Fincantieri to build 2 new Viking liners (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, April 18 - Viking Ocean Cruises and Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri on Tuesday signed a deal to build a further two cruise liners, with an option on another two. The new units will be twins of six already ordered and will join the Viking fleet respectively in 2021 and 2022. The respective contracts will be operative when all the technical and financial conditions have been met. "The extraordinary moment of the cruise-line sector continues," said Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono.