Carnival has announced plans to deploy a newbuilding to Australia even though it was custom-built for the Chinese market.

But it will be just a seasonal deployment during China's winter season for Princess Cruises' 3,560-berth Majestic Princess (built 2017).

The 143,000-gt ship, which was recently delivered from Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard, will sail from Sydney during the southern summer from September 2018 and to March 2019.