Launching in 2019, Royal Caribbeans next Ultra-class vessel (Quantum-class) will head direct to Asia and be based there year-round. The ship is still yet to be named but will launch in spring 2019. She will be joining her sisters Quantum…
The most hotly anticipated vessel to launch this year, MSC Cruises MSC Seaside, is nearing completion. A drone enthusiast used his vehicle to capture the MSC Seaside from some pretty neat angles. You can view the 4k video below. The…
Princess Cruises have officially taken possession of their newest vessel Majestic Princess. She is Princesses first ship designed exclusively for the Chinese market. In fact, she’ll head straight to Asia after a few Mediterranean shakedown cruises. The handover ceremony was…
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced U.S. GAAP net income of $352 million, or $0.48 diluted EPS, for the first quarter of 2017 compared to U.S. GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2016 of $142 million, or $0.18diluted EPS. First quarter…
Today was another busy day with press conferences, a huge reveal, and more touring the show floor. Here’s a recap: @MSCCruisesUSA press conference. Rick Sasso:”were the fastest growing cruise line in history” pic.twitter.com/UrpCjpFnYS — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) March 15, 2017 #MSCcruises…
Norwegian Cruise Line just announced the first details we have for their ambitious newbuild project. They will call it Project Leonardo. This first ship will be delivered in 2022 with future orders in 2023, 2024, and 2025. There’s also an…
Yesterday was the first day of the annual cruise convention in south Florida. It all kicked off with the State of the Industry panel. It’s pretty much the only time you’ll see the top cruise line executives all in one room…
Hello and welcome to the 2017 liveblog from the State of the Industry panel from Seatrade Cruise Global. The event is set to begin at 0930 eastern time. Archived Live Blog 3 years agoMarch 14, 2017 Greg Dragonetti That…
UPDATE TUESDAY: Celebrity released the first render of the vessel in its entirety. She will feature the vertical axe-bow design as well as a blue hull. Also note the ships funnel. Celebrity has never shied away from bold funnel designs.…
Royal Caribbean announced that the fourth Oasis-class vessel will be officially named Symphony of the Seas. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship will be delivered in April 2018. She’ll spend her inaugural summer season sailing the Mediterranean, based out of Barcelona. She’ll…
Norwegian Cruise Line’s first purpose built ship for the Chinese market has just been floated out in Germany. This is our first time seeing what she’ll look like. While she may look like a modified version of the Breakaway-plus class,…
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 fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016, as well as provided guidance for the first quarter…
Germany’s AIDA Cruises just celebrated the steel cutting for the first of their LNG Newbuilds. AIDA’s President AIDA Felix Eichhorn and Meyer Werft Managing Director Bernard Meyer pushed the button to start the first cutting of the first steel plate for the…
Norwegian Cruise Line announced that they have ordered four ships from Fincantieri. The new ships are scheduled for delivery in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, with an option for two additional ships in 2026 and 2027. Each ship will be 140,000gt…
Carnival Cruise Lines has just been granted permission to sail to Cuba. Carnival will be sending the Carnival Paradise out of Tampa. She will be the highest capacity ship to sail to the island nation. 4 & 5-night cruises are…
While technically a rumor, it’s basically all but confirmed. Royal Caribbean’s newest Oasis-class ship will be called Symphony of the Seas. The name makes sense falling in line with sistership Harmony of the Seas. There is also the quantum-class ship…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported US GAAP and adjusted earnings for 2016 of $5.93 and $6.08 per share, respectively, resulting in more than a 25% increase in both US GAAP and adjusted earnings over 2015. As the company enters its DOUBLE-DOUBLE year, forward…
Carnival announced today that the 2018-newbuild, Carnival Horizon, will be homeported in Miami. She’ll take up the Vista’s place once the Vista shifts over to Galveston. Prior to sailing to the states, the ship, currently under construction in Italy, will…
Carnival Corporation announced they have reached an agreement with Fincantieri to build two new vessels. They will sail for Holland America and Princess. The Holland America ship will be built at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera, Italy and will be delivered in 2021. It will…
NCL has announced that when not sailing Alaska out of her summer-homeport of Seattle, their newest and largest ship, Norwegian Bliss, will be winter-homeported in Miami. Commencing on November 17, 2018, Norwegian Bliss will sail 7-night Eastern Caribbean routes every Saturday. …
Carnival Cruise Line will reposition three of its newest and largest ships to new homeports. Starting in September 2018, Carnival Vista will move to Galveston, Carnival Breeze will reposition to Port Canaveral, and Carnival Magic will shift to Miami. Carnival…
It certainly looks like it. STX France is owned by South Korean based STX Offshore, part of the STX Group. That group has been in some pretty rough financial shape lately. As a result STX is trying to divest in…
When Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald took the stage earlier today at the annual CES show in Las Vegas, he became the first travel industry executive to give a keynote at the show. Carnival went all out this year, their…
Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald will take the stage at CES in Las Vegas in a few hours. Make sure to keep this page open as we will be updating it with all the details as they are announced. Watch…
Carnival Corporation will launch something called Ocean Medallions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tomorrow. CEO Arnold Donald will take the stage to formally introduce the devices to the public. Here’s what they look like: And here’s what…