FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — Highlighting Gibraltar’s attractions for cruise ship owners, one of the “grand old ladies” of the cruise industry, the 24,492grt, 670-passenger capacity Saga Ruby, has recently completed repair and
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report says that a bollard failure at BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard is the probable cause of the April 3, 2013,
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public forum on cruise ship safety and oversight on March 25-26 in Washington, DC. “Cruising is a rapidly growing segment
JANUARY 24, 2014 — The SAM Shipbuilding and Machinery shipyard in Komárno, Slovakia, has laid the keel of the world’s first LNG Hybrid Barge. The barge will provide cruise ships visiting the
JANUARY 24, 2014 — A new report sees newbuilding demand for cruise ships reaching the equivalent of a total of 161 vessels of an average 2,500-berth capacity between 2014 and 2025. The
JANUARY 22, 2014 — Prestige Cruise Holdings (PCH) has filed a form S-1 registration with the SEC. Prestige Cruise Holdings is the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises
JANUARY 21, 2014 — Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruises has followed up on a Letter of Intent inked last October and signed a formal contract with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for construction of a
JANUARY 16, 2014 — Chesterfield, U.K., headquartered Cathelco says that when the first of Royal Caribbean’s new generation of 4,000 passenger Quantum class cruise ships is launched this year, its equipment will
JANUARY 9, 2014 — Singapore listed shipbuilder Triyards Holdings Limited has won two orders for cruise ship work worth a total $7.5 million, demonstrating its ability to win business from outside the
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Viking Cruises reports that Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard has laid the keel for Viking Star, marking the next construction phase of the company’s first-ever ocean product. The shipbuilder