Corporation. The ship is the third in the cruise liner