Crusie news (tagged with shipbuilding)

Hurtigruten Unveils Its New Hybrid Ships
Following lengthy delays and shipbuilding challenges that forced cancellation of ten voyages in the Antarctic, Norway’s coastal cruise line...
December 16, 2018
Cruise Industry
WB Yeats Ferry Sets Sail After Delays
Irish Ferries' long-delayed, EUR 147 million WB Yeats cruiseferry, which was originally due to have been delivered in July 2018, and subsequently...
December 15, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Honfleur Ferry Launched for the First Time
A new cruiseferry powered by LNG (liquified natural gas) took to the water for the first time at an official ship-launching ceremony in Germany...
December 14, 2018
Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten Launches Second Hybrid-Driven Cruise Ship
Sunday afternoon, December 9, Hurtigruten launched its new expedition ship MS Fridtjof Nansen at Ulsteinvik-based Kleven Shipyard. The hybrid-powered...
December 10, 2018
Cruise Industry
Carnival Announces Name of New XL-Class Ship
Carnival Cruise Line announced that it will name its newest XL-class cruise ship to be delivered in 2020 Mardi Gras, bringing back to fleet the name...
December 6, 2018
Cruise Industry
Production Starts in MV Werften's New Shipbuilding Hall Complex
One of the most advanced European welding plants was put into operation at MV Werften yard in Rostock on November 28. Harry Glawe, Mecklenburg...
December 1, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: HAL Takes Delivery of MS Nieuw Statendam
Holland America took delivery of ms Nieuw Statendam on Thursday, November 29, officially making it the fifteenth cruise ship in the fleet. The...
November 30, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Norwegian Unveils Entertainment Line-Up for Encore at Keel Laying
Today, November 28, at Meyer Werft shipyard, Norwegian Cruise Line held a keel laying ceremony for its Norwegian Encore, unveiling award-winning...
November 28, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: First Steel Cut for New Seaside EVO Ship
MSC Cruises cut the first steel of line's new MSC Seashore today, November 26, kicking off the countdown until ship's launch in spring 2021. The...
November 26, 2018
Cruise Industry
Sea Master Yachts Develops New Expedition Cruise Ship Conceptual Design
Sea Master Consulting & Engineering entered into agreement with naval architect and designer Jesus Franco for setting up of a new and dynamic...
November 26, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: MSC Bellissima 100 Days Countdown
With 100 days until the naming ceremony of MSC Bellissima, the cruise line revealed more information about the ship. Across 700m2 of space onboard...
November 22, 2018
Cruise Industry
American Harmony Launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding
American Cruise Lines announced the successful launch of its second new modern river boat American Harmony at Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD...
November 22, 2018
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Sea Cloud Cruises to Receive New Tall Ship
Tall-ship operator Sea Cloud Cruises announced that the third ship of the fleet will be delivered in 2020. Sea Cloud Spirit will accommodate 136...
November 20, 2018
Cruise Industry
Russia’s First Ocean Cruise Liner to Be Ready for Trials 2019
Russia’s first cruise liner under construction at Lotus Shipyard in Astrakhan is due to be ready for water tests in 2019, President of the USC...
November 16, 2018
Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Carnival Cruise Line's Newest and Largest Ship
The first steel was cut today for Carnival Cruise Line’s newest XL-Class ships. The new livery was unveiled for the 180,000-ton XL newbuild...
November 15, 2018
Cruise Industry
Construction Started of Ponant's Le Commandant Charcot
The world leader in polar cruises, PONANT, officially commenced the building of the polar exploration ship Le Commandant Charcot via traditional...
November 15, 2018
Cruise Industry
Launch Date for Scenic Eclipse Pushed Back Again
The launch date for the new Discovery Yacht from Scenic Cruises, Scenic Eclipse, was pushed back for the second time, to April 13, 2019. Scenic...
November 14, 2018
Cruise Industry
Quark Expeditions' Newest Ship Launched in Portugal
The delivery was confirmed of the new cruise ship, World Explorer. Expected from WestSea Viana Shipyard in Portugal later this month, the 176...
November 14, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: American Countess Cut in Half as Part of Planned Lengthening
American Queen Steamboat Company released its new time-lapse video of building progress on American Countess at Louisiana's Gulf Island Shipyard in...
November 7, 2018
Cruise Industry
Carnival Launches Cruise Joint Venture with CSSC
The contracts sealing the agreements announced in February last year, concerning the building of 2 cruise ships for "CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping...
November 6, 2018
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Fincantieri Signs Contract Defining Cruise Park Project
At the presence of Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic development & Labor Luigi Di Maio and Chairman of Cassa depositi e...
November 6, 2018
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Celebrity Takes Delivery of Edge
After more than 4 years of planning along with 23 months of building, Celebrity Cruises officially took delivery of its newbuild, Celebrity Edge, on...
November 1, 2018
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Contract Signed for Second Global Class Cruise Ship
Just 7 weeks after the keel laying ceremony for Dream Cruises’ first Global class cruise ship at MV Werften yard in Wismar Germany, Deltamarin...
October 31, 2018
Cruise Industry
Fincantieri to Build 4th Virgin Voyages Ship
Fincantieri will build a 4th Virgin Voyages ship, due to be delivered at the end of 2023. The newbuild will be sister ship to the 3 others on order...
October 31, 2018
Cruise Industry
China to Build 15 Cruise Ships per Year by 2030?
Shanghai-based Chinese shipyards could deliver as many as fifteen new cruise vessels annually by 2030, in case all planning falls into pace, said to...
October 31, 2018
Cruise Industry
Genting Signs MoU with Baoshan District Government to Deploy First Global-Class Ship to Shanghai
Genting Hong Kong (GHK) signed a strategic MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Baoshan District Government to extend its cooperation in developing...
October 27, 2018
Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten to Add 3rd Hybrid-Powered Ship
Expedition cruise and ferry company Hurtigruten announced it had signed an order of memorandum with Kleven Verft AS shipyard in Norway to add a...
October 26, 2018
Cruise Industry
New Green Ferry Ordered for Helsinki-Tallinn Route
Estonia-based shipping company Tallink Grupp ordered an environmentally friendly car and passenger ferry from Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC...
October 25, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Scenic Eclipse Ship Build at Uljanik Shipyard
The new video, “Scenic Eclipse - time-lapse of ship build” released by Scenic Cruises, shows the time-lapse construction of the new...
October 24, 2018
Cruise Industry
MSC Joins Ultra-Luxury Segment Via 4 Newbuilds
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri announced the signing of a MOA (memorandum of agreement) for the construction of 4 ultra-luxury cruise liners for a total...
October 18, 2018
Cruise Industry