Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Viking's newest Nile River cruise ship - Viking Osiris, floated out
Viking announced its newest ship for the Nile. The 82-passenger Viking Osiris was floated out marking a construction milestone and the first time the...
February 1, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri delivers Princess Cruises' 6th Royal class ship Discovery Princess
Princess Cruises announced that its newest ship, Discovery Princess, had been delivered on Monday, January 31, during an official handover at...
January 31, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Balearia's first electric ferryboat to serve as test lab for green hydrogen
The Spanish ferry company Balearia embarked on a project to build the first electric Ro-Pax/passenger and cargo ferryboat that will be pollution-free...
January 29, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Carnival Celebration getting her iconic winged funnel
On Tuesday, January 25, cranes lowered the iconic winged funnel onto CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's newest ship Carnival Celebration where she is being...
January 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean International takes delivery of its 5th Oasis Class ship Wonder of the Seas
RCI-Royal Caribbean officially welcomed the fleet's newest liner - Wonder of the Seas, delivered from the French shipbuilder on Thursday of its 5th...
January 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Keel Laid for Sunstone Ships' 6th Infinity-Class vessel Ocean Albatros
SunStone Ships, the largest tonnage provider to the expedition cruise industry in the world, announced the successful keel laying of Ocean Albatros...
January 25, 2022 - Accidents
GHK-Genting Hong Kong appoints provisional liquidators
GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd filed a winding-up petition in Bermuda following the bankruptcy of its German subsidiary MV Werften triggered USD 2,78...
January 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
ACL-American Cruise Lines to build up to 12 catamaran-design ships
The options for small-ship cruising in the USA are about to expand thanks to ACL-American Cruise Lines. The company, which offers riverboat and...
January 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
De Wave Group chosen as major contractor for Scenic Luxury Cruises' Scenic Eclipse 2
The De Wave Group revealed it had been selected as the major contractor for the outfitting of Scenic Cruises’ newest boat Scenic Eclipse 2...
January 17, 2022 - Accidents
Genting Hong Kong (GHK) expects court ruling on a dispute over funding on January 17
Genting Hong Kong (GHK), whose shipbuilding company MV Werften filed for insolvency earlier this week, expects the court in Germany to publish...
January 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking OCEAN's Viking Neptune floated out at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Viking OCEAN's ship Viking Neptune was floated out today, January 13, at Fincantieri's shipyard in Ancona (Italy). Viking Neptune, 8th of this class...
January 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's next Prima-class ship to be named Norwegian Viva
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line revealed that its next Prima-class ship scheduled for delivery by Fincantieri shipyards in 2023 is to be named Norwegian...
January 12, 2022 - Accidents
German cruise ship builder MV Werften files for bankruptcy
German shipbuilder MV Werften filed for bankruptcy on Monday, January 10, leaving the fate of the yard and its ~2000 employees uncertain. The...
January 11, 2022 - Accidents
Genting Hong Kong’s shipbuilding subsidiary MV Werften set to be declared insolvent
The GHK-Genting Hong Kong-owned shipbuilding company MV Werften Holdings (MVWH) is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy after German authorities...
January 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: First Carnival Chinese newbuild cruise ship floated out
The first Carnival China Cruise Shipping newbuild was floated out last week at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., a subsidiary of CSSC-China...
December 22, 2021