Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)

Carnival Mardi Gras Receives Her Funnel
Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras ship will be the company’s largest-ever at 180,000 GT when she debuts later in 2020. Vessel's launch...
January 19, 2020
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Wärtsilä to Supply Integrated Solutions for MSC Cruises’ LNG-Powered Ships
Wartsila announced it will be supplying the fuel systems, thrusters, propellers, and engines for MSC’s two LNG-powered ‘World Class&rsquo...
January 17, 2020
Cruise Industry
Celebrity Apex Godmother Announced
Celebrity Cruises named Reshma Saujani as the godmother of Celebrity Apex, the second vessel in the brand’s Edge Series. Saujani is the...
January 16, 2020
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Silver Origin Launched in the Netherlands
The newest ship in the Silversea fleet - Silver Origin - was launched (floated out from drydock) on December 30, 2019, at Shipyard De Hoop (in...
January 11, 2020
Cruise Industry
Luftner Cruises Announces 17th Passenger Ship
Luftner-Amadeus Cruises signed with Shipyard De Hoop BV (Lobith, Holland) a deal for the construction of a new riverboat scheduled for delivery in...
January 10, 2020
Cruise Industry
Aurora Expeditions to Name Second Purpose Built Expedition Ship Sylvia Earle
Australia’s leading expedition cruise company, Aurora Expeditions, announced it will name its 2nd purpose-built expedition ship after the...
January 7, 2020
Cruise Industry
First Hybrid Electric Ferries of BC Arrive in January
The first hybrid electrical vessels of BC Ferries officially entered the waters of the Pacific and will be arriving to Victoria BC in January. ...
December 29, 2019
Cruise Industry
Mitsubishi to Build Japan's First LNG-Fueled Ferries
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding (subsidiary of MHI-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) signed a contract with MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) to build two LNG-powered...
December 28, 2019
Cruise Industry
Yangtze to Be Served by the World's Largest River Cruise Ship
The longest river in Asia is getting the largest river cruise ship in the world. The US brand Victoria Cruises announced MS Victoria Sabrina - a 7...
December 26, 2019
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Crystal Endeavor Rollout
On Saturday, December 21, the Crystal Endeavor megayacht rolled out of MV Werften in Stralsund Germany touching water for the first time in a major...
December 25, 2019
Cruise Industry
8 Carnival Mardi Gras ship cruises cancelled due to delayed delivery
On December 20, 2019, Carnival Cruise Line officially announced that Mardi Gras ship's delivery in 2020 will be delayed by Meyer Werft (shipbuilder...
December 20, 2019
Accidents
Ponant Signs with VARD for Two New Cruise Ships
In the context of the agreement for two new expedition ships, the company PONANT and Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary VARD signed the...
December 20, 2019
Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Oceanwide Expeditions' MV Janssonius
As it was previously announced in July, Oceanwide Expeditions ordered a new Polar Class 6 vessel MV Janssonius. The new ship will feature the...
December 19, 2019
Cruise Industry
Uniworld delays SS Sphinx ship (Egypt) after fire
Uniworld has delayed the delivery date for the Nile River Egypt-based new riverboat SS Sphinx due to fire at the Cairo Shipyard. The fire has damaged...
December 19, 2019
Accidents
Keel Laid for Saga Cruises' Spirit of the Rhine
Saga Cruises marked the official keel-laying of its first newbuild riverboat - Spirit of the Rhine, with a ceremony at Vahali Shipyard in Serbia...
December 13, 2019
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