Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Carnival Cruise Line's Newest and Largest Ship
The first steel was cut today for Carnival Cruise Line’s newest XL-Class ships. The new livery was unveiled for the 180,000-ton XL newbuild...
November 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Construction Started of Ponant's Le Commandant Charcot
The world leader in polar cruises, PONANT, officially commenced the building of the polar ship Le Commandant Charcot via traditional steel...
November 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Launch Date for Scenic Eclipse Pushed Back Again
The launch date for the new Discovery Yacht from Scenic Cruises, Scenic Eclipse, was pushed back for the second time, to April 13, 2019. Scenic...
November 14, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Quark Expeditions' Newest Ship Launched in Portugal
The delivery of the newbuild, World Explorer, was confirmed. Expected from WestSea Viana Shipyard in Portugal later this month, the 176-passenger...
November 14, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: American Countess Cut in Half as Part of Planned Lengthening
American Queen Steamboat Company released its new time-lapse video of building progress on American Countess at Louisiana's Gulf Island Shipyard in...
November 7, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Launches Cruise Joint Venture with CSSC
The contracts sealing the agreements announced in February last year, concerning the building of 2 cruise ships for "CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping...
November 6, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri Signs Contract Defining Cruise Park Project
At the presence of Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic development & Labor Luigi Di Maio and Chairman of Cassa depositi e...
November 6, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Takes Delivery of Edge
After more than 4 years of planning along with 23 months of building, Celebrity Cruises officially took delivery of its newbuild, Celebrity Edge, on...
November 1, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Contract Signed for Second Global Class Cruise Ship
Just 7 weeks after the keel-laying of Dream Cruises’ first Global class cruise ship (at MV Werften yard in Wismar Germany), Deltamarin and...
October 31, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri to Build 4th Virgin Voyages Ship
Fincantieri will build a 4th liner for Virgin Voyages, due to be delivered at the end of 2023. The newbuild will be sister ship to the 3 others on...
October 31, 2018 - Cruise Industry
China to Build 15 Cruise Ships per Year by 2030?
Shanghai-based Chinese shipyards could deliver as many as fifteen new cruise vessels annually by 2030, in case all planning falls into pace, said to...
October 31, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Genting Signs MoU with Baoshan District Government to Deploy First Global-Class Ship to Shanghai
Genting Hong Kong (GHK) signed a strategic MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Baoshan District Government to extend its cooperation in developing...
October 27, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten to Add 3rd Hybrid-Powered Ship
Expedition cruise and ferry company Hurtigruten announced it had signed an order of memorandum with Kleven Verft AS shipyard in Norway to add a...
October 26, 2018 - Cruise Industry
New Green Ferry Ordered for Helsinki-Tallinn Route
Estonia-based shipping company Tallink Grupp ordered an environmentally friendly car and passenger ferry from Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC...
October 25, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Scenic Eclipse Ship Build at Uljanik Shipyard
The new video, “Scenic Eclipse - time-lapse of ship build” released by Scenic Cruises, shows the time-lapse construction of the new...
October 24, 2018