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Background Last week, Carnival Corporation & plc launched their 10th brand, fathom (the ‘f’ is lowercase). They will transfer the 2001-built, 30,277gt Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) from P&O Cruises to this new brand. The concept behind fathom…
This is a neat concept until fully LNG powered ships are launched. When launched, fleetmate AIDAprima will be able to operate off of LNG while in port. Under this concept being tested in Hamburg, all electricity needed onboard will be generated…
Haimark Line has just started sailing the ms Saint Laurent on New England and Atlantic Canada cruises. The ship is the ex-Cape May Light, Clipper Voyager, and Sea Voyager. This is a former US Flagged vessel that once sailed for…
Our liveblog is here. Here’s the website for Fathom. And below is the full press release on Carnival Corp.’s exciting new venture: via carnival corp. Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest travel and leisure company, today named Tara Russell…
Hello all and welcome to the live blog of Carnival Corp’s big announcement in New York City. 1:10pm: My Wild Guess: I’m hoping for details on the big 9 ship order placed earlier in the year but it might be…
There was originally a rumor that the German ship Deutschland was going to be sold. Then we found out that it was sold, but the buyer was anonymous. Now we can say, with confidence that the ship was sold to…
According to two sources, quite reliable I might add, Virgin cruises is getting ready to sign a contract with Italy’s Fincantieri to construct two 180,000gt ships. It was either going to be Meyer [Finland or Germany] or Fincantieri. The decision…
German line TUI Cruises have announced that they will transfer two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 1 (ex-Celebrity Galaxy) and Mein Schiff 2 (ex-Celebrity Mercury ), over to its sister-line, Thomson Cruises. This will greatly reduce Thomson’s average fleet age which is currently…
A line that doesn’t get talked about all that much, Star Clippers, just got heard big time! They announced the construction of the worlds biggest square rigger sailing vessel. She will join only 12 other ships in history by having…
photos via CarnivalCrociereItalia She could be floated out as early as sometime next month. from Carnival: Embodying Carnival Cruise Line’s motto of Fun For All, All For Fun, the new Carnival Vista will offer family members of all ages the…