Sun Princess

Fincantieri Monfalcone floats out Princess Cruises’ next-gen Sun Princess

Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises brand has celebrated construction milestone with the float out of its next-generation ship, Sun Princess, at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone, Italy, shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. Following the Italian shipyard’s tradition,

Vard will make use of digital twin technology in the HVAC project

Vard gets grant to research digitalized HVAC systems

Fincantieri’s Norwegian based subsidiary Vard has been awarded a NOK 4.95 million (about $494,000) grant to research the possibility of digitalized HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) systems. Awarded by the Norwegian

Prysmian cable layer

Prysmian back at Vard for a second advanced cable layer

Milan, Italy, based cable-laying giant Prysmian has returned to Fincantieri’s Norwegian-headquartered Vard subsidiary with an order contract for a 170 meter cable lay vessel. It will be very similar to the Leonardo

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

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.

Monfalcone cruise ship shipyard

Mystery buyer orders ultra lux cruise ship at Fincantieri

Trieste, Italy, headquartered Fincantieri has signed a contract for the construction of a new ultra-luxury cruise ship with what it describes only as “an international customer.” The ship is to be delivered

Explora Journeys ship

MSC Cruises orders hydrogen fuel cell newbuild duo from Fincantieri

Explora Journeys, the luxury travel brand of the MSC Group’s cruise division, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with shipbuilder Fincantieri covering the construction of an additional two luxury cruise ships.

Vard wins order for new series of robotic ships

Ocean Infinity, the Austin, Texas, company building an “armada” of robotic ships, has contracted Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary Vard for the design and construction of a new series of six multipurpose offshore vessels,

Cunard's Queen Anne

VIDEO: Cunard reveals first details of new cruise ship

Carnival Corporation’s Cunard brand has announced the name of its new ship, set to make its first sailings in early 2024. To be named Queen Anne, the new vessel will be Cunard’s

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