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Carnival Cruise Lines celebrated the steel cutting for their first LNG ship of the XL-class, which is heavily rumored to be named Carnival Reflection. They also released an updated render that shows them painting the ships hull partially blue. They’re…
Carnival Cruise Line just announced the inaugural schedule for Carnival Radiance. After her drydock in Cadiz, she’ll do an inaugural voyage on April 29, 2020 which will be a 10-night Mediterranean sailing RT from Barcelona, then a 9 and 12-night night voyage. Then…
And so it begins….. Carnival Corp. has just announced that their newly set up partner line, CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping, will be receiving the 85,619gt Costa Atlantica and her sister Costa Mediterranea. The ships, built in 2000 and 2003 respectively, will…
Carnival Corp. and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have formally signed a joint venture agreement that will set up a separate company called CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited. The new company, located in China, will build, own and operate its own fleet…
UPDATE: The Pacific Eden (ex-Statendam) will leave the fleet and head to Cruise & Maritime Voyages. She’ll be deployed to their German sub-brand, TransOcean Kreuzfahrten. The transfer will occur April 2019. Below originally published on: Oct 11, 2018 @ 17:45 Carnival Corp.…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.7 billion, or $2.41 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2017 of $1.3 billion, or $1.83 diluted EPS.…
The most hotly anticipated ship this year has just been christened in Germany. Taking place at the Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, 25,000 guests crowded the dock to witness the formal naming of the AIDAnova. This is the first ship…
UPDATE: Carnival has announced that the ship will now be called Mardi Gras. The Terminal also just received approval today. Here’s what it will look like. Originally Published on: Aug 21, 2018 @ 11:02 UPDATE: Carnival Cruise Lines and Port Canaveral have also…
Once Carnival Panorama launches in 2019, all eyes will be on Carnival’s LNG powered newbuild set to take the water in 2020. The first in Carnival’s XL-class she will be based on Carnival Corp.’s Excellence-class (hence where CCL’s name ‘XL’ comes…
Carnival just announced that the Triumph will enter a 60-day drydock and will emerge as the Carnival Sunrise. The $200 million drydock will take place in Cadiz, Spain next March. Structurally they will redo the forward-top superstructure adding more balconies.…
Holland America has just sold their 37,983gt ship the Prinsendam. The buyer is German line Phoenix Reisen. Phoenix has then time chartered the Prisendam back to Holland America so that HAL can continue to operate her cruises until he schedule…
Carnival Corp.’s ultra luxury brand Seabourn, have just announced that they will be building two new expedition vessels at Italy’s T. Mariotti yard. Each ship will be 23,000gt and carry 264 pax. They’re scheduled to be handed over in 2021 and…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $561 million, or $0.78 diluted EPS, for the second quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2017 of $379 million, or $0.52 diluted…
The Carnival Sensation was scrapped in 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I was able to be onboard the Sensation shortly before that to get one last look at her. Below is the original tour in it’s entirety.…
P&O just named their new 183,200gt newbuild Iona. Iona is apparently an island in Scotland and also the name of a girl. This will be the third in the highly anticipated Excellence-class. These are the dual fueled (traditional bunkers or…
Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Horizon, has now officially been named and christened. At a ceremony last night in New York, godmother Queen Latifah poured the bottle of champagne over the ships bell. Following the ceremony, Queen Latifah battled Philadelphia…
Seabourn Cruise Line is undoubtedly one of the top cruise lines in the world. They’re nestled in the category of ultra-luxury and definitely live up to it. Their latest flagship, the Seabourn Ovation has just been delivered so let’s take…
Carnival’s newest flagship has just set sail on her inaugural voyage from Barcelona. The 133,596gt ship is the second in the Vista-class family of vessels. These are an enlargement of the Dream-class of vessels. While most of the Horizon will…
Fincantieri has officially delivered Carnival Cruise Lines newest flagship the Carnival Horizon. The 133,500gt ship is their 26th in the fleet. The vessel is currently enroute to Barcelona, Spain where she will depart on her inaugural voyage on April 2. It will be a…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $391 million, or $0.54 diluted EPS, for the first quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2017 of $352 million, or $0.48 diluted EPS. First quarter 2018 adjusted net…
P&O Cruises smallest vessel, the Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess), has officially been transferred to Azamara Crusies. She will be transformed to the Azamara Pursuit in a drydock in the Bahamas. Whats neat about this is two things. One is…
Carnival Corp. has announced that they have agreed with Germany’s Meyer Werft for the construction of a third ship for Aida. She will be based on the Excellence-class of vessels. The first in that line, AIDAnova, will be launched later…
When Carnival Panorama, the third Vista-class ship, debuts in 2019, she will be homeported on the west coast. The 3,960pax Carnival Panorama will be deployed on 7-night Mexican Riviera cruises from the California port. This announcement took place at the newly renovated Long…
Carnival Corp. has just announced that they agreed with Meyer Werft to build an additional vessel for their P&O brand. They already have a newbuild planned for 2020 so this will be a sister to her and debut in 2022.…
Carnival Cruise Lines has just announced that the third Vista-class vessel will be named Carnival Panorama. She’ll launch in November 2019. So far carnival has announced the same interior venues as her sisters, Vista and Horizon. Once we get into…