Even though the Carnival Vista had been sailing the summer in Europe, Carnival waited until she made her US arrival in order to name and christen her. At an overnight event held in New York, Miss USA, Deshauna Barber, christened the…
I had noticed something strange when checking AIS on Friday. Ok that’s pretty cool. Can’t wait to see the photos. @RoyalCaribbean @RoyalCaribPR #OasisOfTheSeas #AllureOfTheSeas #HarmonyOfTheSeas pic.twitter.com/40PontO2Iv — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) November 4, 2016 The three largest cruise ships in the world,…
NCL recently made two announcements about their newest flag ship, Norwegian Bliss. This is in addition to the announcement that she will sail Alaska when launched. The first was that construction has finally begun. Representatives from NCL and Meyer…
Starting in 2018 Norwegian coastal line Hurtigruten will start to add four new ships to their fleet. Developed by Rolls Royce and built at Kleven Yards, the first ship will be called Roald Amundsen and launch in 2018. Her sistership will…
There has been a lot of talk about LNG and fuel cells as use on cruise ships, but what does it actually mean. BACKGROUND Thus far, there have been some small ferries, riverboats and some offshore supply vessels that have…
Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, announced today that what was formerly known as Virgin Cruises will now be known as Virgin Voyages. A press conference was held in Miami today to officially launch the rebranding. The new stylized…
Norwegian Cruise Line’s 2018 new build, Norwegian Bliss, will be seasonally based in Seattle and sail Alaskan cruises, the line announced today. The ship will be a breakaway plus vessel and a sister to the Norwegian Escape. The press release(below)…
Germany’s Meyer Werft shipyard has just handed over Dream Cruises first vessel. The 151,300gt Genting Dream is based on the Norwegian Breakaway-plus class of vessel but features several changes such as the casino and night club essentially replacing the atrium…
Royal Caribbean has announced they have entered into an agreement with Meyer Group to build two ships that will be part of a new class of ships called Icon class. Details are still scarce but what is know is they will…
Carnival Corp. surprised the industry last year when they not only ordered 9 ships, but ordered most of them with LNG fueled power plants. LNG is still new to the maritime industry with only a handful of commercial vessels using…