The Canaveral Port Authority and Carnival Cruise Line agreed on a new state-of-the-art terminal able to accommodate Carnival’s new 180,000-ton ship, which is expected to launch in 2020.
If approved, the agreement will open the way for Carnival Cruise Line’s plans to homeport the 5,286-lower berth ship at Port Canaveral. The vessel will also be powered by LNG.
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Construction of the 180,000-ton cruise ship will begin in November 2018 with the official steel-cutting ceremony at the Meyer-Werft shipyard in Turku, Finland. Further ship details are expected during 2019.
Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, stated:
Easily accessible from all over the southeast with excellent facilities and friendly staff, Port Canaveral is one of our most popular and fastest-growing homeports.