Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)
- Cruise Industry

Steel Cut for Quark Expeditions' New Ship
The leader in polar adventures for 3 decades, Quark Expeditions, celebrated the steel-cutting of line's pioneering newbuild on Monday...
January 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Tauck to Build New Ship
The travel company Tauck (tauck.co.uk) announced that it will offer its first-ever Douro cruise (in Portugal) in 2020. The company's 3 new...
January 25, 2019 - Cruise Industry

New Mein Schiff 2 Delivered to TUI Cruises
TUI Cruises took delivery of New Mein Schiff 2 from Meyer Turku shipyard. With New Mein Schiff 2 TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku continued taking...
January 23, 2019 - Cruise Industry

VIDEO: Celebrity Flora Launched at De Hoop Shipyard
Celebrity Flora was launched at Shipyard De Hoop on Saturday, January 19. The expedition cruise ship, commissioned by Celebrity Cruises, hit the...
January 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry

New Luxury Ship Ordered for Regent Seven Seas Cruises
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises announced an order with Fincantieri S.p.A., Italy, to build another luxury ship. With delivery due in late 2023, the...
January 16, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Two Allura-Class Ships Ordered for Oceania Cruises
The shipowner NCLH (Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd) today announced a shipbuilding order for two Oceania Cruises newbuilds. Both vessels are...
January 8, 2019 - Cruise Industry

MSC Grandiosa Floated Out in Saint-Nazaire
Chantiers de l’Atlantique and MSC Cruises celebrated the float out of line's MSC Grandiosa at the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, where the...
January 7, 2019 - Cruise Industry

Le Commandant Charcot Keel Laid in Tulcea
The keel of Ponant's newbuild ship Le Commandant Charcot was laid at Vard shipyard in Tulcea on December 14, 2018. The hybrid electric polar...
December 27, 2018 - Cruise Industry

First Sea Trials for MSC Bellissima
MSC Bellissima departed Saint-Nazaire, France on Wednesday, December 19, for first sea trials. Accompanied by tugs, she left the dock yard with more...
December 22, 2018 - Cruise Industry

Visborg Ferry Delivered by Guangzhou Shipyard
Designers OSK, builders Guangzhou Shipyard International (Guangzhou China) and owners Rederi AB Gotland jointly celebrated the delivery of Visborg...
December 18, 2018 - Cruise Industry

Hurtigruten Unveils Its New Hybrid Ships
Following lengthy delays and shipbuilding challenges that forced cancellation of ten voyages in the Antarctic, Norway’s coastal cruise line...
December 16, 2018 - Cruise Industry

WB Yeats Ferry Sets Sail After Delays
Irish Ferries' long-delayed, EUR 147 million WB Yeats cruiseferry, which was originally due to have been delivered in July 2018, and subsequently...
December 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry

VIDEO: Honfleur Ferry Launched for the First Time
A new cruiseferry powered by LNG (liquified natural gas) took to the water for the first time at an official ship-launching ceremony in Germany...
December 14, 2018 - Cruise Industry

Hurtigruten Launches Second Hybrid-Driven Cruise Ship
Sunday afternoon, December 9, Hurtigruten launched its new expedition ship MS Fridtjof Nansen at Ulsteinvik-based Kleven Shipyard. The hybrid-powered...
December 10, 2018 - Cruise Industry

Carnival Announces Name of New XL-Class Ship
Carnival Cruise Line announced that it will name its newest XL-class cruise ship to be delivered in 2020 Mardi Gras, bringing back to fleet the name...
December 6, 2018