Following the historic agreement of March 2015 and the memorandum of agreement of last December, Fincantieri and Carnival Corporation & plc finalised the contracts for the construction of five next-generation passenger ships on 2nd April. The deal exceeds €3 billion. Crucial to the agreement is the supporting of the export credit system lead by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). This support represents for Fincantieri an essential element for the efficiency of the “Italian system”.