Carnival and other lines buck bad economy and order new ships to be built

(examiner)  Carnival Corporation announced that they are indeed flourishing in these troubled economic times. Well, not exactly in that fashion, but the statement was made when it announced that they have ordered another ship to be built. Carnival signed an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build another sister ship to the newly-released Carnival Dream. The ship will also be built at 130,000 tons, same as the Dream, which gives indication that times when shipbuilding was on hold are now over for the major cruise lines. This order is Carnival's first in over two years.  READ MORE