Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)
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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 announced a plan for a separate fleet of newbuild midsize ships to be chartered to global passenger shipping and travel brands...
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 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises Takes Delivery of Costa Smeralda
On Thursday, December 5, Costa Smeralda was delivered to Costa Cruises from Meyer Turku. The newbuild sailed towards Barcelona on Friday afternoon...
December 7, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Keel Laid for Seabourn's First Purpose-Built Expedition Ship
Seabourn celebrated a major milestone in the construction of its first purpose-built expedition ship - the keel-laying for Seabourn Venture during an...
December 6, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MS Fridtjof Nansen Completes Sea Trials
Hurtigruten announced that its new hybrid battery-powered expedition ship MS Fridtjof Nansen is to be completed earlier than expected. This is...
December 5, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Order Canceled for SeaDream Innovation
SeaDream Yacht Club and Damen decided not to proceed with the construction of the new (March 2018 ordered) SeaDream Innovation - initially planned...
December 3, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Floats Out MSC Virtuosa
MSC Cruises celebrated over the weekend the launching of its MSC Virtuosa at Chantiers de l'Atlantique (Saint-Nazaire, France). The launch followed...
December 2, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: MS Mustai Karim Completes Sea Trials
United Shipbuilding Corporation’s (USC) Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard successfully completed sea trials on the new Russian sea-and-river cruise...
November 27, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Ice Model Hull Test Completed for Seabourn Venture
Seabourn marked another key milestone in the building of its new expedition cruise ship, Seabourn Venture, via the completion of ice model testing...
November 27, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Costa Smeralda Passes Sea Trials
Costa Smeralda successfully passed her technical sea trials carried out with LNG (liquefied natural gas), the world's cleanest fossil fuel, which...
November 26, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Midship Section of GHK Global Dream Arrives in Wismar
After having been towed fifty miles for nearly a day at sea, the hull of the Global Dream ship arrived safely at the place where it is due to be...
November 26, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Keel Laid for Holland America's MS Ryndam
The keel-laying ceremony for the new liner ms Nieuw Ryndam which Fincantieri is currently building for the shipowner Carnival Corporation (to be...
November 22, 2019