Cruise news (shipbuilding-tagged)

Disney Cruise Line to Add Another Ship
Yesterday, July 15, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts chairman Bob Chapek revealed the 4-ship line would add 3 new vessels by 2023, which is one...
July 16, 2017
Cruise Industry
Fosen Yard Forms a Joint Venture with Chinese Shipbuilder
Fosen Yard, Norway has formed a joint venture with Hantong Shipbuilding, China, to build cruise, roro and ropax vessels. The new joint venture...
July 14, 2017
Cruise Industry
Work Started on Third Vista Class Ship
The steel cutting ceremony of the 3rd “Vista” class cruise ship (Panorama), that Fincantieri is building for Carnival Cruise Line...
July 7, 2017
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Construction of Symphony of the Seas - World's Largest Cruise Ship 2017
Symphony of the Seas is a step closer to claiming the title of the largest cruise ship in the world. Vessel's construction at St Nazaire...
June 21, 2017
Cruise Industry
Peace Boat Signs for the Ecoship
Peace Boat soon signed a letter of intent with the Finnish shipbuilding company Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc., to build the Ecoship, the greenest...
June 6, 2017
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Ships Launch Compilation
There are two common ways to put a newbuid to water. The method which is used by most shipyards today is assembling the ship in...
June 5, 2017
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: World Class - MSC largest cruise ships ever
On May 31, 2017, during MSC Meraviglia ship's delivery ceremony at STX France shipyard (Saint-Nazaire), MSC Cruises signed a new...
June 2, 2017
Cruise Industry
Fincantieri to Create a Cruise Ship Industrial Park
Fincantieri signed an LOI (letter of intent) with Shanghai City’s district of Baoshan and with CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation...
June 1, 2017
Cruise Industry
AIDAprima Cruise Ship Building & Christening
The 124100-GT-ton, 3300-passenger cruise ship AIDAprima is AIDA Cruises' ever largest ship and is operated under the Costa Crociere division of the...
May 31, 2017
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: MSC Seaside in Fincantieri Shipyard
MSC Seaside is the first of the MSC Cruises Seaside-class ships. The ship is scheduled to debut in November 2017. This will be the first vessel...
May 28, 2017
Cruise Industry
Fincantieri Signs for the Acquisition of STX France Majority Stake
Fincantieri S.p.A. announced it had signed today a share purchase agreement for acquisition of 66.66% of STX France share capital from STX Europe AS...
May 19, 2017
Cruise Industry
Hanseatic Nature First Steel Cut
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises marked the official start of the construction of the first of its two new-build expedition ships with the first steel cut on...
May 11, 2017
Cruise Industry
Viking and Fincantieri Sign for 2 Additional Ships, Option for Another 2
Fincantieri and Viking Ocean Cruises signed a memorandum of agreement for the building of 2 additional ships, with an option for another 2. The...
April 19, 2017
Cruise Industry
New Saga Sapphire Cruise Includes Tour of Meyer Werft Shipyard
Saga Sapphire passengers can take a ‘sneak peak’ at Saga Cruises new ship which is still under construction at Meyer Werft shipyard...
April 14, 2017
Cruise Industry
France Clears Way for Fincantieri to Purchase STX Stake
The French government announced it had reached a preliminary deal clearing the way for Fincantieri, Italy to acquire a 48% stake in shipbuilder STX...
April 7, 2017
Cruise Industry