NCL Orders 2 New Ships

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that they have reached an agreement with Germany’s Meyer Werft for the construction of two vessels. The total order comes out to be $1.09 billion /ship. The new ships will be similar to the Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Bliss. Both are considered to be Breakaway-plus class. While all 4 ships will carry 4,200 pax, the Escape and Bliss will be 163,000gt, the two ordered today appear to be 164,000gt.

Here how the schedule breaks down:

• 2015 – Norwegian Escape
• 2017 – Norwegian Bliss
• 2018 – Unamed Newbuild ordered today
• 2019 – Unamed Newbuild ordered today