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BREAKING: Rumor of NCL LOI for New ship
As you can see in the below post, Gene Sloan broke the story and now Seatrade Insider adds more fuel to the fire. According to unnamed industry sources, NCL has signed a letter of intent for 2 ships plus the option for one with Germany’s Meyer Werft. As previously stated, NCL and Meyer have a past working history so it makes sense that this yard is chosen. As Gene mentioned on Friday, the ships will be smaller than Epic.
A letter of intent is not a contract. It is simply a Line stating the desire to build and the yard gets a heads up to start clearing room in the orderbooks.
- Investment guru’s take note, according to the seatrade article:
During Norwegian Epic’s introduction earlier this summer, NCL ceo Kevin Sheehan said a newbuild would provide ‘sizzle on the steak’ for a potential IPO.
- Additional note, the “2 ships plus one option” was the same set up as the Epic and we only wound up with one.
