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MSC Cruises have just announced that they orders two prototype ships from Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard. CIN, once again, was spot on calling this. The ships appear to be the rumored Project Mille that Fincantieri talked about at Cruise Shipping Miami…
Princess Cruises newest ship, Regal Princess, has officially set sail on her inaugural voyage. The grand Mediterranean voyage commenced today in Venice, Italy. Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president: We’re absolutely delighted to welcome another addition to the Princess family with Regal…
Normally this wouldn’t be all that dramatic of a deployment, however they will be sending some of their best hardware to Asia to compete with the Quantum of the Seas. Costa was originally scheduled to just sail the 1996-built Costa Victoria…
Royal Caribbean has announced the full details of the Quantum of the Sea’s repositioning cruise to Asia. As the Panama Canal expansion won’t be complete yet she could have either gone through the Suez canal or around South America. Royal…
As part of a 200 million euro project to modernize MSC’s Lirica class, the Renaissance Program will see the addition of a 20m long section inserted into the middle of the ship in a process naval architects call “stretching.” The 350gt…
New Enhancements, experiences, and transformations are promised in NCL’s latest fleet wide upgrade program. From NCL: Now we’re making the youngest fleet at sea* even better by investing over $250 million in Norwegian NEXT – new enhancements, experiences and transformations.…
Holland America has agreed to transfer the 55,819grt Statendam and her sistership Ryndam to sister brand P&O Cruises Australia. The two ships are are from the original Statendam class of ships that essentially launched Holland America as it is today. The…
Bad news for Costa’s PR team as they’ll have to work overtime now. The Costa Deliziosa has broken down in Valencia harbor. The ship was docked at the time and her sailing time will undoubtedly be delayed. Her next cruise…
Hot on the heels of MSC’s order from STX France, Cruise Industry News is reporting that MSC and Italy’s Fincantieri are in talks to build two ships that would be sisters to the STX France ones. According to a spokes…
Bad news for Spanish line Ibero Cruises. Costa, Ibero’s parent company, has announced that the line will cease to exist as a brand by the end of the year. The ships are reportedly sailing with very low occupancy rates. The demise…