A new addition to the CruiseInd Finance Center is Lindblad. Full Year 2018 Highlights: Tour revenues increased 16% to $309.7 million Net income available to common stockholders increased $20.0 million to $11.4 million Adjusted EBITDA increased 26% to $54.8 million…
The last ship in Lindblad/National Geographic’s Jones-act vessels, the National Geographic Venture has been launched. The event took place last week at Washington’s Nichols Brothers Boat Builders. What’s unique about this is that they still employ the old fashioned slipway to…
This weekend saw the keel laying of the new Lindblad ship and the steel cutting for SunStone’s new ship. At an event in CRIST shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, the yard placed the bottom block of what will become the National Geographic…
Lindblad Expeditions have agreed with Norway’s Ulstein Verft for the construction of a new expedition vessel. The ship will have Ulstein’s patened X-Bow and scheduled for debut in Q1 2020. It’s also been speculated that there are options for two…
During the launching of the newest US flagged cruise ship, the National Geographic Quest went too far into the water and may have some damage to her prop and rudder. The event occurred last week at the Nichols Brothers shipyard…
A local Boston news station sails with Lindblad Expeditions on the Sea Bird. The ship now sails as the National Geographic Sea Bird. This aired in the early 2000’s on WCVB Channel 5 Boston. This program is very dated, and…
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. have agreed to terms with Nichols Brothers Boat Builders for the construction of two US flagged newbuilds. The yard, located on Whidbey Island in Washington State, will deliver one vessel in mid-2017 and an identical sister ship in mid-2018. Each…
The ever growing small ship expedition market is on the rise. One of the more popular ones is Lindblad, who partnered with the National Geographic Society. It’s now time for Lindblad to start expanding. Their latest move was to purchases…