Carnival Cruise Line and AIDA Cruises will join sister brands Costa Cruises and Princess Cruises in China in 2017, parent company Carnival Corporation said Tuesday. The move will make Carnival Corp. the first company to operate four brands with at least one cruise ship homeported in the Chinese market. Carnival Corp. says it expects China to eventually become … [Read more...]
Carnival Cruise Ship Stuck in Caribbean After Engine Room Fire
By Greg Roumeliotis ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept 8 (Reuters) - About 4,500 passengers and crew were stranded in the U.S. Virgin Islands for a second day after an engine fire on board a cruise ship operated by Carnival Corp. The company said on Tuesday that a team of experts, including representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, had boarded the Carnival … [Read more...]
Fincantieri to Build Two More Carnival Cruise Ships
Carnival Corporation will be adding two more ships to its vast fleet of cruise vessels operating worldwide. The company signed an order today with Fincantieri shipyards for a 133,500 gross ton/3,954-passenger vessel and a 99,500 gross ton/2,650 passenger vessel which will be sister ships of two other vessels currently under construction, the Carnival Vista and the … [Read more...]
Fincantieri Signs On to Explore Cruise Shipbuilding in China
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed on to work with Carnival Cruise Lines and China State Shipbuilding Corporation in exploring the possibility of joint ventures in cruise shipbuilding for the Chinese market, potentially to a three-way collaborative effort to build the first-ever cruise ships to be made in China. In a statement Friday, Fincantieri announced that it … [Read more...]
Carnival Unveils Hybrid Wireless Network for High-Speed Internet at Sea
The world's largest cruise company has released details of a new industry-first wireless network that promises internet speeds at sea up to 10 times faster than what is currently available. Miami-based Carnival Corporation announced Tuesday its new WiFi@Sea™, a high-speed "smart hybrid" network that will combine land-based systems and satellite connectivity and promises … [Read more...]
Carnival Cruise Lines’ Cahill to Retire
Carnival Cruise Lines' president and CEO Gerry Cahill announced Thursday that he will be retiring effective November 30 after 20 years with the company. Cahill, 63, has been CEO of Carnival Corporation's largest cruise brand since 2007, growing the cruise line to 24 ships, the largest in the company's fleet. "Gerry has been instrumental in taking Carnival Cruise Lines to … [Read more...]
Texas Lab Worker Isolated On Carnival Cruise Tests Negative for Ebola
By Erwin Seba GALVESTON, Texas (Reuters) - A Dallas hospital lab worker who spent much of a cruise holiday in isolation after possible exposure to Ebola, has tested negative for the disease, Carnival Cruise Lines said on Sunday. The Carnival Magic arrived on Sunday in the port of Galveston, Texas after a week-long trip that included being denied docking by Belize and … [Read more...]