
This morning in Genoa in the Fincantieri shipyard of
	Sestri Ponente there was a double ceremony: the launch
	 
Explora II technician and Explora sheet metal cutting 
	III. The two ships represent the second and third units
	out of a total of four ordered from the company navalmeccanica
	from the MSC group for its new luxury cruise brand
	Explora Journeys. The total investment for the four ships is
	amounting to approximately 2.3 billion euros.
	
	Today's double ceremony follows by two months the delivery of
	Explora I, held in Monfalcone on July 20th. After
	having touched the water for the first time today with
	the technical launch, Explora II will be completed in the
	coming months and delivered in the summer of next year,
	spending the first seasons in the Mediterranean. Explora III
	It will enter service in summer 2026 and will be the first
	ship of the Explora fleet to be powered by natural gas
	liquified. Construction of Explora will begin in January 2024 
	IV, also powered by LNG, which will be completed
	at the beginning of 2027.