A new lawsuit alleges that Carnival sailed the Triumph on her fateful trip all while knowing that the ship was our of class (classification) and not in compliance. The lawsuit is filed in a Houston, TX district court; not sure…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced non-GAAP net income of $35 million, or $0.04 diluted EPS, for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 of $111 million, or $0.14 per share. For the…
STX has reportedly received enough cash to complete the second TUI ship it has scheduled for its Turku yard. This cash infusion will not effect the decision to close the Rauma yard. Jari Anttila, CEO of STX Finland, declined to comment where this…
She looks ready to sail to New York!
Cruise Critic is reporting that guests onboard the Celebrity Constellation have reported that they will be overnighting in Key West as the 90,940gt ship is having engine troubles. According to initial reports, this is related to the ships gas turbine engines. Royal Caribbean…
Viking Ocean Cruises, the blue water expansion of the popular Viking River Cruises, have announced that they have agreed to another 2 more ships to be delivered from Fincantieri. They will be sisters to the Viking Star class at 48,000…
Connecticut based US Flagged line, American Cruise Line, just announced they will be building 4 new river boat ships. Construction just began on the first two ships with the first entry into service expected to be Spring 2015. Each ship…
NCL has Nickelodeon. Royal Caribbean has Dreamworks. Disney has…well…Disney. And now Carnival has Dr. Seuss. At a press event yesterday onboard the Carnival Splendor in New York, the Line announced that they have partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises. They will be bringing…
UK Based Thomson Cruises, has announced that they will be adding balconies to three of their ships. The Thomson Celebration, Thomson Spirit and Thomson Majesty should all have balconies added buy this time next year. The Thomson Celebration (ex-Noordam) will have 26…
Apparently a while ago, the US Customs and Boarder Protection would not let the Bimini Superfast sail on evening gambling cruises roundtrip out of Miami. Seatrade is reporting that Resorts World Bimini are now taking them to court. Resorts World Bimini…
Genting Group has officially broken ground on North Bimini Island in The Bahamas. Their intent is to re-develop the island and add a huge resort with casino. The 750-acre property will feature almost 400 rooms. It is expected to be completed…
UPDATE TUESDAY: Cruise Currents is reporting that its official. The 1995-built Century will be leaving the Celebrity fleet in 2015 for the French subsidiary Croisières de France. Though we’re still waiting on official commentary from the line. CIN has the following…
UK based and sourced line Thomson Cruises have announced that they will base the Thomson Dream (ex-Costa Europa, Westerdam) out of Montego Bay Jamaica during the winter 2014/2015 season. She’ll be the only ship to be based out of the…
Carnival has announced they they will be revamping their entire main dining room experience. American TABLE and American FEAST are Carnival take on upscale contemporary land based restaurants at sea. While the decor in the restaurants wont be changed yet,…
[embedvideo id=”iU-4TxE6W4w” website=”youtube”] Majestic International’s Ocean Countess caught fire over the weekend. Initial reports had her in a shipyard just north of Athens, Greece when the fire started. There were only five crew onboard who all were able to…
While the trade embargo still exists between Cuba and the U.S., Cuba Cruises is sailing passengers on a circumnavigation of the Island. Cruise Industry News has more and this photo of her in her new livery. According to the site,…
Princess cruises just announced that they will be making a few, somewhat, major changes to the Regal Princess’ layout. The 141,000gt ship, due to launch spring of 2014, will incorporate venues that passengers were missing onboard her currently sailing sister, Royal…
UPDATE APRIL 17, 2014: Anthem of the seas will not be going to Port Everglades anymore. The ship will sail to New York/ New Jersey. Originally Published on: Nov 21, 2013 @ 12:40 Royal Caribbean just announced that when launched in 2015,…
Royal Caribbean is celebrating the laying of their soon-to-be newest ship keel at Meyer Werft Shipyard in Germany. The keel-laying signifies the beginning of the ship’s physical construction. During the ceremony, a 620-ton block measuring 59 feet by 121 feet (18…
UPDATE THURSDAY: Jim Walker posed some photos that were anonymou sly sent to him on the Cruise Law Facebook Page. It is being reported in several news outlets that when sailing into the Greek port of Piraeus, the MSC Magnifica,…
From MSC: The dazzling MSC Divina made cruise history this morning, when it was escorted into PortMiami by a fleet of high-powered FIAT personal watercraft. With today’s arrival, MSC Divina becomes the first MSC Cruises ship to sail year-round from North America.…
According to Cruise Business Review, the 2000-built Costa Voyager (ex-Olympic\Olympia Voyager) is reportedly for sale by Costa Cruises. Never really understood what they were doing with her in the fleet. When constructed, the 836-pax was able to achieve an unprecedented 27-knots.
The ship that launched Royal Caribbean, the 1970-built Song of Norway has reportedly been sold to a scrap yard. She was currently sailing as a gambling ship in Taiwan as the Formosa Queen for Formosa Queen Corp of Taiwan. The demolition…
The Norwegian Getaway has just departed on her first Sea trial based out of Eemshaven. Over the weekend she transited the Ems river towards the North Sea as she left Meyer Weft for the last and final time. Here are…
Royal Caribbean released the above photo of the Brilliance of the Seas departing her new homeport on Saturday. Check out the ship in the background. That’s the rival Carnival Paradise. Surprised they didn’t Photoshop her out.