ArcelorMittal has reported that MSC Cruises’ first ship of its new Meraviglia Class left STX France’s drydock in Saint-Nazaire during a float out ceremony on 2 September.

The ship will now be fitted out before being christened as the MSC Meraviglia at a naming ceremony in June 2017 in Le Havre, France.

ArcelorMittal has provided STX France 35,000 tons of steel for the ship’s bridges and the hull. These products are entirely manufactured in ArcelorMittal’s European plants: the plates are produced in Gijón (Spain) and the coils are manufactured in Fos-sur-Mer, then processed in Saint Nazaire.

ArcelorMittal has been STX France’s preferred steel supplier since 2013, when it provided the steel to build Harmony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, launched in May 2016 by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. One of her ‘Oasis class’ sister ships will also be built of our steel.

ArcelorMittal will also provide STX France plates and hot rolled sheets for the MSC Mergviglia’s sister ship, the MSC Bellissima which will debut in spring 2019.
 
MSC Mergviglia in numbers:

Gross tonnage: 167,600 tonnes
Number of passengers: 5,714
Number of cabins: 2,244
Draught: 8.5m
Maximum speed: 22.7 knots

Photo: STX France Bernard Biger