Italy-based GNV said on Wendesday that the company and its parent MSC have been working for some time on this ambitious project aimed at redefining the standards of the group’s ferry fleet.
This new order, combined with the previous one, will allow the company to expand its fleet with eight new units between 2025 and 2030.
Work will begin in 2026, with the first ship delivered within the first months of 2028 and the following ones every six months, according to GNV.
GNV claims the new units, with a capacity of 2,500 people, over 500 cabins, and 3,500 linear meters of garage space, will be the largest and most spacious in the Mediterranean by tonnage (71,300 tons).
Also, the new vessels will all be powered by LNG, ensuring a reduction in CO2 emissions of over 50 percent per unit compared to the previous generation, it said.
GNV added that he four newly ordered ships will represent an evolution compared to those from the previous order, which includes GNV Polaris and GNV Orion (shown in the image above).
The company did not provide the price tag of the deal.
Last month, brokers said that MSC placed an order at GSI for two LNG dual-fuel ropax ferries.
Each of the vessels is reportedly worth about $140 million.
