Cruise news (STXFrance-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises completes sea trials on World Europa, and Euribia floated out
MSC Group's MSC Cruises and the French shipbuilding company Chantiers de l’Atlantique celebrated two major milestones for the first of two...
June 21, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Ritz-Carlton Evrima cruise ship successfully completes sea trials
The new cruising arm of luxury hotel chain Ritz-Carlton sent out emails to clients saying its 6-times-delayed first ship, the 298-passenger Evrima...
June 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises takes delivery of its 3rd Edge-class ship Celebrity Beyond
Celebrity Cruises took delivery of its 3rd and “most luxurious” Edge-class vessel in an official ceremony in southern France. Celebrity...
April 6, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC World Europa floated out. Keel laid for MSC Euribia
On December 2nd, the French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique and MSC Cruises celebrated two milestones for the company’s newest...
December 4, 2021 - Accidents
48 firefighters extinguish a fire on Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Wonder of the Seas
A fire broke out around 11:15 PM (Paris time/UTC 1:15 AM), on Saturday, August 28, aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Wonder of the Seas and...
August 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas (world's ever-largest cruise ship) completes sea trials
RCI-Royal Caribbean's newest liner Wonder of the Seas (world's ever-largest cruise ship) returned to St-Nazaire France - at Chantiers de l...
August 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: RCI-Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas construction update
The video below is showing the latest update on the construction of RCI-Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas - the world's largest cruise ship ever...
August 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Scrubbers installed on 3rd MSC Cruises’ ship, MSC Musica in Brindisi, Italy
Chantiers de l'Atlantique (St-Nazaire /fka STX France) completed the installation of an EGCS (exhaust gas cleaning system/aka scrubbers) on the MSC...
July 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Construction starts on MSC’s 3rd MERAVIGLIA-PLUS cruise ship MSC Euribia
The first steel was cut on Monday, June 28, at Chantiers de l’Atlantique (shipbuilding company in Saint Nazaire, France) with which officially...
June 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Bookings open for MSC’s largest cruise ship MSC World Europa
The first in a new class of ships, the MSC World Class, the next-generation MSC Cruises' ship MSC Europa introduces to the market a new platform that...
June 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
France and Italy call off deal for Fincantieri to take majority stake in Chantiers d'Atlantique...
A proposed merger between the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, in which the government has a majority stake, and the French state-controlled...
January 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for Celebrity Cruises newest ship, Celebrity Beyond
On Thursday, November 19, at STX France/Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard (St Nazaire France) was held the official keel-laying ceremony for...
November 19, 2020 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises to Add 2 New Cruise Ships
MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard agreed on the construction of the 3rd and 4th LNG-powered World-class cruise ships to...
January 20, 2020 - Cruise Industry
MSC Grandiosa Officially Named in Saint-Nazaire
MSC Cruises officially took delivery of MSC Grandiosa from Chantiers de l’Atlantique (St Nazaire France) on Thursday, October 31. The delivery...
November 1, 2019 - Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for the First LNG-Powered World Class Ship
Early Thursday morning, October 31, a major milestone event took place at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire with the...
November 1, 2019