Royal Caribbean to homeport Quantum in Shanghai
APRIL 17, 2014 — Royal Caribbean International is to homeport its newest cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, in Shanghai. The ship will reposition to China in May 2015, following her inaugural
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STX France inks LOI with MSC Cruises
MARCH 27, 2014 — Shipbuilder STX France and MSC Cruises have signed a letter of intent covering the construction of two new cruise ships, with an option for two more. The two
Virgin Group plans cruise ship venture
MARCH 26, 2014 — Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is set to plunge into the cruise market. He told The National newspaper in Dubai that his Virgin Group has secured most of the
HAVEP shows “reasonable” SOLAS compliance
MARCH 25, 2014 — The Paris MOU Secretariat says that a crack down on cruise ships and other passenger vessels carried out in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident showed “reasonable
Meyer Werft cuts first steel for Norwegian Escape
MARCH 21, 2014 — The first steel was cut at Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany yesterday for the construction of Norwegian Escape, the first of two new Breakaway Plus Class cruise ships for
Sembawang Shipyard to revitalize Voyager
MARCH 11, 2014 — Sembcorp Marine’s Sembawang Shipyard is to carry out a S$25 million revitalization of Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship Voyager of the Seas. “We are very pleased to be
USCG plans unannounced cruise ship inspections
MARCH 6, 2014 — In a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB Number: 05-14) dated yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate said: U.S. Coast Guard Port State Control Officers will
Schettino returns to Concordia “as a defendant”
FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — Though Captain Francesco Schettino did not return to Costa Concordia when ordered to by a Coast Guard official on the night the cruise ship grounded, today he was
Gibdock drydocks a cruise industry veteran
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — Highlighting Gibraltar’s attractions for cruise ship owners, one of the “grand old ladies” of the cruise industry, the 24,492grt, 670-passenger capacity Saga Ruby, has recently completed repair and
Shipyard bollard failure blamed in Carnival Triumph breakaway
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report says that a bollard failure at BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard is the probable cause of the April 3, 2013,