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Yesterday, STX France quietly release the first two images of the the unnamed third Oasis ship. She will be identical in size to Oasis and Allure and is set fro delivery from the French yard in mid-2016. Two features jump…
Royal Caribbean as so far been pretty quiet about the 3rd Oasis ship they ordered back in December 2012. I’m sure it’s because they don’t want to eclipse the hype they’re building for the soon to be launched Quantum of…
The first of the Breakaway Plus vessels, Norwegian Escape, celebrated the first milestone in her construction. The steel cutting ceremony was held at Meyer Wert Shipyard in Germany. The 163,000gt ship is scheduled to enter service in 2015. from Meyer…
Royal Caribbean has announced that Sembawang Shipyard has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Voyager of the Seas. The 137,276gt ship will receive a similar treatment to the Navigator of the Seas. The Voyager will enter the drydock in…
Royal Caribbean has released the following statement: Yesterday, as Adventure of the Seas was arriving to St. Kitts, the ship became aware of oil loss from the ship’s fixipod. Oil booms were immediately placed around the ship to contain the…
photo via wikimedia To get ready for Princess Cruises’ second season of Japan cruising, Diamond Princess is undergoing an extensive drydock to add enticing new features designed to appeal to Japanese cruisers. During the $30 million-dollar refurbishment, the ship will receive an extensive new Japanese bath…
At Cruise Shipping Miami today, NCL released the first render of their upcoming ships hull art. The artist for the Norwegian Escape will be Guy Harvey. He’s a well known wildlife artist and conservationist. The hull looks to feature several…
Some 2,000+ people packed into a ballroom at the annual Cruise Shipping Miami convention in Florida. Here are some highlights as they develop: Christine Duffy kicked off the panel. She is CLIA’s President. 21.3 million people cruised in 2013 13…
The annual Cruise Shipping Convention is kicking off this morning in Miami. Here’s the program of events. Note that the premiere event, The State of the Global Cruise Industry, will be tomorrow morning. I plan to have a write up of it…
Here’s something you don’t see every day: On Sunday, Cunard captured dramatic photographs of Captain Kevin Oprey, Master of Queen Mary 2, standing beneath the flagship’s soaring hull a mile off the coast of Bali during the ship’s World Cruise in her 10th anniversary year.
Several news outlets are reporting that Virgin Group founder and chairman Richard Branson is considering a cruise industry venture. He has apparently hired Allen & Co, a US-based corporate advisory firm, to explore the potential of launching Virgin Cruises. This is pretty…
Berthing 6 ships today. Means they have to double up on the outermost berth. Carnival Fantasy and Celebrity Constellation sharing a berth.
In a one-of-a-kind operation, the Allure of the Seas has just sailed into the Grand Bahama Shipyard for repairs to her damaged azipod. Its not a complete drydock as there’s very few yards in the world that can successfully contain…
via azamaraclubcruises: Good morning everyone, We wanted to let you know about an incident affecting the Azamara Journey that will require the current voyage to end early. As the Azamara Journey approached Tokyo, we noticed an unusual vibration. Further inspection…
Hurtigruten, the Norwegian coastal line, have announced a net income of NOK 26 million with total revenue of NOK 3.3 billion for 2013. This is in stark contrast to their 2012 report. That year saw the line, first launched in…
While watching the Olympics on NBC, Royal Caribbean showed a commercial for their webseries called Caribbean Cup Challenge. It features 3 former olympic athletes competing in various competitions onbard and ashore. The series can be viewed on their YouTube…
UPDATE: Their website is back, but if you want to view it, its here. And the error page is fantastic! royalcaribbean.com may be down, but the view is pretty spectacular. — Cruise Currents (@CruiseCurrents) February 21, 2014
From Cunard: In a world-first, more than 120 crew aboard Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 gathered together on the ship’s bow in Sydney today for a dramatic portrait marking the legendary liner’s 10th birthday. The history-making photo captured crew from every one…
The first of the Breakaway-plus class ships, the Norwegian Escape, won’t be launching until October 2015. However NCL have teased us with several images of her accommodations. Pretty much an exact mirror of Norwegian Breakaway/Getaway’s. All photos can be found…
UPDATE: Some notes on the earnings: Kevin Sheehan told investors on the earnings call, that bookings have softened a bit from earlier. At that point in time, NCL was selling cruises at double digit increases. They forecast a 4% yield increase…
NCL recently announced that they will be retrofitting six ships with exhaust scrubbers. This is a technology whereby the exhaust is essentially scrubbed of sulfur oxides by running it through seawater before venting it through the funnel. The company has contracted…
Passenger on Cruise Ship Killed by Freak Wave (kiii tv) Were not even a full two months into the new year and we already have what probably is a contender for the worst story of the year. This comes from the…
Here’s what Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas looks like post refit. The most drastic addition was the addition of the cabins located 2 decks just above the bridge.
Back in October, Star Cruises announced that they have signed an agreement for the construction of one ship in Germany’s Meyer Werft. Today they announced the deal has been increased to two ships. I estimate the deal to be close…