Mid-range Azipod propulsor

Fincantieri orders mid-range Azipods for four cruise ships

ABB has secured a contract from Fincantieri to deliver a total of eight mid-range Azipod propulsion systems for four forthcoming medium-sized cruise vessels. The ships are due for delivery in 2024, 2025,

Meyer Turku CEO Tim Meyer and TUI Cruises CEO Wybcke Meier celebrate keel laying of Mein Schiff 7

TUI Cruises makes a move towards methanol fueling

In another sign of the serious attention methanol fueling is getting in the cruise industry, TUI Cruises’ newbuild Mein Schiff 7 will be methanol ready. The first steel block of Mein Schiff

Large cruise ship in dry dock at Finnish shipyard.

Buoyant bookings boost cruise line hopes 

Cruise lines are in the business of pleasing people. They must be. They’re the only shipowners whose cargo can talk back, and not only talk but tweet, yelp, like/dislike and all the

American Song river cruise ship travels down the Snake River.

River cruising takes off on U.S. inland waters 

American river cruising continues to take off with new ships coming on line for service along inland and intracoastal rivers throughout the country. One leading line, Guildford, Conn.-based American Cruise Lines has

Carnival Cruise Line celebrates 100 million guest milestone

Carnival Cruise Line marks 100 million guest milestone

One of Carnival Corporation’s & nine brands, and the one that arguably transformed the industry into what it is now, Carnival Cruise Line, today had 100 million reasons to celebrate. It achieved

Sun Princess

Fincantieri Monfalcone floats out Princess Cruises’ next-gen Sun Princess

Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises brand has celebrated construction milestone with the float out of its next-generation ship, Sun Princess, at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone, Italy, shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. Following the Italian shipyard’s tradition,

NCLH cruise ship

Norwegian will lengthen Prima newbuilds, ready them for methanol

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) yesterday today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 and provided guidance for the first quarter and full

MSC Euribia is MSC Cruises second LNG fueled ship

MSC Cruises sets date for MSC Euribia naming ceremony

The naming ceremony for MSC Cruises’ newest flagship, MSC Euribia, will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 8, 2023, the company announced today. As a sister ship to MSC Grandiosa, she

Costa is exploring methanol fueling for cruise ships

Carnival’s Costa Group in MOU on methanol fueling for cruise ships

Methanol continues to make new inroads into the marine fuel market. Yesterday, it was the bulk carrier segment where methanol fueling was in the news. Today, it’s cruising. Costa Group, part of

cruise ships at PortMiami

PortMiami to deploy world’s largest shore power system

Hadsund, Denmark, headquartered PowerCon AS is to deliver five shore power systems for cruise ships. When installed in the Port of Miami by the end of the year, the combined system will

LOAD MORE