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

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

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

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

QM2 to be fitted with advanced wastewater treatment system

FEBRUARY 6, 2015 — The Cunard cruise liner Queen Mary 2, is being fitted with a Wärtsilä advanced wastewater treatment system. The 2,620 passenger ship entered service in 2004 and was designed

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

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

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

ABB books $60 million order for Star Cruises newbuild duo

JANUARY 19, 2015 — ABB has won orders worth $60 million to deliver complete electrical power plant and propulsion systems for two cruise ships to be built for Star Cruises  by Meyer

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