Cruise news (new ships-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
TT-Line Tasmania signs contract for 2 new cruiseferries
TT-Line Tasmania finally signed a contract for building 2 new ferries. The signing took place via a video link on April 15th after TT Line Company...
April 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Venus delivered at Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy
Viking Venus, the newest ocean cruise ship Fincantieri is building for the shipowner Viking Cruises, was delivered on Thursday, April 15, at the...
April 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America celebrates 25th anniversary of Half Moon Cay during 2022-2023 Caribbean Season
Seven HAL-Holland America Line ships will explore the Caribbean during the 2022-2023 season, including the 2 newest Pinnacle Class liners, on...
April 12, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Royal Caribbean's Odyssey of the Seas from steel cutting to delivery
RCI-Royal Caribbean’s liner Odyssey of the Seas completed the final chapter in her construction milestone on March 31. The ...
April 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for DCL-Disney Cruise Line's newest ship Disney Wish
On April 8, DCL-Disney Cruise Line reached a construction milestone marked by the keel-laying ceremony of its Disney Wish - the first of 3 new ships...
April 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages restarts with ex-UK cruises on Scarlet Lady on August 6
Virgin Voyages is the latest cruise company moving sailings abroad as the timeline to resume operation in United States' waters remains unclear. In...
April 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
SunStone Ships launches Sylvia Earle and lays keel of Ocean Odyssey
SunStone Ships launched its Sylvia Earle expedition class “Infinity” ship at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) facility in Haimen...
April 8, 2021 - Accidents
Virgin Voyages cancels Scarlet Lady ship's ex-USA cruises through September 17
Virgin Voyages announced that it had made the decision to cancel all ex-USA sailings from July 4 through September 17, 2021, aboard its Scarlet Lady...
April 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
SunStone’s Ocean Explorer and Ocean Victory nearing completion from CMHI yard
SunStone’s Ocean Victory is ship number 3 in the line’s INFINITY series, while Ocean Explorer is number 4. When signing up for the first...
April 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking River Cruises newest riverboats Viking Gymir and Viking Egdir delivered
The German shipbuilding company Neptun Werft (Rostock) on March 25 delivered a couple of river cruise vessels to the shipping company Viking River...
April 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Seabourn Venture cruise ship's hull moved to Genoa shipyard for final outfitting
Seabourn Cruises is celebrating another milestone in the building process for its Seabourn Venture ship, with the movement of the hull for final...
April 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Quark Expeditions' Ultramarine handed over at the Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia
An official delivery ceremony was held on April 1, 2021, at the Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia for the new polar cruise ship of Quark...
April 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Swan Hellenic's Antarctic Polar Solar eclipse inaugural cruise already fully booked
Swan Hellenic announced that interest in the line's cultural expedition cruises was translating into "buoyant bookings across the board." Driven by...
April 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Meyer Werft is the world's first shipbuilder to sign contract for a new cruise ship since the COVID...
The cruise shipping company NYK Cruises Japan (part of NYK LIne) and Meyer Werft signed a contract for the construction of a new cruise ship. Meyer...
April 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Storylines' MV Narrative to be built at Croatia's Brodosplit shipyard
Storylines announced that the new cruise ship selling condos, MV Narrative, will be built at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split Croatia. The company...
April 1, 2021