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Royal Caribbean just announced that they have agreed to build a fifth Quantum class vessel. The 168,000gt vessel will be built at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany and scheduled for delivery in 2020. This news comes as the U.S. is…
Small ship specialist Haimark Lines have just filed for bankruptcy. I covered this line back in June shortly after it started sailing, and the accident their ship had as well. From a quote given to CruiseIndustryNews, it seems the bankruptcy…
More details are emerging about Carnival Cruise Lines deployment to China. I got the Spirit class ship right but whiffed on the Fantasy class one. We’ll find a home for those girls one of these days. From Carnival: Carnival Cruise…
A bit of a surprise here. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. are overhauling their Spanish subsidiary Pullmantur. They are going to concentrate on the European market only and pulling their ship out of the Caribbean. The Monarch (ex-Monarch of the Seas)…
Connecticut based American Cruise Lines announced they have ordered another coastal vessel from Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, MD. The ship will be launched in Q1 of 2017. She’ll be slightly larger that the current fleet of four coastal ships in the…
Carnival subsidiary Princess recently announced that the Majestic Princess will be based full time in China and be specially tailored for that market. In addition, Carnival Corp. has doubled down on that market and will launch two more ambitious strategies…
The Norwegian Escape Liveblog is here. You can use the link below or access it anytime from the menu above. Hope you can follow along with me as NCL’s latest flagship is launched. Norwegian Escape Liveblog
Two bits of news on some recent port developments on behalf of Carnival Corp. The Carnival Victory became the first ship to call at Amber Cove, Dominican Republic. The port is a regular fixture on sister brand Fathom’s itineraries with…
This is an archived post that originally appears on CruiseInd Oct 13, 2015 @ 09:59 Now that Norwegian Escape has arrived in her new home, I’m going to end this live blog. As always, thank’s for following. Hello and welcome to…
NCL mentioned back in August that they were deploying the Norwegian Star to Asia. Now they are doubling down by placing a ‘new build’ direct from the yard to the Chinese market. An interesting note here, the presser below makes…