P&O Cruises Australia Replaces Existing Ships

   October 3, 2017 ,   Cruise Industry

The Sydney-based unit in Carnival Corporation - P&O Cruises Australia, plans to replace its existing fleet of 5 ships, all of which built during the 1990s to other cruise brands, with more contemporary tonnage over time.

Golden Princess ship

The company will receive the built in 2001 Golden Princess from sister-company Princess Cruises in 2020, which is a year later than it had been envisaged to obtain a 135,000 GT newbuild from Fincantieri.

It would have been the first newbuilding of the line, but Carnival group decided to allocate the vessel to Carnival Cruise Line instead.