from Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International today announced its return to the Gulf in winter 2015-16. The fifth seasonal sailings will comprise 16roundtrip sailings from December 2015 through March 2016, visiting some of the Arabian coast’s most intriguing destinations on…
Yesterday, STX France quietly release the first two images of the the unnamed third Oasis ship. She will be identical in size to Oasis and Allure and is set fro delivery from the French yard in mid-2016. Two features jump…
Royal Caribbean as so far been pretty quiet about the 3rd Oasis ship they ordered back in December 2012. I’m sure it’s because they don’t want to eclipse the hype they’re building for the soon to be launched Quantum of…
The first of the Breakaway Plus vessels, Norwegian Escape, celebrated the first milestone in her construction. The steel cutting ceremony was held at Meyer Wert Shipyard in Germany. The 163,000gt ship is scheduled to enter service in 2015. from Meyer…
Back in January, a Carnival spokesman said that they will return to Norfolk sometime in 2015. Today, Carnival has announced the details. This follows in the wake of Carnival’s decision to resume east coast routes. via Carnival: Carnival Splendor will…
UPDATE:Click the below photo to enlarge It may or may not have a split superstructure in the stern like the boardwalk on the Oasis-class. The funnels have the stacks definitely splits and the stern looks a bit different at…
Royal Caribbean has announced that Sembawang Shipyard has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Voyager of the Seas. The 137,276gt ship will receive a similar treatment to the Navigator of the Seas. The Voyager will enter the drydock in…
Thursday Update: MSC and STX made the joint announcement this morning in Paris. The two firms have a memorandum of understanding for the construction of two “prototype” ships. There is also an option for an additional two ships, bringing the total…
Royal Caribbean has released the following statement: Yesterday, as Adventure of the Seas was arriving to St. Kitts, the ship became aware of oil loss from the ship’s fixipod. Oil booms were immediately placed around the ship to contain the…
When Celebrity sends 5 ships to Europe for their Summer 2015 season, they will send the 91,000gt Celebrity Constellation. The ban on ships over 96,000 from the main lagoon will be effective Jan 1, 2015. This will allow her to transit the…