Carnival Announces Q3 Earnings

Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.3 billion, or $1.83 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2017 compared to U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2016 of $1.4 billion, or $1.93 diluted EPS. Third quarter 2017 adjusted net…

Carnival Corp. Sells Adonia to Azamara

Carnival Corp. announced that they will be selling P&O Cruises Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) to Azamara Club Cruises. Interestingly enough, Azamara is owned by rival Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. She will enter a drydock in March 2018 and…

Cunard Orders New Ship

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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…

Costa Announces Newbuild Name

At the steel-cutting ceremony at Meyer Turku in Finland, Costa Cruises announced that their newest ship will be named Costa Smeralda. They also released this new rendering of her. She’ll be based on the AIDAnova class of vessels. These are…