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Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany just laid the first block of hull number S.711, more commonly refered to as the Genting Dream, into the covered drydock at the yard. She will sail for the newly formed Dream Cruises in Asia.…
Princess Cruises 2017 newbuild, Majestic Princess will be homeported in China. She is being built in Italy however. So before she sails half way around the globe, she will offer a month of short Mediterranean cruises. Commencing April 4, 2017…
Biggest news here is the $500 million share repurchase program and the write down of Pullmantur’s almost $400 million loss. Income and Yeilds are up with costs being down. via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported better than anticipated third…
UPDATE November 25: Ponant have canceled the next two cruises of the Le Boreal as she heads to Chile for repairs. UPDATE November 21: Here’s video released by the local authorities in the Falkland Islands. The french cruise ship Le…
I was way off in my prediction of what she will look like. My Render: Actual Render: Thomson Cruises have announced their plans for refurbishing the Thomson Discovery (ex-Splendour of the Seas). Looks like she will…
Income is up, bookings are up, yields are up, but expenses are up. Keep in mind when comparing this to last year; this year includes revenues and costs associated to the Prestige acquisition so it’s a bit hard to compare here. via NCL:…
More details on Crystal’s impressive revitalization. Also nice to see Lloyd Werft getting more work. via Crystal Cruises: In true Crystal fashion, the world’s most awarded luxury cruise line is delivering more of what its guests want, and will launch…
I’ve updated our newbuild database based on the below news. via Fincantieri: Viking Ocean Cruises and Fincantieri have signed an agreement for the construction of two additional cruise ships. The new units, like the four sister ships which the ship…
The former Peter Delimann ship Deutschland splits her time between Semester at Sea and charter operator Plantours. Semester at Sea has her for Spring and Fall world cruises as the m/v World Odyssey. Plantours spot charterers the ship for several…
UPDATE November 8: Lost in the news of the Canadian Governments decision to bring back Bay Ferries was the news that the Nova Star got arrested. The ship was actually arrested. Boston.com has an excellent description of what actually transpired.…
Royal Caribbean just announced that they have agreed to build a fifth Quantum class vessel. The 168,000gt vessel will be built at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany and scheduled for delivery in 2020. This news comes as the U.S. is…
Small ship specialist Haimark Lines have just filed for bankruptcy. I covered this line back in June shortly after it started sailing, and the accident their ship had as well. From a quote given to CruiseIndustryNews, it seems the bankruptcy…
A bit of a surprise here. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. are overhauling their Spanish subsidiary Pullmantur. They are going to concentrate on the European market only and pulling their ship out of the Caribbean. The Monarch (ex-Monarch of the Seas)…
Connecticut based American Cruise Lines announced they have ordered another coastal vessel from Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, MD. The ship will be launched in Q1 of 2017. She’ll be slightly larger that the current fleet of four coastal ships in the…
The Norwegian Escape Liveblog is here. You can use the link below or access it anytime from the menu above. Hope you can follow along with me as NCL’s latest flagship is launched. Norwegian Escape Liveblog
This is an archived post that originally appears on CruiseInd Oct 13, 2015 @ 09:59 Now that Norwegian Escape has arrived in her new home, I’m going to end this live blog. As always, thank’s for following. Hello and welcome to…
NCL mentioned back in August that they were deploying the Norwegian Star to Asia. Now they are doubling down by placing a ‘new build’ direct from the yard to the Chinese market. An interesting note here, the presser below makes…
Really thought the Princess newbuild for China would have been named Sky Princess. from Princess: Princess Cruises announced today that its ship now under construction, a sister ship to Royal Princess and Regal Princess, will be named Majestic Princess. The new…
I can honestly say I’m a bit surprised by this. Saga seemed like they were content with secondhand tonnage. I guess there were no viable options for them. from Saga: Exciting news! After lots of work behind the scenes,…
You may have seen my tweet earlier today: Flying out of Boston yesterday, saw @RoyalCaribbean #BrillianceOfTheSeas departing. pic.twitter.com/tMSKEJyp35 — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) September 28, 2015 Here are some additionals I edited up if you were interested.
NCL’s latest newbuild, Norwegian Escape, has successfully completed the Ems river transit. She’s now berthed in the fitting out pier in Eemshaven in the Netherlands. She’s on schedule to sail on her inaugural preview cruise on October 25th from Hamburg…
Here’s a new cruise line from an unexpected place: North Korea. South Korea is currently planning on launching a cruise line designed to cater to South Koreans that want to travel to North Korea. Apparently, legally, South Koreans can cross…
There’s been lots of back-and-forth in the will they/won’t they roll out Dynamic Dining fleetwide. As a refresher, Dynamic Dining was Royal’s answer to the immensely popular Freestyle Dining on rival Norwegian Cruise Line. You dine wherever, whenever and with…
Royal Caribbean International has announced that the third Oasis class vessel, Harmony of the Seas, will feature an upgraded water park area onboard. Splashaway Bay (an interactive aqua park for kids), The Ultimate Abyss, (the tallest slide at sea touting…
Norwegian Escape was just floated out in Papenburg, Germany. This is the first time the public is being able to see the Guy Harvey artwork on the hull. What does everyone think?