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The annual Cruise Shipping Convention is kicking off this morning in Miami. Here’s the program of events. Note that the premiere event, The State of the Global Cruise Industry, will be tomorrow morning. I plan to have a write up of it…
Here’s something you don’t see every day: On Sunday, Cunard captured dramatic photographs of Captain Kevin Oprey, Master of Queen Mary 2, standing beneath the flagship’s soaring hull a mile off the coast of Bali during the ship’s World Cruise in her 10th anniversary year.
New features on Carnival Legend include: WaterWorks, an aqua park highlighted by Green Thunder – the only attraction of its kind in North America that features an 187-foot-long slide with a pulse-pounding 34-foot-long drop where riders obtain speeds of up…
Several news outlets are reporting that Virgin Group founder and chairman Richard Branson is considering a cruise industry venture. He has apparently hired Allen & Co, a US-based corporate advisory firm, to explore the potential of launching Virgin Cruises. This is pretty…
via PRNewswire Carnival Corporation & plc announced that Micky Arison, Chairman of the Board of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, has advised Carnival Corporation that trusts organized for his benefit plan to sell up to 10 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock (“Shares”) in market sales, representing up…
Berthing 6 ships today. Means they have to double up on the outermost berth. Carnival Fantasy and Celebrity Constellation sharing a berth.
In a one-of-a-kind operation, the Allure of the Seas has just sailed into the Grand Bahama Shipyard for repairs to her damaged azipod. Its not a complete drydock as there’s very few yards in the world that can successfully contain…
via azamaraclubcruises: Good morning everyone, We wanted to let you know about an incident affecting the Azamara Journey that will require the current voyage to end early. As the Azamara Journey approached Tokyo, we noticed an unusual vibration. Further inspection…
Taking place in Italy today, the first steel was cut for Carnival’s newest flagship. Not much is known about their newbuild at this point. It will be 135,000gt; putting her slightly larger than the 128,ooogt Carnival Dream-class. She is being constructed…
Hurtigruten, the Norwegian coastal line, have announced a net income of NOK 26 million with total revenue of NOK 3.3 billion for 2013. This is in stark contrast to their 2012 report. That year saw the line, first launched in…