The former Peter Delimann ship Deutschland splits her time between Semester at Sea and charter operator Plantours. Semester at Sea has her for Spring and Fall world cruises as the m/v World Odyssey. Plantours spot charterers the ship for several…
P&O Australia announced that their parent line, Princess Cruises, will transfer the Dawn Princess to the Australian brand. The 77,500gt ship will be renamed Pacific Explorer. After an extensive drydock, she will set sail for her new home in 2017.…
UPDATE November 8: Lost in the news of the Canadian Governments decision to bring back Bay Ferries was the news that the Nova Star got arrested. The ship was actually arrested. Boston.com has an excellent description of what actually transpired.…
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…
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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…
Really thought the Princess newbuild for China would have been named Sky Princess. from Princess: Princess Cruises announced today that its ship now under construction, a sister ship to Royal Princess and Regal Princess, will be named Majestic Princess. The new…
I can honestly say I’m a bit surprised by this. Saga seemed like they were content with secondhand tonnage. I guess there were no viable options for them. from Saga: Exciting news! After lots of work behind the scenes,…
Carnival Corp. announced non-GAAP net income of $1.4 billion, or $1.75 diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2015 compared to non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2014 of $1.2 billion, or $1.58 diluted EPS. For the third quarter…
You may have seen my tweet earlier today: Flying out of Boston yesterday, saw @RoyalCaribbean #BrillianceOfTheSeas departing. pic.twitter.com/tMSKEJyp35 — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) September 28, 2015 Here are some additionals I edited up if you were interested.
From Carnival: Carnival Cruise Line and the City of Mobile announced today that the Carnival Fantasy will operate a year-long schedule of four- and five-day cruises to Mexico from the Mobile Cruise Terminal beginning in fall 2016. Prior to its…
NCL’s latest newbuild, Norwegian Escape, has successfully completed the Ems river transit. She’s now berthed in the fitting out pier in Eemshaven in the Netherlands. She’s on schedule to sail on her inaugural preview cruise on October 25th from Hamburg…
Friday: 10:17 am:The Carnival Liberty is safely berthed in her homeport of San Juan. She will be there until her scheduled departure Sunday afternoon. That should just about do it from this quasi-Liveblog. Thank’s for following. Thursday: 6:55 pm: The…
Here’s a new cruise line from an unexpected place: North Korea. South Korea is currently planning on launching a cruise line designed to cater to South Koreans that want to travel to North Korea. Apparently, legally, South Koreans can cross…
UPDATE FRIDAY: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have announced that they will set a delivery date for sometime this December. There’s no mention of an exact day, so interpret that as you will. The heavily delayed AIDAprima has left Mitsubishi Heavy…
There’s been lots of back-and-forth in the will they/won’t they roll out Dynamic Dining fleetwide. As a refresher, Dynamic Dining was Royal’s answer to the immensely popular Freestyle Dining on rival Norwegian Cruise Line. You dine wherever, whenever and with…
Royal Caribbean International has announced that the third Oasis class vessel, Harmony of the Seas, will feature an upgraded water park area onboard. Splashaway Bay (an interactive aqua park for kids), The Ultimate Abyss, (the tallest slide at sea touting…
Norwegian Escape was just floated out in Papenburg, Germany. This is the first time the public is being able to see the Guy Harvey artwork on the hull. What does everyone think?