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Finance Friday: NCL Q2 2011 Report

Norwegian Cruise Line reported results for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011 increased 29.0% to $123.5 million from $95.7 million in the same period of 2010 on improved revenue…

CruiseInd Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Emily

Here are the latest itinerary alterations as a result of current TS Emily: Carnival Miracle out of NYC will call San Juan, St. Thomas and Grand Turk instead of Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Nassau. Carnival Sensation out of…

Louis Majesty Taken Out of Service

The Louis Majesty of Louis Cruises will be taken out of service according to CIN. Louis’s Communication director stated: “The decision not to deploy the Majesty out of Genoa and Marseilles this coming winter is in essence the second step…

Carnival Corp. Places 3 Ship Orders

Carnival Corp. announced 2 newbuild agreements they entered into. The first deal inked with Carnival Favorite Fincanteri, calls for one ship for Italian/European brand Costa Crociere. The unnamed vessel will come in at 132,500grt. making her the largest for Costa…

Carnival Dream Goes to the Movies

Here is a story our of left field. It turns out that the third installment of the heavily scoffed at Alvin and the Chipmunks series will be taking place on the Carnival Dream.  The series stars Arrested Development’s Tobias Fünke…

BREAKING: Finance Friday: RCL’s Financial Blunder Proves Costly

When Royal Caribbean International (NYSE:RCL) announced their 2Q 2011 Earnings they shocked everyone by admitting that their erred in their accounting. Upon hearing this, the stock plunged yesterday quite a lot. It should pick up today assuming it’s a good…

BREAKING: Imagination and Fantasy Allide in Key West

On Tuesday, as the Carnival Imagination was all tied up alongside Key West, she was bumped by the maneuvering Carnival Fantasy. No passengers were injured and the ships sailed safely from the ports. The ships only suffered a minor cosmetic…

Celebrity Silhouette Christened in Hamburg

  Shortly after taking delivery of the 122,000grt ship, Celebrity and parent company Royal Caribbean international christened the panamax ship. The event took place dockside in Hamburg, Germany. The godmother of the 2,886-pax ship is Signature Travel Network president and…

Things confiscated while boarding a ship

Capt. Greybeard posted the following picture on his blog. It show the various objects that security have confiscated from passengers in Southampton. source: Mirror.co.uk blog

NCL Introduces the Haven

NCL announced that their signature Courtyards, will be renamed The Haven. Currently the area is a feature onboard the Epic, leading to her distinct profile, and the sisters Peal This secluded area will make an appearance on the two new…

Celebrity Takes Delivery of Silhouette

Celebrity Just took delivery of their newest addition to the Solstice class, the Silhouette. The 1,033ft vessel will be christened in Hamburg tomorrow. At 144,000grt she will be the largest ship christened in the German port. That’s RCI CEO Richard…

Finance Friday: NCL to Go Public (Stock Market)

UPDATE WEDNESDAY: Turns out NCL will wait for better Market Conditions to launch their IPO acc’d to CIN. UPDATE SATURDAY:CruiseIndustryNews chimed in with this bit of info. NCL will be traded on the NASDAQ under ticker NCLH   NCL today…

American Cruise Lines Obtains Permit for Glacier bay

American Cruise Lines had announced they were expanding to Alaska back in April. This week, then further announced that they have been granted the appropriate permits to sail into scenic Glacier Bay, Alaska. Not many other lines are allowed to…

Carnival Corp. Declares Dividend

Good news CCL stock holders. You are a bit richer today, as Carnival had declared a dividend today of $0.25 / share. The record date will be August 26, 2011, with payment, September 16, 2011.

RCI Doesn’t Release Any Project Sunshine Details

In a recent post on the Chariman’s Blog, RCI CEO Richard Fain posted the following non-details regarding Project Sunshine: A new ship project like Project Sunshine is a remarkable phenomenon. The physical ship won’t be ours until well over three…

STX Revokes Libyan Cruise Ship Contract

Back in December I reported that the Libyan Government ordered the 139,000grt ship, m/v Phoenicia. It was shocking at the time but given how much $$$$ the Libyan government had from its oil exports {the state run shipping line sails…

Finance Friday: Carnvial’s 2Q Earnings

MIAMI, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reported net income of $206 million, or $0.26 diluted EPS, on revenues of $3.6 billion for its second quarter ended May 31, 2011. Net income for…

NCL Project Breakaway Announcement

Ill update as the info comes in. Enjoy the latest render: (Looks like this is all that we’re gonna get this time) Will have Single cabins Booking opens in October Each of the 144,017 gross ton vessels will have approximately…

BREAKING: NCL CEO Acknowledges Epic’s Controversial Design

In an interview with uber-cruise-site Cruise Critic, NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan stated: We thought [the courtyard complex] through in the Project Breakaway planning, and so it’ll be more integrated into the structure this time around. What must have happened [on…

Project Breakaway

…will be the name of NCL’s new builds. More details can be expected tomorrow when they will be revealed by NCL.