STX Yards

Allure Delivered and Sets Sail Towards Florida

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,…

Epic Delivered

UPDATE 11:47am EST: All further updates from her voyage around Europe and over to the States will be covered on the Norwegian Epic Live Blog! ________________________________________________________________________  Currently, the Epic is in the English Channel between Southampton, England and Cherbourg, France.…

I’m Back and So Is The Epic

I’m back after a long weekend and the Epic is back from her seatrials. You can see the photos on the Norwegian Epic page. Another bit of info. Her delivery date has changed from the 15th to the 17th. Maiden…

Another Norwegian Epic Fire And They are All Arson

French maritime news site, Mer et Marine, is reporting that on June 6th there was a small fire onboard. Families of the workers at STX France were allowed to tour the vessel and see what their relatives had been working…

New Cruise Ship Ordered…from Libya?

Yes, that’s right. Libya just ordered a cruise ship. The Libyan National Company for Maritime Transport, GNMTC, just signed a letter of intent to build one ship at STX France in Saint Nazaire. The ship, to be completed by December…

Norwegian Epic Updates

Some Norwegian Epic news for you this morning. As she nears completion and her June 15 delivery date looms close by, STX has released a slew of new photos of her. I have been, and will be, compiling them on…

Oasis of the Seas 4/15/2009

Just like all my coverage of the Norwegian Epic, I will also follow the construction and deployment of the Oasis of the Seas. Interesting to note from the below picture from 4/15/2009, only one set of pipes are in place…