Royal Caribbean has released the following statement: Yesterday, as Adventure of the Seas was arriving to St. Kitts, the ship became aware of oil loss from the ship’s fixipod. Oil booms were immediately placed around the ship to contain the…
When Celebrity sends 5 ships to Europe for their Summer 2015 season, they will send the 91,000gt Celebrity Constellation. The ban on ships over 96,000 from the main lagoon will be effective Jan 1, 2015. This will allow her to transit the…
photo via wikimedia To get ready for Princess Cruises’ second season of Japan cruising, Diamond Princess is undergoing an extensive drydock to add enticing new features designed to appeal to Japanese cruisers. During the $30 million-dollar refurbishment, the ship will receive an extensive new Japanese bath…
At Cruise Shipping Miami today, NCL released the first render of their upcoming ships hull art. The artist for the Norwegian Escape will be Guy Harvey. He’s a well known wildlife artist and conservationist. The hull looks to feature several…
Some 2,000+ people packed into a ballroom at the annual Cruise Shipping Miami convention in Florida. Here are some highlights as they develop: Christine Duffy kicked off the panel. She is CLIA’s President. 21.3 million people cruised in 2013 13…
The annual Cruise Shipping Convention is kicking off this morning in Miami. Here’s the program of events. Note that the premiere event, The State of the Global Cruise Industry, will be tomorrow morning. I plan to have a write up of it…
Here’s something you don’t see every day: On Sunday, Cunard captured dramatic photographs of Captain Kevin Oprey, Master of Queen Mary 2, standing beneath the flagship’s soaring hull a mile off the coast of Bali during the ship’s World Cruise in her 10th anniversary year.
New features on Carnival Legend include: WaterWorks, an aqua park highlighted by Green Thunder – the only attraction of its kind in North America that features an 187-foot-long slide with a pulse-pounding 34-foot-long drop where riders obtain speeds of up…
Several news outlets are reporting that Virgin Group founder and chairman Richard Branson is considering a cruise industry venture. He has apparently hired Allen & Co, a US-based corporate advisory firm, to explore the potential of launching Virgin Cruises. This is pretty…
via PRNewswire Carnival Corporation & plc announced that Micky Arison, Chairman of the Board of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, has advised Carnival Corporation that trusts organized for his benefit plan to sell up to 10 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock (“Shares”) in market sales, representing up…
Berthing 6 ships today. Means they have to double up on the outermost berth. Carnival Fantasy and Celebrity Constellation sharing a berth.
In a one-of-a-kind operation, the Allure of the Seas has just sailed into the Grand Bahama Shipyard for repairs to her damaged azipod. Its not a complete drydock as there’s very few yards in the world that can successfully contain…
via azamaraclubcruises: Good morning everyone, We wanted to let you know about an incident affecting the Azamara Journey that will require the current voyage to end early. As the Azamara Journey approached Tokyo, we noticed an unusual vibration. Further inspection…
Taking place in Italy today, the first steel was cut for Carnival’s newest flagship. Not much is known about their newbuild at this point. It will be 135,000gt; putting her slightly larger than the 128,ooogt Carnival Dream-class. She is being constructed…
Hurtigruten, the Norwegian coastal line, have announced a net income of NOK 26 million with total revenue of NOK 3.3 billion for 2013. This is in stark contrast to their 2012 report. That year saw the line, first launched in…
While watching the Olympics on NBC, Royal Caribbean showed a commercial for their webseries called Caribbean Cup Challenge. It features 3 former olympic athletes competing in various competitions onbard and ashore. The series can be viewed on their YouTube…
UPDATE: Their website is back, but if you want to view it, its here. And the error page is fantastic! royalcaribbean.com may be down, but the view is pretty spectacular. — Cruise Currents (@CruiseCurrents) February 21, 2014
From Cunard: In a world-first, more than 120 crew aboard Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 gathered together on the ship’s bow in Sydney today for a dramatic portrait marking the legendary liner’s 10th birthday. The history-making photo captured crew from every one…
The first of the Breakaway-plus class ships, the Norwegian Escape, won’t be launching until October 2015. However NCL have teased us with several images of her accommodations. Pretty much an exact mirror of Norwegian Breakaway/Getaway’s. All photos can be found…
Its being reported that while undergoing her bunkering operation in the Falkland Islands, the barge allided with the Celebrity Century. There was one lifeboat davit that was damaged. They were eventually able to repair it and the ship sailed at…
UPDATE: Some notes on the earnings: Kevin Sheehan told investors on the earnings call, that bookings have softened a bit from earlier. At that point in time, NCL was selling cruises at double digit increases. They forecast a 4% yield increase…
NCL recently announced that they will be retrofitting six ships with exhaust scrubbers. This is a technology whereby the exhaust is essentially scrubbed of sulfur oxides by running it through seawater before venting it through the funnel. The company has contracted…
Passenger on Cruise Ship Killed by Freak Wave (kiii tv) Were not even a full two months into the new year and we already have what probably is a contender for the worst story of the year. This comes from the…
No announcement on where her new home will be but my money is on France’s CDF Cruises. via CruiseCurrents: After much speculation and rumors, the oldest ship in Celebrity’s fleet, the 19 year old Celebrity Century, will be leaving the…