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2026 is shaping up to be another major year for new cruise ships up from 19 newbuils delivered last year, with a mix of megaships, luxury vessels, expedition ships, and coastal cruisers entering service. From billion-dollar giants to intimate yachts…
1. TUI Cruises – Mein Schiff Relax✅ TUI Cruises introduced the first ship of 2025 in the Mein Schiff Relax, a 161,000gt vessel designed to carry 4,000 passengers. The first in the InTUItion-class she was built by Fincantieri. This ship promises a…
Once Carnival Panorama launches in 2019, all eyes will be on Carnival’s LNG powered newbuild set to take the water in 2020. The first in Carnival’s XL-class she will be based on Carnival Corp.’s Excellence-class (hence where CCL’s name ‘XL’ comes…
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…
Royal Caribbean has announced they have entered into an agreement with Meyer Group to build two ships that will be part of a new class of ships called Icon class. Details are still scarce but what is know is they will…
STX Turku (formerly STX Finland, Aker Finland, Kværner Masa-Yards and Wärtsilä) has officially been renamed Meyer Turku Oy after the successful acquisition by Germany’s Meyer Werft. The German shipbuilder now owns 70 % while the Finnish Government through Teollisuussijoitus owns…
Germany’s TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku (ex-STX Finland) recently celebrated the floatout ceremony of their newest ship, Mein Schiff 4.