Info on MSC’s Vista Class ships.
MSC Cruises celebrated the steel cutting of the first of two new designs to debut in the coming years. Taking place at STX France yards in St Nazaire, lasers cut the first plate of steel that will compose the ships…
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Royal Caribbean Reports Q1 2015 Earnings
Royal Caribbean reported Q1 2015 earnings just this morning. Their stock price is already $79 as of the opening bell this morning. With these strong earnings, expect it to break $80. You can keep an eye on it here: …
Royal Caribbean Tweaks Its Asian Deployment with Ovation of the Seas
Last month it was announced that the Ovation of the Seas, the third Quantum-class vessel, would sail direct to China from the shipyard and be homeported there full time. Royal Caribbean has announced a slight change to the program. For…
AIDAprima Gets Her Lips
Normally that headline would raise some eyebrows. However it’s entirely true. At the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki Japan, workers have painted on the trademark lips that adorn the bow of all AIDA ships. A total of 342 liters…
American Eagle Delivered
Connecticut based American Cruise Line have recently been delivered the 150-pax paddlewheeler American Eagle. The ship was constructed at Chesapeake Shipbuilding yard in Maryland. She’s scheduled to be christened by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s wife, Cheryl Landrieu on April…
Ponant Accepts Le Lyrial
Fincantieri has launched the cruise ship/yacht Le Lyrial. She was delivered to PONANT Yacht Cruises & Expeditions by Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard. The ceremony was attended, amongst others, by Jean-Emmanuel Sauvée, CEO of Ponant, Véronique Saade, the company’s Deputy CEO, and…
Viking Star Sails on Maiden Voyage
The recently delivered Viking Star set sail from Istanbul over the weekend on her maiden voyage. Here’s an assortment of images: Worlds Cheapest Flights: Todays visitor of Kusadasi Port is Viking Star of Viking Cruises.… pic.twitter.com/gSKA3mmTiU — Travel Deals…
Anthem of the Seas Delivered
Anthem of the Seas has been delivered to Royal Caribbean. She will sail to Southampton where she will be christened on April 20th. The godmother will be travel agent Emma Wilby from Sunderland, U.K. Follow along with our live blog…
[ARCHIVED] Anthem of the Seas Liveblog
This is an archived post that origionally appeared on CruiseInd on Apr 10, 2015 @ 12:18 April 22: Anthem takes to the sea…. Anthem on her way out with Explorer docked @royalcaribbeanuk #anthemoftheseas #exploreroftheseas #southampton #cruise A photo posted by…
Norwegian Star Out Of Service Until April 26
The Norwegian Star recent completed a drydock and returned to service on March 17, 2015. It seems one of her azipods has been acting up ever since and NCL has been forced to return the ship to drydock to fix…
Viking Star Delivered
Viking Ocean Cruises have just taken delivery of their first ship ever, the Viking Star. Her sisters, Viking Sea and Viking Sky are set to make their debut’s next year. from Viking: Viking Ocean Cruises announced it took delivery of Viking…
Carnival Reports Q1 2015 Earnings
Carnival Corporation & plc announced non-GAAP net income of $159 million, or $0.20 diluted EPS, for the first quarter of 2015 compared to non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2014 of $3 million, or $0.00 per share. For…
It’s Official, Carnival Corp Places 9 Ship Order [Full Details]
It looks like the rumored deal is finally official. Carnival Corp has signed two separate deals that will add 9 ships total to their various brands. Fincantieri S.p.A and Meyer Werft will each build new ships based on new designs. They…
[UPDATED] RUMOR: Carnival May Place 10 Ship Order
UPDATE THURSDAY: I found the original source of the rumor. According to them, the deal is done. If so stay tuned to CruiseInd as we will be following this extremely closely. This is the biggest news story so far for…
M/S Deutschland Sold; Buyer Unknown
There’s been rumors that Peter Deilmann’s m/s Deutschland was up for sale. It seem’s she has finally been sold. Lloyds can confirm it. As of today the owners have changed. However, the buyer is unknown at this time.
Ovation of the Seas Direct to China Full time
Well it’s official, China is the darling of the industry now. Royal Caribbean announced that the third Quantum-class vessel, Ovation of the Seas, will be homeported in Tianjin, China. The 168,666gt ship will sail from the shipyard in Germany to Southampton where she will…
Virgin Cruises Rendering Uncovered Through Discovery In Lawsuit
A couple of people have gotten their hands on some documents from that infamous Colin Veitch v. Virgin Management USA lawsuit. In it are some renders of what the proposed ship would look like. It’s basically an Oasis vessel with…
Cruise Shipping Miami Day 3 Rumors
Here’s the latest rumors I’m hearing from the show floor. ABB will be delivering their propulsion units, Azipods, to NCL newbuilds in Germany. Lindblad Expeditions which recently merged with investment company Capitol Acquisition Corp. II for usd$439m is in the…
MSC’s Project Seaside Newbuild to Sail Yearround from Miami
MSC Just announced at Cruise Shipping Miami, that their Project Seaside newbuild will be stationed yearound in Miami. MSC and the Port of Miami will invest in building a new terminal for her. No word yet on where on Dodge…
Cruise Shipping Miami Day 2 & State of the Industry
#CSM2015 State of the Industry's Pierfrancesco Vago, Arnold Donald, Frank Del Rio, Richard Fain pic.twitter.com/Z3VFef8Bgu — Seatrade Insider (@SeatradeInsider) March 17, 2015 The highlight of the convention is undoubtedly the State of the industry panel. This years has Arnold Donald, CEO…
Cruise Shipping Miami Day 1
Cruise Shipping Miami got underway yesterday in Miami. The largest gathering of all things cruise industry is an annual occurrence in Miami, but next year it will transition to Fort Lauderdale. Here’s some gossip from Monday, which is typically a…
Former NCL CEO Sues Richard Branson and Virgin Managment
This is a strange story unfolding. Last Wednesday, Colin Veitch, former CEO of NCL, brought a breach of contract suit against Virgin Management USA Inc. and Richard Branson. Here’s the details from Justia: Plaintiff: Colin Veitch and VSM DEVELOPMENT, INC.…
Harmony of the Seas to Sail Europe
Royal Caribbean announced that the Harmony of the Seas (the third Oasis vessel) will sail Europe from Barcelona. She’ll be there from May 2016. It seems this will happen before she sails for Port Everglades, her new homeport. Royal Caribbean…
Anthem of the Seas Transits Emms river
Royal Caribbean released this neat infographic depicting the transit. She’s now safely berthed in Eemshaven for her final outfitting. #AnthemoftheSeas is greeted by a beautiful sunrise while arriving to Eemshaven and the North Sea pic.twitter.com/FHyDsS87RS — Royal Caribbean PR (@RoyalCaribPR)…
More Details on Virgin Cruises
More details have emerged on Virgin cruises. Talking on one of his trains to the Telegraph, Sir Richard Branson announced that he is in the final stages of negations with Fincantieri and/or Meyer Werft. For two ships, the total cost…