The worlds largest cruise ship recently made a stop in drydock last month. The Oasis of the Seas is so large that there are only a select few drydocks cable of handling the 225,282gt ship. Taking place in Rotterdam, Netherlands…
Costa Cruises held a lavish naming event for Costa Diadema in its headquarters city of Genoa, Italy. At 132,500 tons and more than 1,000 feet long, Costa’s new flagship, the “Regina del Mediterraneo” or Queen of the Mediterranean, was built at Fincantieri’s…
Cruise & Maritime Voyages parent company, All Leisure Group, have terminated two mv Discovery(ex-Island Venture, Island Princess) cruises early. The decision was made due to mounting losses occurring everything the ship sails. As such, she has been sold “as is”…
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the parent company of STX Europe which was recently broken up as part of the failing company’s restructuring plan, has been talking to Fincantieri about selling STX France to the Italian firm. Fincantieri purchased STX’s offshore…
from CVM: Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) announced the addition of Grand Holiday (ex-Carnival Holiday) from Costa Crociere to the CMV fleet, commencing operations under the CMV livery in spring 2015. She will be re-named Magellan and at 46,052grt will…
Hurtigruten ASA has announced that it has entered into a transaction agreement with Silk Bidco AS, a joint venture vehicle indirectly owned by Home Capital AS, a company controlled by member of the board of directors of the Company Petter…
Quantum as arrived in Cape Liberty. We have all the days events covered on our Quantum Of The Seas Liveblog.
Whoever thought this up is a genius. Royal Caribbean is currently in the middle of a PR frenzy with the debut of the the Quantum. While not as big as the Oasis and the Allure, one can argue that Quantum…
via Princess: Princess Cruises, the cruise line made famous as the backdrop of the iconic Love Boat television series, christened its new Regal Princess today with a tribute to the show as all six of the original cast members served…
After an inaugural season in the Mediterranean, the Regal Princess has just arrived in Port Everglades. Her sister, Royal Princess is currently on the other side of the harbor at berth 21, having herself just arrived from her first Canada…