Former NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan is back in the cruise industry. After abruptly leaving NCL in January 2015, for personal reasons I’m told, Sheehan will helm the new management team that will operate Paradise Cruise Line. Paradise Cruise Line is the…
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced U.S. GAAP net income for the full year 2016 of $2.8 billion, or $3.72 diluted EPS, compared to $1.8 billion, or $2.26 diluted EPS, for the prior year. Full year 2016 adjusted net income of $2.6 billion, or $3.45 adjusted EPS,…
Carnival Corp. just announced a change to Carnival Cruise Lines and P&O Australia’s newbuild plans. Almost exactly a year ago, Carnival Corp announced that P&O Australia would be receiving their very first newbuild, a 135,500 gt, 4,200pax ship. At the…
It’s official, US Cruise lines can now sail US passengers to Cuba from US ports. The US Government just handed approval to a bunch of cruise lines today. Let’s take a look. Royal Caribbean Cruises received approval for Royal Caribbean…
Easily one of, if not the, most anticipated newbuild to come out next year is the MSC Seaside. It’s a completely new design that I think we will see a lot of in the next few decades of new ships.…
Carnival Corp has decided to send fathom’s Adonia back to UK’s P&O Cruises. They will not replace her with another ship. This effectively spells the end to the start-up line. Carnival Corp instead announced that social impact excursions, the focal…
Celebrity Cruises just celebrated the steel cutting of it’s newest class of ships, the Edge-class. They also announced that the ships will be named Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Beyond. Now currently under construction at STX France, the ships will be…
There is ongoing drama surrounding the Carnival Liberty. She’s finally sailing again after being stuck in Galveston with a bad alternator. The ship is due for a drydock in December so officials were hoping they could provide a temporary fix…
Royal Caribbean also released this neat infographic for their quarterly earnings. Here’s the full release: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported GAAP and adjusted third quarter earnings of $3.21 and $3.20, respectively, up 13% from last year and better than expectations. …
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, 2016, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2016. Highlights…
UPDATE:Here is a sailaway montage of the event if you’re interested: After a summer in the Mediterranean, Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas sailed across the Atlantic to her new homeport of Port Everglades (Ft Lauderdale). I was joined by…
Even though the Carnival Vista had been sailing the summer in Europe, Carnival waited until she made her US arrival in order to name and christen her. At an overnight event held in New York, Miss USA, Deshauna Barber, christened the…
I had noticed something strange when checking AIS on Friday. Ok that’s pretty cool. Can’t wait to see the photos. @RoyalCaribbean @RoyalCaribPR #OasisOfTheSeas #AllureOfTheSeas #HarmonyOfTheSeas pic.twitter.com/40PontO2Iv — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) November 4, 2016 The three largest cruise ships in the world,…
NCL recently made two announcements about their newest flag ship, Norwegian Bliss. This is in addition to the announcement that she will sail Alaska when launched. The first was that construction has finally begun. Representatives from NCL and Meyer…
Starting in 2018 Norwegian coastal line Hurtigruten will start to add four new ships to their fleet. Developed by Rolls Royce and built at Kleven Yards, the first ship will be called Roald Amundsen and launch in 2018. Her sistership will…
Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, announced today that what was formerly known as Virgin Cruises will now be known as Virgin Voyages. A press conference was held in Miami today to officially launch the rebranding. The new stylized…
Norwegian Cruise Line’s 2018 new build, Norwegian Bliss, will be seasonally based in Seattle and sail Alaskan cruises, the line announced today. The ship will be a breakaway plus vessel and a sister to the Norwegian Escape. The press release(below)…
Germany’s Meyer Werft shipyard has just handed over Dream Cruises first vessel. The 151,300gt Genting Dream is based on the Norwegian Breakaway-plus class of vessel but features several changes such as the casino and night club essentially replacing the atrium…
Royal Caribbean has announced they have entered into an agreement with Meyer Group to build two ships that will be part of a new class of ships called Icon class. Details are still scarce but what is know is they will…
Carnival Corp. surprised the industry last year when they not only ordered 9 ships, but ordered most of them with LNG fueled power plants. LNG is still new to the maritime industry with only a handful of commercial vessels using…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.4 billion, or $1.93 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2016 compared to U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2015 of $1.2 billion, or $1.56 diluted EPS. Third quarter 2016 adjusted net income…
UPDATE:Carnival Corp has since announced that the deal is actually 3 ships total. Two for Carnival Cruise Lines and one for Britain’s P&O Cruises. The P&O ship will also be delivered in 2020 but will be built at Meyer’s Papenburg…
Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas had another rough encounter with a storm in the atlantic. If this sounds familiar, the same ship was caught off guard by a freak squall in February. The 168,666gt ship sailed into Bermuda this…
MSC Cruises and STX France celebrated the floating out of their newest vessel the MSC Meraviglia. The 167,600gt vessel is scheduled to come into service in June 2017. STX France will also be delivering two enlarged Meraviglia ships referred to as…
Germany’s Hapag Lloyd Cruises announced they will build two expedition type ships with Norway’s VARD. A deal had been rumored eariler in the year that VARD agreed to a two ship deal with an anonymous line, but that was…