Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.7 billion, or $2.41 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2017 of $1.3 billion, or $1.83 diluted EPS.…
Editors Note: The correct owner has been updated based on feedback. Marella Cruises, formally known as Thomson Cruises, have announced that the Marella Spirit (ex-Nieuw Amsterdam, Patriot, Spirit, Thomson Spirit) will be leaving the fleet this next month. It seems…
Just to wet your tastebuds, here are some photos from Chantiers de l’Atlantique (formerly STX France). The Celebrity Edge will have her final sea trials shortly and then be delivered in November After a series of preview cruises throughout Europe,…
According to Norwegian news outlets, Havila Kystruten, the new entry to the coastal routes in Norway, will build their last two ships in Turkey. In June it was announced that Spain’s Barreras Yard in Vigo would build two of the four…
NCL just released the above render showing off the Norwegian Encore’s hull art. It will be done by Spanish artist Eduardo Arranz-Bravo. When she’s launched in November of next year, she will head direct to Miami and start sailing 7-night…
Genting Hong Kong, parent company of Star Cruises, Dream Cruises, and Crystal Cruises, have announced that they will be transferring the SuperStar Virgo to Dream Cruises. The move will take place next April. She will be named Explorer Dream and…
The most hotly anticipated ship this year has just been christened in Germany. Taking place at the Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, 25,000 guests crowded the dock to witness the formal naming of the AIDAnova. This is the first ship…
UPDATE: Carnival has announced that the ship will now be called Mardi Gras. The Terminal also just received approval today. Here’s what it will look like. Originally Published on: Aug 21, 2018 @ 11:02 UPDATE: Carnival Cruise Lines and Port Canaveral have also…
Princess Cruises has announced the name of the 2020 Royal-class newbuild, Enchanted Princess. She joins her sisters: Royal Princess Regal Princess Majestic Princess Sky Princess The names Royal, Regal and Sky were all reused from previous vessels. Majestic was a…
Oceania Cruises just announced a new design initiative called OceaniaNEXT. This will see a total transformation of the lines four older vessels that it acquired from Renaissance cruises. There were few changes to their interiors that were made, so these…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018, as well as provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2018. Highlights The Company generated GAAP net income of $226.7 million…
Once Carnival Panorama launches in 2019, all eyes will be on Carnival’s LNG powered newbuild set to take the water in 2020. The first in Carnival’s XL-class she will be based on Carnival Corp.’s Excellence-class (hence where CCL’s name ‘XL’ comes…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) reported record second quarter results and reaffirmed its full year Adjusted EPS guidance of $8.70 to $8.90 per share. The company noted that this guidance includes a $0.35 negative impact from currency and fuel…
Carnival just announced that the Triumph will enter a 60-day drydock and will emerge as the Carnival Sunrise. The $200 million drydock will take place in Cadiz, Spain next March. Structurally they will redo the forward-top superstructure adding more balconies.…
Genting group is a company that is quite diversified. The Malaysian company has casinos, the worlds largest hotel, a real estate company, a plantation company, several cruise lines and a shipyard consortium. The intention is to build the fifth largest…
UPDATE (Monday): Going into the weekend we didn’t know who the buyer was. Well now that the new week has started, the buyer as finally emerged as: Israel’s Mano Maritime. The vessel will be renamed to Princess Iris and sail…
Originally Published July 23, 2018 6:08 pm I’m in Delaware right now for work and just flew into Philadelphia. While I was there, I took the opportunity to swing by the port and see the greatest ship the United States ever…
Princess Cruises and Carnival Corp. today announced a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with Italian yard Fincantieri to build two new cruise ships on a ‘next-generation platform.’ The newbuilds will be delivered in late 2023 and spring 2025, respectively. I’m unsure…
Virgin Voyages have just named their first ship the Scarlet Lady. She will debut in Miami in 2020. The name unveiling took place at the yard coinciding with the steel cutting ceremony for their second unnamed vessel. This one will…
NCL announced today that the Norwegian Joy will be deployed to the US West Coast in 2019. Now normally this may seem like an ordinary deployment, but remember the Norwegian Joy was NCL’s purpose build ship for the Chinese market.…
German line TUI Cruises will be building two new ships as part of a new class of vessels. The new 161,000gt vessels will be built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard and will be their largest ever built (Princess’ Royal-class is 142,714gt).…
NCL has just announced that they have agreed with Fincantieri to build a fifth and sixth Project Leonardo Class ship. These additional ones will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. The 140,000gt class of ships will be quite smaller than their current…
MSC Cruises and PortMiami have agreed to build a new terminal on Miami’s Dodge Island. The island is where the currently cruise terminals and pretty much all of the port is located. This new terminal will be able to process…
Holland America has just sold their 37,983gt ship the Prinsendam. The buyer is German line Phoenix Reisen. Phoenix has then time chartered the Prisendam back to Holland America so that HAL can continue to operate her cruises until he schedule…
Carnival Corp.’s ultra luxury brand Seabourn, have just announced that they will be building two new expedition vessels at Italy’s T. Mariotti yard. Each ship will be 23,000gt and carry 264 pax. They’re scheduled to be handed over in 2021 and…