Cruise news (shipbuilding-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 15 after TT-Line was given...
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
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
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 - 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 - Cruise Industry
Asuka 2's shipowner NYK Line to build Japan's biggest cruise ship
The Japanese shipping company NYK Line, which is also the owner of Asuka 2 (Japan's currently biggest cruise liner at 50,444 GT-tons) announced on...
March 31, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Stena Line’s newest ferries to be deployed on the Nynashamn-Ventspils route
Stena Line’s newest ferries will be deployed on the Nynashamn Sweden - Ventspils Latvia route, according to an article by Dan Sten Olsson...
March 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Swan Hellenic's new SH Minerva cruise ship's construction process
On March 17, Swan Hellenic announced that the deck modules and hull sections of its first ship, the purpose-designed cultural expedition ship SH...
March 21, 2021