[Analysis] Carnival Creates fathom. June 8, 2015 Background Last week, Carnival Corporation & plc launched their 10th brand, fathom (the 'f' is lowercase). They will transfer the 2001-built, 30,277gt Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) from...
[Analysis] Changes Made to Oasis in Recent Drydock & Why November 18, 2014The worlds largest cruise ship recently made a stop in drydock last month. The Oasis of the Seas is so large that there are only a select few drydocks cable of handling the 225,282gt ship. Taking place in Rotte...
[Editorial] Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Go To Battle This Month Over New Ships November 8, 2014Whoever thought this up is a genius. Royal Caribbean is currently in the middle of a PR frenzy with the debut of the the Quantum. While not as big as the Oasis and the Allure, one can argue that Quantum has more toys to play with. Either way, its the buzz in t...
[Editorial] Why Carnival Will Invest $70 Million in New Haitian Port August 7, 2014 Haiti's most recent flagCarnival Corp. announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Haitian government to exclusively develop a cruise port on Ile de la Tortue on the north coast of ...
ANALYSIS & RENDERINGS: MSC’s Newbuild Program with STX France and Fincantieri May 31, 2014MSC has announced a series of new building initiatives that are nothing short of incredible. The first deal was announced back in March and the most recent one, just last week.STX France Newbuilds High-res...
Analysis: Royal Caribbean To Base Quantum of the Seas in China, Announces Anthem’s Homeport April 17, 2014from Royal Caribbean:Royal Caribbean International today announced that its newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, will make its home port in Shanghai (Baoshan), China, bringing the company’s most innovative ship to the world’s fastest-growing cruise market. Th...
Analysis: Virgin Cruises, A Reality? April 4, 2014Cruise Industry News is reporting that, according to from rumors they are hearing, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is attempting to secure $1.7 billion in funding from various banks. If successful, he inte...
Mooring Accident in St Kitts April 4, 2014 ©Times Caribbean BlogTwo longshoremen were killed in St Kitts when their boat capsized while an unmooring maneuver. The two men were in a small boat helping to untie the Independence of the Seas from the e...
One Last Take on the Third Oasis Renders March 28, 2014When STX released these renders last week I dove into some of the changed that they plan to make. Here's one more that I just realized.After looking at the rendering more there’s another difference I noticed. If you look just forward of the lifeboat, i...
ANALYSYS: Royal Caribbean Does Away with Traditional Dining. March 27, 2014Royal Caribbean just announced a huge shakeup to their core dining experience that will debut on the Quantum class vessels. Gone are the large three-story main dining rooms . The Quantum of the Seas will featur...
