Carnival Corporation reports big fuel savings

OCTOBER 2, 2014 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) says that, across its nine cruise lines, by the end of 2014 its multi-year Fleet Fuel Conservation Program will have

LNG Hybrid Barge nears Hamburg

OCTOBER 1, 2014 — Dirk Lehmann, Managing Director of Becker Marine Systems, says that the first LNG Hybrid Barge is expected to arrive at its future home port of Hamburg, Germany, this

Third Quantum class to be named Ovation of the Seas

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 — Royal Caribbean International marked an important milestone today as the first piece of steel was cut marking the official construction start on the third Quantum class ship. The

Fincantieri stretches first of four MSC Cruises ships

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 — Fincantieri’s Palermo, Sicily, shipyard today inserted a new 24 m midbody into the first of four MSC Cruises ships that are being extended as part of the cruise

LNG Hybrid Barge successfully launched

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 — The SAM Shipbuilding and Machinery shipyard in in Komárno, Slovakia has launched the LNG Hybrid Barge being built for Hybrid Port Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Becker Marine

Norwegian to acquire Prestige Cruises for over $3 billion

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NCLH) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas

RCL sells Celebrity Century to China’s Ctrip

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 —  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) reports that it has entered into an agreement to sell its cruise ship Celebrity Century to Exquisite Marine Ltd., a holding

Meyer inks deal for Finnish shipyard

AUGUST 4, 2014 — German Shipbuilder Meyer Werft and the State of Finland have now signed an agreement to acquire the STX Finland shipyard, which will start a new lease on life

Princess Cruises orders another ship at Fincantieri

JULY 30, 2014 —Carnival Corporation & plc subsidiary Princess Cruises has reached an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri covering construction of a new 143,000 gt, 3,560 passenger cruise ship that will enter

Costa Concordia wreck under tow for scrapping

JULY 23, 2014 — Like a corpse in an open casket, the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia is being towed, buoyed up by sponsons, towards Genoa for recycling at a

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