STX Finland has announced that they will be closing the Rauma yard. In an effort to condense operations in an attempt to become profitable again, all shipyard work will be transferred to its Turku yard. Jari Anttila, EVP and…
This morning salvage workers began righting the partially capsized Costa Concordia. She is currently being hauled upright by hydraulic cables. Once upright, she’ll sit on a submerged structure before being properly re-floated. Reuters have the live video.
Royal Caribbean announced that they will be cutting 100 ‘low level’ positions inside the company. The goal is to streamline the company. The big news is that Lisa Bauer, the global sales and marketing chief, will also be leaving the…
In a cruise critic article about Carnival safety (good read by the way), at the very end, this is mentioned: The company also has struck a deal to serve as the official cruise line of the 2014 Olympic Games in…
Seems like a normal distance to me. Not the alleged almost collision that the Italian newspapers would lead you to believe. Does it get dicey towards the end as she’s turning to port, eh maybe. But as COLOREGS (link in…
Here’s the first render of what she’ll look like. Shell be an identical sister to Carnvial’s Dream class. When she launches in October 2014, she’ll be the largest ship in Costa’s fleet. She recently had her forward-most block assembled and…
There are some rumors floating around the industry that Royal Caribbean’s 2015 newbuild Anthem of the Seas, will be homeported across the pond in Southampton, UK (either permanently or seasonally). The intent is to replace the Independence of the Seas,…
Venice, Italy has always had an on-again-off-again relationship with the cruise industry. Venice is a huge turnaround and overnight port on Mediterranean cruises. As ship get bigger, they are bringing more and more people to the Italian city. A local…
Tradewinds is reporting that the ship will be repaired in the Bahamas. If that’s the case, that means she has to sail from Alaska, down the west cost and Central America. Transit the Canal, then sail through the Caribbean to…
Cruise Market Watch compiled the following list to break down each canceled cruises potential revenue. This excludes revenue from onboard sales and is indicative of only the ticket sales. Sail Date Revenue 8/16/2013 $ 3,058,593 8/23/2013 $ 2,908,601 8/30/2013…