Wärtsilä and Royal Caribbean extend long term service agreement

OCTOBER 4, 2018 — Wärtsilä and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. have extended a long term service agreement originally signed in 2013 to the year 2028. Under the agreement, Wärtsilä is optimizing the

TUI Cruises goes big with order for LNG fueled duo

JULY 13, 2018 — TUI Cruises has awarded Fincantieri an order for two LNG fueled cruise ships that, at 161,000 grt, will be the largest vessels ever built in Italy. Set for

Damen Shiprepair Brest drydocks Norwegian Breakaway

JULY 10, 2018 — The 326 m 146,600 gt cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway arrived at Damen Shiprepair Brest, France, recently for 11 days of scheduled maintenance and refurbishment. The primary objective of

New Mariotti Damen partnership gets two-ship LOI from Seabourn

JULY 2, 2018 — Italian shipbuilder T. Mariott and Damen Shipyards Group have created a new partnership to build cruise vessels that has already received a letter of intent from Seabourn Cruise

MSC Cruises orders a further LNG fueled cruise ship at STX France

JUNE 14, 2018 — MSC Cruises and STX France have signed an order for the construction of a fifth Meraviglia class cruise ship. Due to be delivered in 2023, this vessel will

SunStone inks shipbuilding contract for third expedition cruise ship

JUNE 6, 2018 — Miami, FL, headquartered SunStone Ships, Inc. has signed an agreement with shipbuilder China Merchants Industry Holdings Co. Ltd. to build a third Ulstein CX103 design Infinity-class expedition ship,

Silversea Cruises orders a third Silver Muse sister ship

MAY 15, 2018 — Monaco headquartered Silversea Cruises has awarded Fincantieri a contract valued at over EUR 320 million (about $380 million) for a further ultra-luxury cruise ship, with delivery scheduled for

Meyer Werft selects CGI for IT modernization program

APRIL 9, 2017 — Montreal, Canada, headquartered information technology specialist CGI Group, Inc, (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) reports that it has been awarded it an IT modernization contract that will support shipbuilder

VIDEO: Fincantieri starts Silver Spirit stretch

MARCH 13, 2018 — Work on lengthening Silversea Cruises’ ultra luxury cruise ship Silver Spirit is now underway at Fincantieri’s Palermo, Sicily, shipyard, with a 15-meter section inserted in the central part

Vard to build two more expedition cruise ships for Ponant

MARCH 7, 2018 — French cruise company Ponant has added two more luxury expedition cruise ships to the four it already has on order at Vard. They will be identical to their

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