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…
Here are photos of TUI Cruises newest ship, Mein Schiff 3, making her way to her home port of Hamburg, Germany. All are from Shipspotting. She kinda looks like a Solstice class from Celebrity Cruises. And as TUI Cruises is a…
STX Finland have officially delivered the Mein Schiff 3 to Germany’s TUI Cruises. This is the last cruise ship that STX Finland have on order. She is currently sailing in the Baltic while making her way down to Germany for…
STX announced last year that they would be closing one of its Finnish yards for good. Roughly 700 jobs have been lost as a result. The closure comes amid South Korea’s STX Corporation’s massive financial troubles. The yard recently announced…
The Allure of the Seas was delivered from STX Finland yards. The only ship with a Starbucks at sea and an GUESS store at sea sailed from the cold Finnish city of Turku. Just like her sister Oasis last year,…