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…
Regal Princess arrived in Trieste, Italy yesterday afternoon to kick off her sailing career for Princess. She will sail a quick preview cruise before her official maiden voyage on May 20th. Here’s an HD video of her arrival. Also make…
Cruise Industry News just posted a hilarious editorial on how FOX’s tv show New Girl will probably make any cruise officials happy. New Girl Episode Sets Cruise Industry Back 40 Years Click here to watch the show online if you are…
EDITORIAL NOTE: The date for the removal is July 18th. Not June as mentioned in the article below. Origionaly Published on: May 13, 2014 @ 14:34 Officials in Italy have announced June 18th as the date that they will officially refloat the partially sunken…
In a great article at Travel Weekly, Tom Stieghorst ponders what lines will be doing with their older tonnage. I’ve often wondered what carnival will be doing with the Fantasy class. The first ship, Carnival Fantasy, first started sailing in 1990…
I have to hand it to Cunard’s Media department. Lately, they’ve been getting some spectacular pictures. Usually we find these types of photos on brochures but they’re all photoshopped. Not this time. In celebration of the Queen Mary 2, 10th…