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Celebrity Silhouette Arrives in Hamburg
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Greg (he/him) is the founder and editor of CruiseInd. He has been writing about the cruise industry since 2009 and studying it since 1998. His first ship was the Norwegian Majesty.
Celebrity Takes Delivery of Silhouette
Celebrity Just took delivery of their newest addition to the Solstice class, the Silhouette. The 1,033ft vessel will be christened in Hamburg tomorrow. At 144,000grt she will be the largest ship christened in the German port. That’s RCI CEO Richard…
Finance Friday: NCL to Go Public (Stock Market)
UPDATE WEDNESDAY: Turns out NCL will wait for better Market Conditions to launch their IPO acc’d to CIN. UPDATE SATURDAY:CruiseIndustryNews chimed in with this bit of info. NCL will be traded on the NASDAQ under ticker NCLH NCL today…
American Cruise Lines Obtains Permit for Glacier bay
American Cruise Lines had announced they were expanding to Alaska back in April. This week, then further announced that they have been granted the appropriate permits to sail into scenic Glacier Bay, Alaska. Not many other lines are allowed to…
Carnival Corp. Declares Dividend
Good news CCL stock holders. You are a bit richer today, as Carnival had declared a dividend today of $0.25 / share. The record date will be August 26, 2011, with payment, September 16, 2011.
[UPDATE] BREAKING: Cruise Ship Sinks in Russia. 140 Unaccounted for.
UPDATE: NPR has more details. Apparently, the vessel was already listing to one side when she left. A sharp turn to the side led to water washing over the side and she was doomed from there. 41 bodies have been…
RCI Doesn’t Release Any Project Sunshine Details
In a recent post on the Chariman’s Blog, RCI CEO Richard Fain posted the following non-details regarding Project Sunshine: A new ship project like Project Sunshine is a remarkable phenomenon. The physical ship won’t be ours until well over three…
STX Revokes Libyan Cruise Ship Contract
Back in December I reported that the Libyan Government ordered the 139,000grt ship, m/v Phoenicia. It was shocking at the time but given how much $$$$ the Libyan government had from its oil exports {the state run shipping line sails…
Finance Friday II: Blount Smallships Reports Best Bookings Ever
(Photo Credit: Flickr user cliff1066 via Creative Commons license) They may not be a mainstream line, but I’ve always always had a fascination with the RI based company. Great to hear the ICW lines are surviving through he recession.…
Finance Friday: Carnvial’s 2Q Earnings
MIAMI, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reported net income of $206 million, or $0.26 diluted EPS, on revenues of $3.6 billion for its second quarter ended May 31, 2011. Net income for…