Orderbook: 38 New Ships for 2009 – 2012

There are 38 cruise ships on order and under construction (including one option) for deliveries in 2009 through 2012.  With a building value of more than $20 billion, the ships will bring 85,480 new beds into the market for an estimated additional annual passenger capacity of about 4.2 million passengers by 2012. At press time, there were no ship orders for deliveries beyond 2012