Norwegian Cruise Line will follow up its Prima-Plus class with its largest ship class to date. Fincantieri has received a firm order for the construction of four new Norwegian cruise ships each with a gross tonnage of approximately 226,000, which will make this new class of ships the largest ever built for the cruise line.

Norwegian orders fleet of its largest ever cruise ships - Passengers will have four new, larger NCL ships to choose from by 2036

Norwegian Cruise Line had already announced it was planning to compete with Royal Caribbean in the big-ship game, but details on just how big its new Pinnacle class would be were revealed

Norwegian Line Holdings (NCL) and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri said on Wednesday they had agreed a deal for four new cruise liners, which a source close to the matter said was worth around 9 billion euros ($9.