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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported better than expected third quarter results and increased its earnings outlook for full year 2012. “The strong third quarter certainly validates our confidence in our business model,” said Richard D. Fain, chairman and chief executive…
via Carnival PR
The French Ferry Napoleon Bonaparte, operating for Nationale Corse Méditerranée (SNCM), was struck by a freak storm while in port. After 60mph winds snapped her mooring lines, she struck an opposite pier. Ripping open a 98 foot gash below the…
Kari Reinikainen over at Cruise Business has in interesting rumor: Carnival Corp & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipping group, may sell some of the older vessels in its fleet as newbuildings enter service, Chairman and CEO Micky Arison said.…
Now this is just awesome #Carnival! Those are all pumpkins!. Click for larger
Via Mikey’s Cruise Blog: “The Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas have proven themselves to be exceptionally attractive ships by generating the highest guest satisfaction ratings in the fleet coupled with very compelling financial returns,” said Richard…
Hot on the heels of NCL’s shocking newbuild order, industry giant Carnival has placed an order for a 135,000grt vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines. Scheduled to launch in 2016, she will represent a new class of vessel for the line.…
After months of speculation, here are architectural models of Royal Caribbean’s Project Sunshine. So its confirmed that Sunshine will be to Oasis, what the Radiance is to Voyager. Although I was kind of hoping for a split superstructure like Oasis.
Photos out of Papenburg, Germany show that Meyer Werft have placed the final blocks into place on the Norwegian Breakaway.
I was able to dig up some more details of the Breakaway Plus. The ship will cost 700 million euros. NCL was able to get the financing form the German bank, KfW IPEX-Bank. CIN has more detials: The ship’s contract…