Together with FINCANTIERI, MSC Cruises today marked an important milestone in the building of MSC Seaside with the traditional maritime coin ceremony held at the Monfalcone, Italy shipyard. The first of up to three MSC Cruises’ “Seaside” class of smart ships is set to come into service in December 2017 and will sail year-round from…
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Viking Ocean Cruises Celebrates Float Out Of Viking Sea
Viking Ocean Cruises today announced its second ship—the 930-passenger Viking Sea—was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time that the new ship touches water. The traditional ceremony took place yesterday, June 25, at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard—little more than a month after the new ocean line christened its first ship, Viking Star,…
MSC Sinfonia Enters Dry-Dock For Her Big Stretch
MSC Cruises, MSC Sinfonia has arrived at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo, Sicily, to begin her lengthening process – she is the second of the lines four Lirica-class ships to undergo the transformation so far. The work to lengthen and refit the vessel over the next 10 weeks will now include the addition of dedicated…
Viking Star Float Out
Viking Cruises inaugural Ocean ship, the 930-passenger Viking Star, has touched water for the first time with her float out. The traditional ceremony, which marks the first new cruise line in nearly a decade, took place at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard outside Venice. With a total of three sister ships now under construction, Viking Star, debuts in…
Regal Princess Completes Sea Trials
Princess Cruises, Regal Princess, has accomplished another major milestone in preparation for her May 20 debut, with the completion of her sea trials. The new cruise ship set out to sea from her construction dock at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, and was put through her paces with a series of maneuvers to test…
Costa Mediterranea Enters Drydock For €4 Million Refurbishment
As part of Costa Cruises’ ongoing investment to improve the quality and sustainability of its fleet, Costa Mediterranea will be dry docked at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo from today, November 21 to December 4 2013, for planned maintenance work. Costa Cruises’ is investing more than €4 million to perform the routine refurbishment, which takes…
New Cruise Ships On Order
We have enjoyed the arrival of some fantastic vessels this year, Norwegian Breakaway, Royal Princess and Europa 2 just to name a few, but what’s next on the cruise ship calendar? It’s time to once again take a peek at what’s currently under construction, we have some amazing ship’s to look forward too! Costa Diadema…
P&O Cruises Keel Laying Ceremony
At 1300 hours (local time) today, Wednesday May 15 2013, a ceremony to mark the keel laying of the largest cruise ship ever built for the British market will take place at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy. The 141,000-ton cruise ship will enter service in 2015. This next-generation ship will offer a…
Costa Crociere New Flagship Costa Diadema
I think it’s fair to say 2012 was not the year for Costa Crociere. In January 2012 the world was awoken by the sad news that the Costa Concordia and over 30 passengers and crew had been lost. Just several weeks later the Costa Allegra was left adrift after a fire onboard cut out all…
Work Begins on P&O Cruises Newest Ship
It is official; work has now begun on P&O Cruises newest ship which will also be the largest ever built for the British market. Yesterday the steel-cutting ceremony was held at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy. The ship which will come in at 141,000 tonnes and have space onboard for 3,611 passengers…
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