Viking Ocean Cruises takes delivery of first ship
MARCH 30, 2015 — Viking Ocean Cruises took delivery Saturday of Viking Star, the first of the three 48,000 grt, 930 passenger cruise ships on order for the line at Fincantieri’s Marghera,
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Carnival splits nine new ships between Fincantieri and Meyer
MARCH 26, 2015 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has signed two strategic memorandums of agreement that will add a total of nine new cruise ships to its fleet
Carnival Corporation makes two key appointments
MARCH 26, 2015 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company has named Julia M. Brown to the newly created role of Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
MSC Cruises newbuild duo to have GE electrical propulsion
MARCH 12, 2015 — GE has now been selected to lead the Italian consortium that will power MSC Cruises’ two 5,300 passenger Seaside platform cruise ships, ordered at Fincantieri last May, with
LNG Hybrid Barge completes technical trials
MARCH 12, 2015 — Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Becker Marine Systems reports that its LNG Hybrid Barge, the Hummel, has successfully completed its program of technical trials.’ The barge will serve an LNG
Engine room fire prompts USCG Marine Safety Alert
MARCH 11, 2015 — December’s fire on Oceania Cruises cruise ship Insignia that claimed three lives has prompted the U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate to issue a Marine Safety Alert
Norwegian Bliss to have hull air lubrication
MARCH 10, 2015 — London headquartered Silverstream Technologies reports that the first commercial installation of its Silverstream hull air lubrication system will be on the Norwegian Cruise Line newbuild Norwegian Bliss, scheduled
Fincantieri floats out largest Holland America Line ship yet
MARCH 6, 2015 — Carnival Corporation’s Holland America Line has marked another milestone in the construction of ms Koningsdam, its largest ship thus far, with the float-out and transfer of the cruise
Cruise ship Norwegian Star enters dry dock at Vigor
MARCH 4, 2015—It’s been a historic 24 hours for Vigor Industrial. As we reported yesterday, the Portland, OR-headquartered shipbuilding and fabrication firm announced that it had struck a merger deal under which
Genting buys Crystal Cruises, will add newbuild to fleet
MARCH 3, 2015 — Genting Hong Kong (GHK), the owner of Star Cruises and a major shareholder in Norwegian Cruise Lines, is buying two ship luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises, Inc. and