Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Silver Origin Launched in the Netherlands
The newest ship in the Silversea fleet - Silver Origin - was launched (floated out from drydock) on December 30, 2019, at Shipyard De Hoop (in...
January 11, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Luftner Cruises Announces 17th Passenger Ship
Luftner-Amadeus Cruises signed with Shipyard De Hoop BV (Lobith, Holland) a deal for the construction of a new riverboat scheduled for delivery in...
January 10, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Aurora Expeditions to Name Second Purpose Built Expedition Ship Sylvia Earle
Australia’s leading expedition cruise company, Aurora Expeditions, announced it will name its 2nd purpose-built expedition ship after the...
January 7, 2020 - Cruise Industry
First Hybrid Electric Ferries of BC Arrive in January
The first hybrid electrical vessels of BC Ferries officially entered the waters of the Pacific and will be arriving to Victoria BC in January. ...
December 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Mitsubishi to Build Japan's First LNG-Fueled Ferries
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding (subsidiary of MHI-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) signed a contract with MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) to build two LNG-powered...
December 28, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Yangtze to Be Served by the World's Largest River Cruise Ship
The longest river in Asia is getting the largest river cruise ship in the world. The US brand Victoria Cruises announced MS Victoria Sabrina - a 7...
December 26, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Crystal Endeavor Rollout
On Saturday, December 21, the Crystal Endeavor megayacht rolled out of MV Werften in Stralsund Germany touching water for the first time in a major...
December 25, 2019 - Accidents
8 Carnival Mardi Gras ship cruises cancelled due to delayed delivery
On December 20, 2019, Carnival Cruise Line officially announced that Mardi Gras ship's delivery in 2020 will be delayed by Meyer Werft (shipbuilder...
December 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Ponant Signs with VARD for Two New Cruise Ships
In the context of the agreement for two new expedition ships, the company PONANT and Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary VARD signed the...
December 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Oceanwide Expeditions' MV Janssonius
As it was previously announced in July, Oceanwide Expeditions ordered a new Polar Class 6 vessel MV Janssonius. The new ship will feature the...
December 19, 2019 - Accidents
Uniworld delays SS Sphinx ship (Egypt) after fire
Uniworld has delayed the delivery date for the Nile River Egypt-based new riverboat SS Sphinx due to fire at the Cairo Shipyard. The fire has damaged...
December 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Keel Laid for Saga Cruises' Spirit of the Rhine
Saga Cruises marked the official keel-laying of its first newbuild riverboat - Spirit of the Rhine, with a ceremony at Vahali Shipyard in Serbia...
December 13, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: National Geographic Endurance Floated Out
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings celebrated the float out of its National Geographic Endurance on December 7 at Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik Norway...
December 12, 2019 - Cruise Industry
GHK-Genting to build Universal-Class (hotel) cruise ships
Genting Cruise Lines (news tag) announced a plan for a separate fleet of newbuild midsize ships to be chartered to global passenger shipping and...
December 11, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Sky Princess Officially Named in Fort Lauderdale
Princess Cruises christened its newest vessel, Sky Princess on Saturday, December 7, in a tribute to the pioneering women of the United States' Space...
December 9, 2019