The Queen Anne has formally joined Cunard’s fleet throughout a handover ceremony on the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Venice, in keeping with a press launch.
The occasion was attended by Italian Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, and Italian Minister for Relations with Parliament, Luca Ciriani.
Additionally current have been Katie McAlister, president of Cunard; Paul Ludlow, president of Carnival UK; Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO and managing director of Fincantieri; Luigi Matarazzo, normal supervisor of the Fincantieri Service provider Ships Division; and Marco Lunardi, director of Fincantieri Shipyard.
McAlister stated: “We’re so excited to welcome Queen Anne to our fleet as she completes a exceptional quartet alongside Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Victoria – marking the primary time since 1999 that Cunard may have 4 ships in simultaneous service. We are actually totally centered on readying her to welcome company for her maiden voyage on Might 3 earlier than she embarks on an historic British Isles Competition Voyage, together with a momentous Naming Ceremony in Cunard’s non secular house of Liverpool on June 3.”
The three,000-passenger ship will now set sail for Southampton forward of its seven-night maiden voyage to Lisbon on Might 3.
Folgiero added: “We’re very happy and desperate to ship Queen Anne to Cunard, a pioneering determine in luxurious sea journey, famend for setting new requirements in oceanic voyages for over 180 years. This lovely and iconic ship testifies the longstanding partnership between our two firms, underscoring our shared dedication to excellence and custom within the maritime business. Queen Anne, as Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth, the opposite two ships we constructed for Cunard, proudly bear Fincantieri’s signature, embodying our enduring experience, reliability, and craftsmanship in shipbuilding.
“Setting up a liner for such a distinguished shipowner not solely reconnects us to our origins however propels us in direction of the longer term with a dedication to mix custom and innovation. Fincantieri thus confirms its management within the cruise shipbuilding sector, a elementary pillar of the corporate’s enterprise undertaking, as each the Group’s Enterprise Plan and the vitality of the post-pandemic cruise sector clearly present.”
