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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
JANUARY 7, 2015 — One of the first cruise lines to offer cruises to Cuba may be Guilford, CT, based Pearl Seas Cruises, a sister company of American Cruise Line. The company