Cruise Ships

Cruise ship news – newbuild orders, fleet deployments, onboard safety rules, port destination shifts, and emissions compliance across major cruise lines.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Costa Concordia Gets New Hardware
Marine Salvage

Costa Concordia Gets New Hardware

Salvage crews have installed the first piece of new hardware on the Costa Concordia since the end of the winter season in Giglio, another giant watertight

April 29, 2014
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Royal Caribbean Reports Profit Plunge

Royal Caribbean Reports Profit Plunge

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, the world's second-largest cruise operator, said its quarterly profit fell by two-thirds as costs rose and passengers spent less

April 24, 2014
Total Views: 47

Sunday, April 20, 2014
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Royal Caribbean’s ‘Quantum of The Seas’ is Shanghai Bound

Royal Caribbean International has announced that its newest and most technologically advanced ship, Quantum of the Seas, will make its home port in Shanghai

April 20, 2014
Total Views: 146

Saturday, April 19, 2014
Divers Find Bodies in Sunken Sewol Ferry
Incidents

Divers Find Bodies in Sunken Sewol Ferry

Divers searching for survivors of a capsized South Korean ferry saw three bodies floating through a window of a passenger cabin on Saturday but were unable to

April 19, 2014
Total Views: 190

Thursday, April 17, 2014
Hundreds Still Missing In Deadly South Korea Ferry Accident
Incidents

Hundreds Still Missing In Deadly South Korea Ferry Accident

Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, mostly teenage schoolchildren, still missing after a South Korean

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 58

Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Costa Concordia Salvage Kicks Into High Gear As Winter Season Ends
Marine Salvage

Costa Concordia Salvage Kicks Into High Gear As Winter Season Ends

Officials in Italy have met with the public to discuss ongoing plans for the removal of the Costa Concordia wreckage, including providing an updated timeline

April 15, 2014
Total Views: 18

Monday, April 14, 2014
Costa Concordia Captain Tries To Blame Wreck On Electrical Blackout
Grounding Incidents

Costa Concordia Captain Tries To Blame Wreck On Electrical Blackout

ROME, April 14 (Reuters) – The captain of the Costa Concordia tried to persuade the crisis coordinator of the cruise line to pretend an electrical

April 14, 2014
Total Views: 69

Thursday, April 3, 2014
Mooring Fatality – St. Kitts Line Handlers Drown Assisting Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
Incidents

Mooring Fatality – St. Kitts Line Handlers Drown Assisting Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship

CNN reports the drowning of two line handlers assisting Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas during her departure from St.Kitts on Wednesday.

April 3, 2014
Total Views: 173

Friday, March 28, 2014
Is the ‘Titanic II’ Cruise Ship Already Sunk?
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Is the ‘Titanic II’ Cruise Ship Already Sunk?

Aussie Billionaire Clive Palmer set out for an ambitious goal when he announced plans to build a replica of the RMS Titanic, now it seems the Titanic II

March 28, 2014
Total Views: 1426

Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Carnival Cruise Ship Rescues 41 Migrants From Sinking Boat
News

Carnival Cruise Ship Rescues 41 Migrants From Sinking Boat

MIAMI, March 26 (Reuters) – A Carnival Cruise ship rescued 41 Cuban migrants from a small, overcrowded boat in the Florida Straits, the 90-mile span of

March 26, 2014
Total Views: 120

Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Sir Richard Branson Looks to Launch Virgin Cruise Line
Interesting

Sir Richard Branson Looks to Launch Virgin Cruise Line

Virgin founder and eccentric billionaire Sir Richard Branson is reportedly seeking investors to launch a new fleet of Virgin cruise ships with two new

March 25, 2014
Total Views: 122

Friday, March 21, 2014
Steel Cut For NCL’s First 4,200 Passenger ‘Breakaway Plus’ Ship
News

Steel Cut For NCL’s First 4,200 Passenger ‘Breakaway Plus’ Ship

The first piece of steel has been cut at none other than the MEYER WERFT shipyard in Papenburg, Germany for the construction of Norwegian Escape, the first of

March 21, 2014
Total Views: 59

Thursday, March 20, 2014
PHOTOS: Quantum Construction Making Progress
News

PHOTOS: Quantum Construction Making Progress

Here are some photos showing Royal Caribbean's next generation cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, under construction at the Meyer Werft Shipyard in Papenburg,

March 20, 2014
Total Views: 87

MSC Cruises Signs Letter of Intent to Build Largest Ships to Date
News

MSC Cruises Signs Letter of Intent to Build Largest Ships to Date

MSC Cruises on Thursday announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with STX France for the construction of two new cruise ships with an option for

March 20, 2014
Total Views: 110

Monday, March 10, 2014
Carnival Triumph Passengers Sue for Damages

Carnival Triumph Passengers Sue for Damages

A group of passengers suing Carnival cruise lines for damages after an engine fire left their ship adrift for days are asking the company to pay $5,000 a month

March 10, 2014
Total Views: 54

Amazing Photos Show True Scale of Queen Mary 2 Ocean Liner
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Amazing Photos Show True Scale of Queen Mary 2 Ocean Liner

To mark the 10th Anniversary of the iconic ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, Cunard captain, Captain Kevin Oprey, agreed to go overboard and pose for these

March 10, 2014
Total Views: 1803

Friday, March 7, 2014
Polar Vortex Boosts Cruise Bookings

Polar Vortex Boosts Cruise Bookings

The freezing weather that swept the United States in the first two months of the year led to a surge in cruise bookings as winter-weary holiday-makers headed

March 7, 2014
Total Views: 49

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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News

Bolidt Wins Backing Across the Cruise Sector

Press Release 5 March 2012 – Bolidt Synthetic Products & Systems has booked orders for its decking solutions covering newbuildings for some of the

March 5, 2014
Total Views: 45

Friday, February 28, 2014
Arison Cashes In On Carnival
News

Arison Cashes In On Carnival

Carnival Corporation Chairman and billionaire businessman, Micky Arison, is set to rake in almost $400 million in cash from the sale of a 1% of stake in the

February 28, 2014
Total Views: 107

Thursday, February 27, 2014
Two Years Later, Costa Concordia’s Former Captain Returns Aboard
News

Two Years Later, Costa Concordia’s Former Captain Returns Aboard

The captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, went back on board on Thursday for the first time since the huge cruise liner sank with the loss of 32

February 27, 2014
Total Views: 691