Serena Melani she is the first Italian woman commander of a large ship. She will lead the first of the four ships in the Explora Journey fleet, the group’s new luxury brand Msc. The ship is expected to enter service in a year, May 2023. Until then, preparation and finishing for a ship that is part of an investment worth over two billion euros.
“It’s a wave that comes from afar: it took me 31 years to get to this momentThe Livorno commander said to Rai microphones. There are fewer than ten women in the world at the helm of large ships. Now follows the stages of completion of the construction. “It’s an exciting role to watch this phase, it’s like a baby being born.” Serena Melani’s husband also works in the same sector. “It’s my shoulder, always, at all times.”
General Claudio Graziano, recently appointed president of Fincantieri, who is completing the ship launched in Monfalcone, is satisfied with the choice: “It is an important thing but in general it is a transformation that has already taken place, so it is indisputable that the role of women is central. They are a power multiplier because they also bring a cultural part of development. And I think this is a symbol. She is the first prototype ship of a new cruise concept commanded by a female captain, she is an important signal for everyone and for the whole Italian world, the economy, the state, the private sector and the public ».
Serena Melani will lead the first of four ships, the second has already been set up in the Castellammare di Stabia shipyard of Fincantieri and will be delivered in 2024. The third and fourth units could have a new green liquefied natural gas supply. In ships of about 64,000 tons there will be the latest technologies available, also for the environment and sustainability.
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Source: Vanity Fair
