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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018, as well as provided guidance for the second quarter and full year 2018. Highlights The Company generated GAAP net income of $103.2 million or EPS of $0.45 compared to $61.9…
UPDATE 2/26: Kleven Vert has informed Hurtigruten that they will unfortunately have to delay the delivery of the vessel. The ship will incorporate an innovative power plant that will relay on hybrid-electric and LNG fuel so there are immense complexities…
Crystal Cruises announced that they will make a change to the three Exclusive-class of vessels it has on order. The ships, when ordered back in 2015 by their former CEO were going to be 1000pax and 100,000gt. Virtually unheard of…
NCL just announced that their newest ship will be named Norwegian Encore. This will be the fourth in the Breakaway-plus class vessels. She’ll join her sisters, Escape, Joy, and Bliss, but will more closely resemble the Bliss. The 164,600gt ship…
UPDATE II: P&O Australia just announced that they will be refurbing the Pacific Jewel so that’s definitely not the ship that Cartoon Network will get (if it’s evening going to happen). There’s also the possibility that this is just a generic cruise…
oyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported 2017 US GAAP and adjusted earnings of $7.53 per share — beating the Double-Double EPS target and the mid-point of previous guidance by $0.75 and $0.16, respectively. In addition, the company announced that 2018 adjusted earnings are expected to…
France’s Compagnie du Ponant, or just Ponant, have announced they have agreed with VARD for the construction of an iced classed expedition vessel. The ship’s hull and machinery will be constructed at VARD’s Romanian facility in Tulcea. She will then…
Princess has announced that their next ship will be named Sky Princess. She will be the fourth in the Royal-class ships. Sister ship to Royal Princess, Regal Princess and Majestic Princess. Also important to note that P&O’s Britannia is, and should…
Princess Cruises Regal Princess is about to set sail on the first cruise to officially feature the Ocean Medallion. The two night cruise departs Port Everglades today and calls in Nassau before heading back to Florida. You can read our…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2017. Highlights…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported record third quarter results of $3.49 per share, which includes a $0.20 negative impact from the recent hurricanes; updated full year guidance to a range of $7.35 to $7.40, which includes a $0.26 negative impact from the recent hurricanes;…
Lindblad Expeditions have agreed with Norway’s Ulstein Verft for the construction of a new expedition vessel. The ship will have Ulstein’s patened X-Bow and scheduled for debut in Q1 2020. It’s also been speculated that there are options for two…
At a press conference today, Virgin Voyages have announced some exciting details on their upcoming newbuild. The one thing getting the most fanfare is the decision to go adults-only for the entire fleet: That’s why we’ve taken great care to…
There may finally be an end to the saga with STX France and Fincantieri. It originally seemed that Fincantieri would be the majority stakeholder in the French yard that would see everything change over to the Italians. This would be…
Britain’s Saga Cruises have announced they have agreed to take a second newbuild. The first ship ordered, Spirit of Discovery, will begin her construction in Germany shortly with a planed arrival of June 2019. She will soon be joined by…
Cunard and Carnival Corp. have announced this morning that they have entered into agreement to build a new ship for the 177 year old line. The line currently sails 3 ships, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria. This…
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line sails two night trips from West Palm Beach to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. They current operate the ex-Carnival Celebration and have renamed her Grand Celebration. They also hired former NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan to run the line.…
NCL just announced further details on their upcoming 2018 newbuild, Norwegian Bliss. Based on the Norwegian Joy general arrangement, the Norwegian Bliss builds upon that. Most notably she will have the same racetrack as is found on the Joy. She’s…
Royal Caribbean has announced that it’s next vessel will be called Spectrum of the Seas. The announcement came during her steel cutting at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. When she comes out in 2019, she’ll head direct to China…
Browsing MV Werften website I found these high-res photos of Crystal’s new Endeavour expedition class vessel, as well as Star’s Cruises upcoming 200,000grt behomeath Global class: Both ships seem quite exciting, and I cant wait to see her deckplans. From…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company,”) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017, and provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2017. Highlights…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported US GAAP and Adjusted Earnings per Share (“EPS”) of $1.71 for the second quarter. This represents EPS growth of nearly 60% over same time last year. Better than anticipated performance in the second quarter combined with…
UPDATE: [SUNDAY AUGUST 08] France and Italy would like to have a new deal in place by September 27. Both finance ministers have already met to start the conversations. They are quoted as wanting to create an “Airbus of the naval…
Disney Cruise Line has just announced an additional newbuild slated for 2022. Last March, Disney announced they would build two ships at Germany’s Meyer Werft. Deliveries are now planned for 2021, 2022 and 2023. The additional ship will be the…
Norwegian Cruise Line just announced a change to their summer deployment next year. This may seem last minute but that’s the benefit of a smaller fleet of ships to manage. The biggest highlight is that the Norwegian Sun will reposition…