Gibdock completes yacht hotel contract

DECEMBER 17, 2013 — The 189-room five-star floating yacht hotel Sunborn Gibraltar is due to welcome its first guests in February 2014, after Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock drew on its cruise ship expertise to

Royal Caribbean reports better than expected quarter

OCTOBER 24, 2013 — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) shares rose this morning as the company reported “better than expected” third quarter results, updated its 2013 outlook and provided early commentary

Seabourn signs LOI for construction of new cruise ship

OCTOBER 21, 2013 — Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruises has signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of a new ultra-luxury cruise ship with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Seabourn Odyssey The new ship

Signal Ship Repair redelivers dredge Wheeler

OCTOBER 17, 2013 — Signal Ship Repair (SSR), Mobile, AL, a division of Signal International, Inc., reports that it recently redelivered the dredge Wheeler to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Fassmer to build Germany’s first LNG fueled ferry

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — German ferry operator AG Ems has placed an order with shipbuilder Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG for what will be Germany’s first LNG-fueled ferry. Scheduled for delivery from

Harris Caprock lands 100 ship Carnival satcom contract

OCTOBER 15, 2015 — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) subsidiary Harris CapRock Communications has signed a five-year contract with Carnival Corporation to provide communications services onboard more than 100 cruise ships in its 10

Dockwise Vanguard to haul away Concordia wreck

OCTOBER 10, 2013 — Costa Crociere S.p.A. has awarded Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster, the contract to load and transport the Costa Concordia wreck from Isola del Giglio, where

Sembawang Shipyard to upgrade Diamond Princess

OCTOBER 9, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine has secured the upgrading of 115,875 grt cruise ship Diamond Princess from Princess Cruises. Joint refit team from Princess

Genting orders cruise ship newbuild for Chinese market

OCTOBER 7, 2013 — Genting Hong Kong Limited has entered into a contract with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft covering construction of a Euro 707.2 million cruise ship. Cruise ship under construction at

Hurtigruten to install Promas Lite on cruise ship

OCTOBER 4, 2013 — Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply its Promas Lite propulsion system to Norwegian shipowner Hurtigruten to improve propeller efficiency on its cruise ship Richard With. Promas Lite

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