Cruise news (new ships-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Coin Ceremony Held for Costa Smeralda
Costa Cruises celebrated on July 4 the traditional coin ceremony for its newbuild, Costa Smeralda, at Meyer Turku shipyard, one of the world's...
July 4, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Godmother to Crystal Ravel Revealed
The creator of the popular Hungarian classical music TV show “Virtuosos”, Mariann Peller, will serve as godmother to Crystal...
July 4, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VARD to Design and Build New Ship for Hapag-Lloyd
Vard Holdings Ltd announced it had secured a new contract for the design and building of a luxury expedition cruise ship for German cruise line Hapag...
July 4, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Seabourn Announces Letter of Intent for 2 Ultra-Luxury Expedition Ships
Seabourn announced it had signed a Letter of Intent for the building of two new ultra-luxury expedition vessels with new partnership between...
July 3, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Keel Laid for Spirit of Discovery
Saga Cruises laid the keel for line’s first new cruise ship, Spirit of Discovery, on Thursday, June 28. The official ceremony was held at...
June 29, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Keel Laying Ceremony Held for Seven Seas Splendor
The keel laying ceremony was held on Thursday, June 28, at Ancona shipyard for Seven Seas Splendor, the 2nd super luxury cruise ship which...
June 28, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Deltamarin to Design NYV Caroline
Deltamarin signed a contract with Norwegian Yacht Voyages (NYV) for conceptual design and consultancy services for NYV Caroline expedition mega yacht...
June 28, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Greg Mortimer Keel Laid
The keel was laid for Greg Mortimer cruise ship, being built at CMHI (China Merchants Heavy Industry) yard in Xaimen. Greg Mortimer is the first in a...
June 28, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Riviera River Cruises Christens 9th Ship
European river cruise company Riviera Travel (UK) christened its 9th ship under charter (shipowner is Scylla Cruises) and intends to launch 3 more by...
June 27, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Lindblad Launches New Ship from San Francisco
Lindblad Expeditions is to launch its newest cruise ship, National Geographic Venture (sister ship to National Geographic Quest), in December 2018...
June 27, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Costa Venezia Floated Out
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Costa Cruises celebrated the official float-out of Costa Venezia on Friday, June 22. Costa Venezia is line...
June 23, 2018 - Cruise Industry
First Ponant Explorers Ship Delivered in Norway
Ponant took delivery of the first of its 6 exceptional Ponant Explorers series' ships, Le Laperouse, on June 15. Construction of the other 5 vessels...
June 20, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Azamara Pursuit Godmothers Revealed
Azamara Club Cruises revealed the names of the godmothers of their newest ship, Azamara Pursuit. EVP, Chief Revenue Officer of AFAR Media Ellen...
June 19, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Spectrum of the Seas New Features
Spectrum of the Seas is the first "Quantum Ultra" class cruise ship specifically designed for operations in Asia (China and Asia-Pacific regions...
June 18, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Keel Laid for SunStone Expedition Cruise Ship
Shipbuilder CMHI (China Merchants Heavy Industry) held an official keel laying ceremony on June 12 for its new expedition cruise ship, being built...
June 16, 2018