By Alana Wise Sept 28 (Reuters) - Carnival Corp's chief executive said on Thursday that the cruise company expected Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to rebound by winter after hurricanes that wrecked havoc on the islands. "The resiliency of those people and the focus they have, I would be very surprised if they're not up and running before Christmas, which is the time for … [Read more...]
Carnival Orders New Cruise Ship for Cunard Line
Carnival Corporation has signed an agreement to build a new cruise ship for its iconic Cunard brand with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. The world's largest cruise company said Monday it has signed a memorandum of agreement for the ship to be built at Fincantieri's shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, with an expected delivery date in 2022. The new ship will join Queen Mary 2, … [Read more...]
Carnival Begins Construction on First Fully LNG-Powered Cruise Ship
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has laid the keel for the first of Carnival Corporation's seven new next-generation cruise ships that will be fully-powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The steel block for the cruise ship AIDAnova (S.696) was laid during a ceremony on Tuesday at Meyer Werft's covered building dock in Papenburg, Germany. AIDAnova is the first of two … [Read more...]
Whistleblower in Record ‘Magic Pipe’ Pollution Case Gets $1 Million Payout
A U.S. District Judge in Miami on Wednesday sentenced Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. (Princess) to pay a $40 million penalty – the largest-ever for crimes involving deliberate vessel pollution – related to illegal dumping overboard of oil contaminated waste and falsification of official logs in order to conceal the discharges. The judge also ordered that $1 million be awarded to … [Read more...]
Carnival Corp. Opens Seattle Fleet Operations Center
Miami-based Carnival Corporation has opened its second Fleet Operations Center in Seattle that will be used to provide real-time support for the company's 102-ship fleet. Carnival's first Fleet Operations Center is located in Hamburg, Germany. A third will be added later this year when construction is scheduled to be complete on a Miami facility at the company's … [Read more...]
Carnival’s China JV to Order First Cruise Ships to Be Built in China
Cruise giant Carnival Corporation has announced that its cruise joint venture in China has signed a new memorandum of agreement (MOA) to order the first-ever cruise ships built in China for the Chinese market. The newly-signed agreement updates the terms of an initial shipbuilding MOA announced in September 2016, further expanding the cooperation between Carnival Corporation … [Read more...]
Carnival Orders Two More Ships at Fincantieri
Carnival Corporation has announced plans to build to new cruise ships at Italy's Fincantieri to add to the cruise company's Holland America Line and Princess Cruises brands. Final contracts are expected to be executed in early 2017. With a memorandum of agreement for the two new ships signed, Carnival Corporation now has 19 new sips scheduled to be delivered between 2017 and … [Read more...]