Oceania Cruises launches Allura class

The first of two new generation cruise ships that will start the ‘Allura’ class for Oceania Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, has been launched at Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente shipyard in Genoa, Italy.

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At around 67,000 tonnes, Vista will be able to accommodate 1,200 passengers on board, assisted by 800 crew members.

With a ‘fresh, new interpretation’ of the company’s signature small cruise ship luxury experience, Vista has been designed with sustainability in mind and Fincantieri hopes that its products will become a reference in the market for forward-thinking design.

The shipyard delivered Marina in 2011 and Riviera in 2012 to Oceania Cruises at the Sestri Ponente shipyard.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings also operates the Norwegian Cruise Line brand, for which the Group is building six new generation cruise ships of the ‘Prima’ class, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, whose fleet has been joined by the extra-luxury vessels, Seven Seas Explorer and Seven Seas Splendor, built respectively in 2016 in Sestri and in 2020 in Ancona.

A third ship will be delivered to the brand in 2023.