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MSC Cruises has just announced that they ordered a fifth Meraviglia Plus-class ship. The announcement was made at a ceremony at STX France (what it’s still being called for the time being). During the event, MSC Cruises and yard executives celebrated three major milestones:…
STX France has just handed over Royal Caribbean’s latest flagship, the Symphony of the Seas. She is now the largest cruise ship ever with an estimate measure of 228,021gt and 1,188ft LOA. The Harmony of the Seas is the same…
There may finally be an end to the saga with STX France and Fincantieri. It originally seemed that Fincantieri would be the majority stakeholder in the French yard that would see everything change over to the Italians. This would be…
UPDATE: [SUNDAY AUGUST 08] France and Italy would like to have a new deal in place by September 27. Both finance ministers have already met to start the conversations. They are quoted as wanting to create an “Airbus of the naval…
During the MSC Meraviglia events in France, MSC showed the audience a render of their new World Class vessels. The first 200,000gt ship will be delivered from STX France in 2022. We have a long ways to go before we…
MSC Cruises is about to receive the MSC Meraviglia. This is the first in the new Meraviglia class of vessels. The first photos have started leaking out from the shipyard. Check these out. This ship looks amazing.
While technically a rumor, it’s basically all but confirmed. Royal Caribbean’s newest Oasis-class ship will be called Symphony of the Seas. The name makes sense falling in line with sistership Harmony of the Seas. There is also the quantum-class ship…
It certainly looks like it. STX France is owned by South Korean based STX Offshore, part of the STX Group. That group has been in some pretty rough financial shape lately. As a result STX is trying to divest in…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced today the signing of a MOU for a fifth Oasis-class ship for delivery in the Spring of 2021 and two additional Edge-class ships scheduled for delivery in the Fall of each of 2021 and 2022.…
UPDATE II: Here are some photos of her staterooms. UPDATE: Here are the latest photos from Harmony. The Ultimate Abyss looks insane. The world’s largest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, has now been delivered to Royal Caribbean. In our…
MSC just announced they have agreed to build 4 ships as part of a new 200,000gt ‘next-generation prototype’. Called ‘World Class’, they will carry 5,600pax each. They will also take advantage of LNG propulsion, a new entrant into the cruise…
UPDATE: We knew that there were options for a 3rd and 4th Meraviglia vessel. What this deal does is allow vessels 3 and 4 to be slightly larger versions of those vessels. I’m guessing an additional deck of cabins. The…
The latest in Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis class vessels has taken to the water. Harmony of the Seas was floated out of her dry dock at STX Yards France and will now be fitted out to complete her interiors. She is…
MSC Cruises celebrated the steel cutting of the first of two new designs to debut in the coming years. Taking place at STX France yards in St Nazaire, lasers cut the first plate of steel that will compose the ships…
Harmony of the Seas. This will be Royal Caribbean’s third Oasis class ship. Additional features and itineraries will be announced at a later date. You can see her construction here.
Royal Caribbean is celebrating the steel cutting ceremony of the 4th Oasis class vessel.(above) They also took this opportunity to update us on the current construction of the third Oasis vessel. (below) via Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas, Allure…
This one is all but confirmed but here it goes. MSC recently released a press release (which has since been redacted) when their latest ship to enter drydock for the Renaissance stretching program. Contained in there, and saved by CruiseIndustryNews, was…
Celebrity has just signed an MOU for two ships to be part of the new EDGE Class vessels. I’ll update our newbuild list. via PR Newswire: Celebrity Cruises has taken a bold step in ship design with the signing of…
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the parent company of STX Europe which was recently broken up as part of the failing company’s restructuring plan, has been talking to Fincantieri about selling STX France to the Italian firm. Fincantieri purchased STX’s offshore…
Germany’s TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku (ex-STX Finland) recently celebrated the floatout ceremony of their newest ship, Mein Schiff 4.
This is great news for the workers in Turku. And even better news that they secured business in the TUI Newbuilds. I wonder if there’s any truth to the NCL 200,000gt ships now that the merger if finally complete. Official…
I am hearing severla rumors that NCL is looking at building a ship around the 200,000gt mark. That puts it at just slightly smaller than the current largest Oasis and Allure of the Seas which come in at 225,000gt. The…
It’s no secret that STX Finland is in serious financial woes. After the Mein Schiff 4 is launched next year, there will officially be no cruise ships on their order book. One of the major reasons that the Rauma yard…
MSC 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 Sealevel view: Closeup of lido…