Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $561 million, or $0.78 diluted EPS, for the second quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2017 of $379 million, or $0.52 diluted…
Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has just delivered the Le Lapérouse to French luxury expedition line Ponant. This is the first of six ships in the Ponant Explorer class. The Le Lapérouse is enroute from Norway to Reykjavik, Iceland where she will…
Quark Expeditions, who were one of the first companies to regularly sail passengers to the arctic and Antarctica regions, have announced they will build their own ship. Up until now they have chartering Russian icebreakers or ice classed vessels managed…
Hot on the heals of losing two newbuild orders by Norway’s Havila, Norsk yard Kleven has been acquired by Hurtigruten. Hurtigruten is the line that owns and operates ships along Norways coast providing an essential link between communities as well…
MSC Cruises has just announced that they ordered a fifth Meraviglia Plus-class ship. The announcement was made at a ceremony at STX France (what it’s still being called for the time being). During the event, MSC Cruises and yard executives celebrated three major milestones:…
Royal Caribbean has just announced that they have purchased 66.7% of ultra-luxury brand Silversea Cruises. Prior to today, Silversea has been family owned by the Italian Manfredi Lefebvre D’Ovidio. Royal Caribbean will pay $1 billion USD in cash as well…
Viking Ocean Cruises have just taken delivery of their fifth vessel, the Viking Orion. The ship just finished her construction at Fincantieri’s Ancona yard. She comes in at 47,800gt ship and can carry 930 pax. The Orion will be officially named…
A few months ago we found out that Norway’s Hurtigruten was going to be partially replaced by a new startup Havila Kystruten. This was going to require them to build the four ships they are now contracted for as they…
Here’s a rare video from the early 1960’s covering Union Castle Lines RMS Transvaal Castle. This vessel sailed on liner routes between the UK and South Africa. After a career sailing on that route, she was sold to Carnival Cruise…
A new cruise line has started up in China. Named Elite Cruises, they are entering into the luxury domestic Chinese market. Technically registered in Singapore, they have secured around half a billion Yuan. This will include purchasing a ship second…
MSC Cruises have just taken delivery of the MSC Seaview. The Seaview, an identical sister to the Seaside, just finished being constructed at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. After the inaugural ceremony in Italy on June 9th, she will commence…
P&O just named their new 183,200gt newbuild Iona. Iona is apparently an island in Scotland and also the name of a girl. This will be the third in the highly anticipated Excellence-class. These are the dual fueled (traditional bunkers or…
Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Horizon, has now officially been named and christened. At a ceremony last night in New York, godmother Queen Latifah poured the bottle of champagne over the ships bell. Following the ceremony, Queen Latifah battled Philadelphia…
In a Facebook live post, Virgin Voyages released the first renders from their upcoming 2020 newbuild and first ship in their fleet. The as yet unnamed ship will feature: Richard’s Rooftop A private sundeck fir VIP guests. This will be…
The Norwegian Bliss is currently enroute to the west coast and is transiting the Panama Canal today. Doing so has made her the largest cruise ship, and largest ship by GT, to transit the canal. The only other arguably larger…
The latest flagship for Germany’s TUI Cruises has just set sail. Let’s take a look at her. TUI Cruises is set up as Royal Caribbean Cruises’ German subsidiary. It’s technically a joint venture between the Miami-based RCCL and German tour…
Seabourn Cruise Line is undoubtedly one of the top cruise lines in the world. They’re nestled in the category of ultra-luxury and definitely live up to it. Their latest flagship, the Seabourn Ovation has just been delivered so let’s take…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018, as well as provided guidance for the second quarter…
Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest flagship has just set sail. In our series of First Looks, which replaces the Inaugural Liveblogs, lets take a look and see what sets her apart from her fleetmates. The Norwegian Bliss can trace its lineage…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported record first quarter results and increased its outlook for the full year. The company reported first quarter US GAAP earnings of $1.02 per share and Adjusted earnings of $1.09 per share beating guidance due to better revenue. Full year Adjusted…
Norwegian Cruise Line has just taken delivery of their newest flagship, Norwegian Bliss. The 168,028gt ship was just completed at Germany’s Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, Germany. The ship took 18 months to build. She’ll now head to Southampton, England for…
UPDATE:OK so the grand opening is set for October 2018 and this is technically just a soft opening. Guests can try out some rooms and bars but not everything is open. I guess it’s better than nothing. If you’re curious…
Viking Ocean Cruises have entered into an agreement to build two expedition vessels from fellow Norwegian* company VARD. This will be in addition to the Italian built blue water ships of which they have 12 on order. The agreement calls…
Carnival’s newest flagship has just set sail on her inaugural voyage from Barcelona. The 133,596gt ship is the second in the Vista-class family of vessels. These are an enlargement of the Dream-class of vessels. While most of the Horizon will…
Fincantieri has officially delivered Carnival Cruise Lines newest flagship the Carnival Horizon. The 133,500gt ship is their 26th in the fleet. The vessel is currently enroute to Barcelona, Spain where she will depart on her inaugural voyage on April 2. It will be a…