River cruise ship passes by mountains on the water

March 2023

In this issue, we go over how inland and ocean cruising is making a comeback and how ports and terminals are preparing for it.

Viking Mississippi [Image: Viking River Cruises]

Marine Log’s “Distinctive Deliveries” of 2022 announced

In our December issue, we published our “Distinctive Deliveries” feature, recognizing a unique variety of vessels delivered in 2022. Here’s what made the list: Ever Alot   World’s largest containership  Evergreen Marine Corporation

CSSC cruise ship

Chinese cruise ship design gains AiP

A design for an 80,000 gt cruise ship developed independently by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has been given Approval in Principle (AiP) by China Classification Society (CCS). CSSC sees this as

Disney Cruise Line ship

Disney to complete and transform former Global Dream

The giant cruise ship left partially completed in the wake of the collapse of Genting Hong Kong has been acquired by Disney Cruise Line. The ship, formerly known as Global Dream, will

Cruising: Pleasing the guests is the easy part

Back in revenue operations after an around 500 days pause imposed by COVID regulations, the good news for the cruise industry is that the market for its product didn’t go away. Bookings

October 2022 Marine Log magazine

October 2022

Leading up to Marine Log’s FERRIES 2022 conference, we look at the ferry market and ridership, ferry design, and what’s happening in the cruise ship industry.

Carnival corporation CEO

Carnival narrows losses, ups revenues and disappoints analysts

The world’s largest cruise company — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) — had some positive trends to report when it released its third quarter 2022 business update this morning.

Cruise ship under construction at Fincantieri’s Genoa Sestri yard—one of 18 shipyards that Fincantieri operates worldwide

European shipbuilding gets a wakeup call

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having repercussions in the Baltic. Already, Finland and Sweden have sought to join NATO. Now, long-time NATO member Denmark is planning to invest up to DKK 40

Viking Ocean ship at Fincantieri shipyard

Fincantieri in four ship, $1.7 billion agreement with Viking Ocean

In another positive sign from the cruise sector, Fincantieri reports that Viking Ocean Cruises has signed shipbuilding contracts for the third and fourth of six cruise ships it optioned in March 2018.

September 2022

September 2022

What’s going on in European shipyards and what can the U.S. learn from them? Also, we examine Japanese innovations, the tanker market and more.

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