Cruise news (Wismar Germany-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
DCL's largest ship Disney Adventure starts sea trials from Wismar
On the evening of September 1st, 2025, DCL’s newest vessel, Disney Adventure, slipped away from its berth in Wismar, Germany, commencing sea...
September 2, 2025 - Cruise Industry
DCL's ship Disney Adventure prepares for maiden passage into the Baltic Sea
MS Disney Adventure—the largest passenger ship ever constructed in Wismar (Germany)—has commenced her departure from the Meyer Wismar...
August 29, 2025 - Cruise Industry
DCL's largest cruise ship Disney Adventure floated out, prepares for Singapore homeporting
On April 19, 2025, DCL-Disney Cruise Line's newest vessel, the Disney Adventure, was floated out from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Wismar (Germany...
April 20, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Bookings open for DCL's Asia/Singapore-homeported and largest cruise ship Disney Adventure
Bookings are now open for the voyages of Disney Adventure - Walt Disney Company’s first Asia-based ship to be year-round homeported in...
December 12, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Unfinished mega-ship Global Dream goes to Disney group at a discount price of EUR 40 Million
Global Dream cruise ship goes to Disney group at a discount price of EUR 40 million. DCL-Disney Cruise Line was the only interested party for the...
November 30, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Meyer Group forms Meyer Wismar to complete Disney's ship Global Dream
MEYER Group announced it will complete the cruise vessel under construction at the former MV Werften in Wismar (Germany) for DCL-Disney Cruise Line...
November 21, 2022 - Cruise Industry
DCL-Disney Cruise Line acquires unfinished mega-ship Global Dream
The world’s largest by passenger capacity and still unfinished cruise ship Global Dream is joining DCL-Disney Cruise...
November 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Unfinished mega-ship Global Dream to join DCL-Disney Cruise Line
The world’s largest by passenger capacity and still unfinished cruise ship Global Dream could be joining DCL-Disney Cruise Line's fleet in 2024...
October 8, 2022 - Accidents
MV Werften's unfinished Global Dream 2 cruise ship to be scrapped
There is no future for the second Global class newbuild cruise ship which keel was laid at MV Werften's Warnemunde yard in December 2019. While the...
June 20, 2022 - Accidents
Genting Hong Kong (GHK) expects court ruling on a dispute over funding on January 17
Genting Hong Kong (GHK), whose shipbuilding company MV Werften filed for insolvency earlier this week, expects the court in Germany to publish...
January 14, 2022 - Accidents
German cruise ship builder MV Werften files for bankruptcy
German shipbuilder MV Werften filed for bankruptcy on Monday, January 10, leaving the fate of the yard and its ~2000 employees uncertain. The...
January 11, 2022 - Accidents
Genting Hong Kong’s shipbuilding subsidiary MV Werften set to be declared insolvent
The GHK-Genting Hong Kong-owned shipbuilding company MV Werften Holdings (MVWH) is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy after German authorities...
January 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MV Werften’s shipyards receive money from Germany's Corona rescue package
Germany agreed to pump in EUR 300 million to keep MV Werften afloat after the pandemic hit the shipbuilding subsidiary of Asian tourism giant Genting...
June 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
$600 million rescue package for the German shipbuilder MV Werften
Urgent talks are currently underway between MV Werften and its owners Genting Hong Kong (GHK) with the German federal and state government for...
February 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIVA Cruises launches North and Baltic Seas cruises on MS Seaventure
The river cruise travel brand "Viva Cruises" (fleet) announced it is launching 4 new itineraries on the North Sea and Baltic Sea onboard the company...
November 21, 2020