The first Russian cruise liner will be set afloat in April 2018, the Lotos shipyard’s acting general director Dmitry Antonov said.
According to him, fabrication of the four-deck vessel with capacity of 300 passengers, which must comply with 5-star hotel, was started in 2016 by the Astrakhan Lotos shipyard.
"The vessel body work has been finished by 40% and its completion is scheduled for September. Then assembling of equipment, electricity, and other works will be started,” abc.az cited Antonov as saying.
