Steel-cutting for Norwegian Bliss
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From left: Bernard Meyer, managing partner of Meyer Werft, Andy Stuart, president of NCL, and Christer Karlsson, senior vice president of New Build at NCL , during the steel-cutting ceremony
The first ship of this class will be completed in spring 2017. Having a tonnage of 165,600gt, the Norwegian Bliss will offer capacities for approximately 4,000 passengers. The ship is 330m long, 41.4m wide and will reach a speed of more than 23 knots.