Cruise news (Monfalcone Italy-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Venice's day tourist fee generates millions, faces increase in 2025
This year, Venice (Italy) implemented a 5-euro entrance fee for day tourists on particularly busy days, aiming to generate additional income from...
July 18, 2024 - Accidents
Princess Cruises cancels Sun Princess maiden voyage for additional shipyard work
Princess Cruises has officially taken delivery of Sun Princess - a new vessel built by Fincantieri's yard in Monfalcone Italy. With a volume of 175...
February 14, 2024 - Accidents
Scaffolding collapse during Mein Schiff Relax construction leads to worker injury
On Friday morning, January 19, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone (Italy), a serious accident occurred during the construction of the cruise...
January 23, 2024 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises reveals plans for 3 new ships
TUI Cruises (a joint venture between RCG/Royal Caribbean Group and TUI AG) has unveiled plans for the construction of three new vessels in the...
January 18, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri Monfalcone started the construction/assembly of Princess Cruises' newest ship Star...
Princess Cruises and the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri started the construction/assembly of the second Sphere Class ship - Star Princess. The...
December 12, 2023 - Cruise Industry
First InTUItion class ship Mein Schiff Relax launched at Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard
The launch event for Mein Schiff Relax, the newest vessel of TUI's InTUItion class (a series of new concept ships powered by dual-fuel capability...
November 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
TUI's first InTUItion Class ship to be named Mein Schiff Relax/fka Schiff 8
TUI Cruises has revealed that its 8th vessel (Schiff 8) in the Mein Schiff fleet - a newbuild from the InTUItion-Class series, will be christened as...
October 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Explora 2 floated out, first steel cut for Explora 3 at Fincantieri Sestri Ponente Shipyard...
In a noteworthy development within the maritime world, MSC Group's luxury cruise brand Explora Journeys continues to expand its fleet. Just two...
September 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Explora Journeys officially takes delivery of Explora I from Fincantieri Italy
Explora Journeys, the new luxury lifestyle brand of MSC Group, celebrated the official delivery of its first ship - EXPLORA I, from the Fincantieri...
July 22, 2023 - Cruise Industry
New Sun Princess boasts fleet's first family-themed, 3-deck-high Park19
When the new Sun Princess debut in February 2024, she will introduce several new for Princess Cruises family-themed activity spaces. One of these is...
June 19, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Explora 1 successfully completes sea trials
MSC Explora Journeys, the luxury lifestyle hospitality brand under the MSC Group, has announced that the sea trials for their first ship, Explora 1...
April 14, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises' new Sun Princess ship floated out at Fincantieri Monfalcone (Italy)
Princess Cruises celebrated a construction milestone with the float-out of the fleet’s next-generation ship Sun Princess at Fincantieri's...
March 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Princess Cruises to welcome its new ship Sun Princess in early 2024
Princess Cruises revealed a new ship platform that is the brand's biggest ship ever and will accommodate 4,000+ passengers. The new Sun Princess...
September 16, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri started the construction of TUI's LNG-powered ships Schiff 8 and Schiff 9
The steel cutting of the first of 2 new-concept LNG-powered ships for TUI Cruises took place on Wednesday (June 22) in the presence of Wybcke Meier...
June 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC's entire cruise fleet is back in service
After 2+ years, MSC Cruises’ entire fleet (19 vessels) is back in service. The final ship to return to active operation was MSC Musica...
June 6, 2022