Costa Cruises held a lavish naming event for Costa Diadema in its headquarters city of Genoa, Italy. At 132,500 tons and more than 1,000 feet long, Costa’s new flagship, the “Regina del Mediterraneo” or Queen of the Mediterranean, was built at Fincantieri’s…
Cruise & Maritime Voyages parent company, All Leisure Group, have terminated two mv Discovery(ex-Island Venture, Island Princess) cruises early. The decision was made due to mounting losses occurring everything the ship sails. As such, she has been sold “as is”…
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the parent company of STX Europe which was recently broken up as part of the failing company’s restructuring plan, has been talking to Fincantieri about selling STX France to the Italian firm. Fincantieri purchased STX’s offshore…
from CVM: Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) announced the addition of Grand Holiday (ex-Carnival Holiday) from Costa Crociere to the CMV fleet, commencing operations under the CMV livery in spring 2015. She will be re-named Magellan and at 46,052grt will…
Hurtigruten ASA has announced that it has entered into a transaction agreement with Silk Bidco AS, a joint venture vehicle indirectly owned by Home Capital AS, a company controlled by member of the board of directors of the Company Petter…
Quantum as arrived in Cape Liberty. We have all the days events covered on our Quantum Of The Seas Liveblog.
via Princess: Princess Cruises, the cruise line made famous as the backdrop of the iconic Love Boat television series, christened its new Regal Princess today with a tribute to the show as all six of the original cast members served…
After an inaugural season in the Mediterranean, the Regal Princess has just arrived in Port Everglades. Her sister, Royal Princess is currently on the other side of the harbor at berth 21, having herself just arrived from her first Canada…
Norwegian Cruise Line today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2014. Third Quarter Highlights Adjusted EPS improvement of 29.1% to $1.11 from $0.86 in 2013 Net Yield…
Via Carnival: Gerry Cahill, president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, announced today that he is retiring, effective November 30, after 20 years of service. Cahill, 63, has been CEO of Carnival Corporation’s largest cruise brand since 2007, growing the…
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A new line has formed in Iceland called ProCruises. They’ll sail and operate one small expedition ship around Iceland, Greenland, and northern Europe. The 224-pax, 8,282gt Ocean Diamond (ex-Song of Flower, Le Diamant). You can check out the website here.…
Costa Cruises have just taken over their newest ship the 132500gt Costa Diadema. Based on the Carnival Dream, the ship will be christened on Nov. 7 in Genoa. The ship will depart the shipyard in Marghera on Oct. 30 and…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported third quarter results and provided a preliminary outlook for 2015. Net Yields and Net Cruise Costs as well as Adjusted Net Income all performed about as expected for the quarter generating Adjusted Net Income…
Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, the 3,954-passenger Carnival Vista, recently celebrated another construction milestone. Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy laid the fist block of the 133,500-ton vessel. She is still on track to debut in spring 2016. The 25th vessel…
Germany’s TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku (ex-STX Finland) recently celebrated the floatout ceremony of their newest ship, Mein Schiff 4.
via NCL: NCL announced that hospitality veteran Drew Madsen has joined as president and chief operating officer of Norwegian Cruise Line. Madsen brings a strong track record of success to Norwegian with more than 30 years of leadership experience in…
Carnival Corp. signed an MOU with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). The purpose of the understanding is to explore the possibility of a joint venture between the two firms and to explore the possibility of accelerating the development and growth of…
The U.K.’s P&O Cruises have unveiled the Union Jack livery that will adorn their newest flagship. When the Britannia’s construction is complete, she will be formally christened in Southampton in March 2015.
Oasis has sailed from her drydock and is now berthed in Rotterdam. These two webcams come courtesy of virtualvisit.nl. Over on CruiseCritic, someone has released the total changes. I have yet to cross check them with the deckplans as they…
Princess Cruises have announced that they intend to sell their smallest ship the Ocean Princess. For now it seems her sister ship Pacific Princess will stay in the fleet. P&O Crusies’ Adonia is also rumored to be for sale as…
Oasis of the Seas arrived into one of the worlds largest drydocks located the Netherlands.
Germany’s Passat Kreuzfahrten has officially stopped operations. When their lone ship, the 1975-built Delphin (ex-Byelorussiya, Kazakhstan II) returned to Bremerhaven last week, passengers were notified it was the last cruise for the ship. The ship will most likely be made…
Thought this was pretty cool. Would love to try it out. via Princess: Regal Princess guests will have the opportunity to connect with their fellow cruisers with the debut of Princess@Sea Messenger, a free mobile messenger feature offering guests an…
via Thomson Cruises parent company TUI Group: Thomson Cruises today announces a significant investment in Thomson Dream and Thomson Celebration as part of the cruise line’s modernisation strategy. Upgrades will include public areas such as sun decks and lounges, and…