VIDEO: Peace Boat’s Ecoship project moves ahead
JULY 27, 2017 — Japanese based NGO Peace Boat is making progress with its plans to build and operate the Ecoship, the world’s greenest cruise ship, as the platform for its worldwide
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Virgin Voyages opts for Wartsila power and navigation solutions
JULY 3, 2017 — Wärtsilä is to supply a range of equipment and systems for the three new 2,800 passenger cruise ships being built for Virgin Voyages by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. The
Ritz-Carlton gets into the cruise yacht market
JUNE 22, 2017 — The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., part of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is getting into the high end boutique yacht cruise business. Called the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, the
VIDEO: Royal Caribbean floats out Symphony of the Seas
JUNE 9, 2017 — The newest member of Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis class of ships, Symphony of the Seas has been floated out of the building dock at STX France’s Saint Nazaire
STX France: New orders and a surprise for Fincantieri
JUNE 1, 2017 — French President Emmanuel Macron visited the STX France shipyard in St. Nazaire yesterday as MSC Cruises took delivery of its new flagship, the 171,598 GRT, 5,714 passenger Meraviglia.
VIDEO: Cunard’s Queen Victoria gets a new lido deck
MAY 17, 2017 — Cunard’s 964.5 ft, 2,014 passenger Queen Victoria is currently in dry dock at Fincantieri’s Palermo, Sicily, shipyard for what Cunard says is a “partial” refit. The cruise ship
Costa Concordia: Schettino starts serving prison term
MAY 15, 2017 — Former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino began serving a 16-year prison term Friday after Italy’s Supreme Court upheld his sentence and lower court convictions for manslaughter, causing a
Virgin Voyages ships to have Smart Air compressors
APRIL 20, 2017 — Oslo, Norway, headquartered TMC Compressors has won a contract from Fincantieri to supply an environmentally friendly compressed air system to the first of three cruise ships the Italian
Viking Ocean to build two more, maybe four, at Fincantieri
APRIL 18, 2017 — Viking Ocean Cruises and shipbuilder Fincantieri have signed a memorandum of agreement for the construction of two additional cruise ships, with an option for another two. The new
Foreship awarded BWTS consultancy contract
MARCH 15, 2017 — Helsinki, Finland, headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy firm Foreship has secured a major ballast water treatment system (BWTS) consultancy contract from Norwegian Cruise Line. The contract