Greg Dragonetti

Greg Dragonetti

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.

Hurtigruten Shuffles Ships Around

Hurtigruten

The Norwegian cruise line will redeploy three vessels. No doubt a consequence of losing out on a government tender to offer coastal voyages along the Norwegian coast, Hurtigruten will convert three coastwise ships to expedition. A source of income for…

P&O’s Oriana Transferred out of Fleet

A fan favorite of Britain’s P&O Cruises has a new home. Last voyage from Southampton for the ship formerly known as Oriana. MV Piano Land off for a refit I guess. @ABPSouthampton pic.twitter.com/fc6pghsxxX — Iain Gudgeon (@FatFishEvents) August 16, 2019…

Norwegian Encore Floated Out

NCL’s latest flagship has emerged from the building hall sporting her hull art. Still on track for an October handover, Germany’s Meyer Werft shipyard celebrated one of the last remaining milestones in the construction of any cruise vessel. The ships…

NCL Reports Q2 2019 Earnings

Norwegian Pearl departing Miami ©CruiseInd

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019, as well as provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2019. Highlights The Company generated GAAP net income of $240.2 million or EPS of $1.11 compared to $226.7…

Ponant to Acquire Paul Gauguin Cruises

French luxury expedition line Ponant have agreed to acquire Paul Gauguin Cruises. Paul Gauguin Cruises, based in Washington state, operate just the 19,200gt m/s Paul Gauguin and sail her year-round in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The line is…

Saga To Sell Saga Sapphire

UK-based Saga Cruises have sold their oldest vessel, Saga Sapphire. The 1981-built, 37,049gt Saga Sapphire (ex-Europa, SuperStar Aries, Bleu de France), has been sold to a Eastern European group. ANEX Tour, which look to be based in Russia with offices…

First Look: Oceanwide’s Hondius

Netherlands based Oceanwide Expeditions just took delivery of their newbuild Hondius. The delivery of this vessel, in May 2019, marks the start of what will be a busy expedition newbuild period for the industry. She’s a smaller expedition vessel, coming…

First Look: Roald Amundsen

The newest Norwegian expedition vessel has just been delivered. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SmartCruiser (@smartcruiser) on Aug 1, 2019 at 9:16am PDT Hurtigruten started life out in 1893 running mail, cargo, and passengers between remote…