UPDATE 2/26: Kleven Vert has informed Hurtigruten that they will unfortunately have to delay the delivery of the vessel. The ship will incorporate an innovative power plant that will relay on hybrid-electric and LNG fuel so there are immense complexities…
When Carnival Panorama, the third Vista-class ship, debuts in 2019, she will be homeported on the west coast. The 3,960pax Carnival Panorama will be deployed on 7-night Mexican Riviera cruises from the California port. This announcement took place at the newly renovated Long…
Crystal Cruises announced that they will make a change to the three Exclusive-class of vessels it has on order. The ships, when ordered back in 2015 by their former CEO were going to be 1000pax and 100,000gt. Virtually unheard of…
Here’s an interesting rumor that I wanted to share. MSC may be placing an order for 4 ultra luxary ships soon. These won’t be nearly the same size of their mega ships that they’re currently building. All the yards in…
NCL just announced that their newest ship will be named Norwegian Encore. This will be the fourth in the Breakaway-plus class vessels. She’ll join her sisters, Escape, Joy, and Bliss, but will more closely resemble the Bliss. The 164,600gt ship…
UPDATE II: P&O Australia just announced that they will be refurbing the Pacific Jewel so that’s definitely not the ship that Cartoon Network will get (if it’s evening going to happen). There’s also the possibility that this is just a generic cruise…
Carnival Corp. has just announced that they agreed with Meyer Werft to build an additional vessel for their P&O brand. They already have a newbuild planned for 2020 so this will be a sister to her and debut in 2022.…
oyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported 2017 US GAAP and adjusted earnings of $7.53 per share — beating the Double-Double EPS target and the mid-point of previous guidance by $0.75 and $0.16, respectively. In addition, the company announced that 2018 adjusted earnings are expected to…
France’s Compagnie du Ponant, or just Ponant, have announced they have agreed with VARD for the construction of an iced classed expedition vessel. The ship’s hull and machinery will be constructed at VARD’s Romanian facility in Tulcea. She will then…
The MSC Seaside was just delivered from Fincantieri to MSC so I thought this would be a good moment to take a first look at this prototype ship. The Italian shipyard has long been pushing their Project Mille design and…
MSC Cruises have just taken delivery of the MSC Seaside. This is the first in the highly anticipated Seaside class of vessels. She will sail direct from Trieste, Italy to Miami where she will be home-ported. This will be the…
MSC Cruises announced that they have agreed with Fincantieri to construct two additional Seaside class vessels. Hulls 3&4 will come with a slightly altered design. In the rendering above, it looks like they added an additional deck in the forward…
Carnival Cruise Lines has just announced that the third Vista-class vessel will be named Carnival Panorama. She’ll launch in November 2019. So far carnival has announced the same interior venues as her sisters, Vista and Horizon. Once we get into…
Princess has announced that their next ship will be named Sky Princess. She will be the fourth in the Royal-class ships. Sister ship to Royal Princess, Regal Princess and Majestic Princess. Also important to note that P&O’s Britannia is, and should…
Not to be left out of what will soon be the latest boom in the industry, luxury expedition ships, Celebrity Cruises will build a brand new expedition vessel called Celebrity Flora. Celebrity is no stranger to this market. They currently…
Princess Cruises Regal Princess is about to set sail on the first cruise to officially feature the Ocean Medallion. The two night cruise departs Port Everglades today and calls in Nassau before heading back to Florida. You can read our…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2017. Highlights…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported record third quarter results of $3.49 per share, which includes a $0.20 negative impact from the recent hurricanes; updated full year guidance to a range of $7.35 to $7.40, which includes a $0.26 negative impact from the recent hurricanes;…
Lindblad Expeditions have agreed with Norway’s Ulstein Verft for the construction of a new expedition vessel. The ship will have Ulstein’s patened X-Bow and scheduled for debut in Q1 2020. It’s also been speculated that there are options for two…
At a press conference today, Virgin Voyages have announced some exciting details on their upcoming newbuild. The one thing getting the most fanfare is the decision to go adults-only for the entire fleet: That’s why we’ve taken great care to…
Carnival has announced that they have time chartered the Carnival Fascination to the US Government’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. The charter party is set to last for 4 months. As a result, all cruises on the Fascination are canceled…
There may finally be an end to the saga with STX France and Fincantieri. It originally seemed that Fincantieri would be the majority stakeholder in the French yard that would see everything change over to the Italians. This would be…
Britain’s Saga Cruises have announced they have agreed to take a second newbuild. The first ship ordered, Spirit of Discovery, will begin her construction in Germany shortly with a planed arrival of June 2019. She will soon be joined by…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.3 billion, or $1.83 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2017 compared to U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2016 of $1.4 billion, or $1.93 diluted EPS. Third quarter 2017 adjusted net…
Carnival Corp. announced that they will be selling P&O Cruises Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) to Azamara Club Cruises. Interestingly enough, Azamara is owned by rival Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. She will enter a drydock in March 2018 and…