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Carnival gives cruisers more Caribbean to visit

FEBRUARY 18, 2015 — With bigger cruise ships bringing more cruise passengers to the Caribbean, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), looks to be doing something about providing all those

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Schettino sentenced to 16 years in prison

FEBRUARY 11, 2015 — A  court in Grosseto, Italy, has sentenced Captain Francesco Schettino to 16 years imprisonment for his role in the Costa Concordia cruise ship tragedy and barred him from

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Star Cruises cuts first steel for Genting World

FEBRUARY 11, 2015 — Star Cruises officially launched the start of construction of Genting World, the first of two next generation cruise ships, in a steel cutting ceremony that saw Tan Sri

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Royal Caribbean cuts steel for fourth Oasis class

FEBRUARY 3, 2015 — Royal Caribbean International today marked the official start of construction of a fourth Oasis class cruise ship with a steel cutting ceremony at shipbuilder STX France’s St. Nazaire

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Cruise giant Carnival in MOU with China Merchants

JANUARY 27, 2015 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Merchants Group (CMG) to explore the possibility of two joint ventures

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Schettino: I won’t run away

JANUARY 27, 2015 — Italian prosecutors, who are seeking a 26 year prison term for former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino, have asked that he be put in pre-sentencing detention, but he

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Cruise ship to retrofit permanent magnet tunnel thruster

JANUARY 15, 2015 — Rolls-Royce says that Norwegian Cruise Line has selected a Rolls-Royce permanent magnet tunnel thruster to upgrade the propulsion package onboard the 4,100 passenger cruise ship Norwegian Epic, delivered

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Micky Arison takes FCCA Executive Committee Chair

JANUARY 12, 2015 — The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) reports that Carnival Corporation & plc Chairman Micky Arison is now its Executive Committee Chairman, succeeding Kevin Sheehan, past president and CEO of