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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…
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on August 26, 2018 but has been updated to a new format and expanded upon. There’s a lot to unpack in the story of Crystal Cruises’ dramatic transformation under Genting Hong Kong, so…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I recently had the chance to board Oceania Cruises Sirena in Miami during a guided tour. While I was touring the vessel, I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for a comprehensive tour. This review will cover the public…
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…
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…
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…