Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Keel laid for Viking Libra, first hydrogen-powered ship in Viking OCEAN's fleet
Viking Ocean Cruises has reached a key construction milestone with the laying of the keel for Viking Libra at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard in...
September 11, 2025 - Accidents
DCL-Disney Cruise Line delays Disney Adventure debut after shipbuilding setback
DCL-Disney Cruise Line has announced the postponement of MS Disney Adventure’s maiden voyage, originally scheduled for December 15th, 2025, to...
September 11, 2025 - Cruise Industry
SunStone concludes INFINITY ship series with delivery of Douglas Mawson
SunStone Maritime Group A/S has finalized its inaugural Infinity-class series with the delivery of the Douglas Mawson—the 7th and concluding...
September 10, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Riviera Travel's ship Riviera Rose begins Douro River cruises
The UK-based company Riviera Travel (fleet) has introduced the Riviera Rose ship to service on Portugal’s Douro River. The boat’s...
September 9, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for Royal Caribbean’s 4th Icon Class ship at Meyer Turku
On Monday, September 8th, 2025, a significant stage in ship construction was reached at the Meyer Turku yard in Turku, Finland with the laying of the...
September 9, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity launches new river ships Compass and Seeker for 2027 season
Celebrity Cruises now turns its prow toward Europe’s inland waterways, introducing a pair of river vessels—the Celebrity Compass and...
September 4, 2025 - 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
Viking Gyda riverboat delivered at Viana do Castelo to cruise the Douro
On August 29th, 2025, Viking Group formally received its newest river vessel, the Viking Gyda, constructed specifically for service on Portugal&rsquo...
September 1, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Superyacht Emerald Kaia's inaugural cruise rescheduled for April 2026
Emerald Cruises has announced that its third superyacht, Emerald Kaia, will commence service with an inaugural sailing on April 4th, 2026. The vessel...
August 31, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's newest ship Legend OTS floated out at Meyer Turku
RCI-Royal Caribbean’s newest vessel Legend of the Seas, the third in the ICON-class series, slipped into water for the first time late on...
August 30, 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
Nile cruiser Viking Amun delivered at Cairo Shipyard for Egypt program
Massara Shipyard delivered to Viking Cruises the newest Nile River cruise ship, Viking Amun, following a handover ceremony at the shipyard in Cairo...
August 21, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Festivale ship's construction/assembly started with the keel laying at Meyer Werft
Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, hosted the keel laying ceremony for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s newest Excel-class vessel, Carnival Festivale...
August 17, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises' second Sphere-Class vessel, Star Princess, completes sea trials
The second Sphere-Class vessel of Princess Cruises, the Star Princess, has completed its sea trials and remains on course to receive its first...
August 14, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Victoria Cruise Lines (China) to debut еlectric-hybrid ship on the Yangtze River
The Chinese river cruise company Victoria Cruise Lines will introduce its newest vessel, Victoria Isabella, on the Yangtze River during an...
August 13, 2025