Aker Begins Construction of MSC Splendida
06 November 2007 5:05am
Aker Yards laid the keel for MSC Cruises’ latest new build, the MSC Splendida, at its shipyard in St Nazaire, France, last week.
The ceremony was marked by a shipbuilding tradition of welding two coins to the keel, one donated by Aker and the other by MSC.
The 133,500-ton Splendida is slated for a June 2009 delivery; its sister ship, the MSC Fantasia, is also under construction at Aker’s St. Nazaire yard and is expected to be delivered in spring 2008.
