MSC Cruises has signed a contract worth €1bn ($1.17bn) with Alstom Marine for the construction of two 1,650 cabin, 3,000 passenger vessels, deemed as the largest ever ordered by a European company. Chairman and chief executive Pierfrancesco Vago did not give details on financing, but said the company had secured a loan with a French-led banking pool.rnAt 333 m long, the ships are almost as big as the Queen Mary 2, which was also built by Alstom. These orders will keep the Chantiers de l'Atlantique yard at Saint-Nazaire busy until 2009 and could even bring in some profit. With the new ships MSC will expand its fleet from seven to 11 in the first half of 2009 and its cabin capacity from 4,383 to 10,223.
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机译：MSC Cruises已与阿尔斯通海事签署了一项价值10亿欧元（合11.7亿美元）的合同，建造两艘1,650舱，3,000艘客船，这是欧洲公司订购的最大船。董事长兼首席执行官皮埃尔·弗朗西斯科·瓦戈（Pierfrancesco Vago）并未透露融资细节，但表示该公司已经获得了法国领导的银行池的贷款。全长333 m，这艘船的大小几乎与建造的玛丽皇后2号一样大。通过阿尔斯通。这些订单将使Saint-Nazaire的Chantiers de l'Atlantique堆场繁忙，直到2009年，甚至可能带来一些利润。随着新船的问世，MSC将在2009年上半年将其机队数量从7个增加到11个，机舱容量从4,383个增加到10,223个。
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