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Star Clippers just announced that their newest ship will be named Flying Clipper. She will debut at the end of next year. The 524 foot long, 5 masted ship, will be the worlds largest square rigger sailing vessel.
Carnival Corporation & plc announced adjusted net income of $301 million, or $0.39 diluted earnings per share, for the first quarter of 2016 compared to adjusted net income for the first quarter of 2015 of $159 million, or $0.20 diluted…
NCL today unveiled several onboard venues for their Shanghai & Tianjin based ship, Norwegian Joy. The highlight is easily the go kart track on the top deck. The full press release is at the bottom of this post. NCL seems…
Nordic Empress in 2004 via wikimedia The first six cruises on Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas have been canceled. The reason being given is the refurbishment is taking longer than expected. She was scheduled to be introduced today however…
Yesterday was the third and final day of Seatrade Cruise Global. Here are some notes from the floor from the closing day: Pearl Seas Cruises have canceled their first three cruises to Cuba. The line still doesn’t have the required…
Today was the second day of the Seatrade Cruise Global conference in Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale). The focus of today was definitely food. Here are the highlights and announcements: Details of NCL’s Harvest Caye in Belize were announced. It will…
Today was the official first day of the annual Seatrade convention in Florida. This year the title was changed to Seatrade Cruise Global and was relocated from Miami to Port Everglades (Apparently located just off of the Princess cruise terminal). The…
AIDA Cruises have confirmed that they have finally taken delivery of the AIDAprima. And get this, she’s scheduled to arrive Hamburg earlier than expected. She will do an additional preview cruise. The much delayed 124,500grt ship is a prototype newbuild…
Royal Caribbeans newest flagship just completed her transit down the River Ems from the shipyard to the piers alongside the North Sea. This transit always leads to some dramatic photos and the Ovation did not disappoint. Here’s a selection of…
Ovation of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s first purpose build ship for the Chinese market was just floated out of the covered building dock in Meyer Werft Germany. Ovation is still on track to be delivered next month and sail her…