Carnival Corp. announced 2 newbuild agreements they entered into. The first deal inked with Carnival Favorite Fincanteri, calls for one ship for Italian/European brand Costa Crociere. The unnamed vessel will come in at 132,500grt. making her the largest for Costa and 3rd largest in Carnival Corp (QM2 and Royal Princess are larger). Pax numbers are, [...]

German club line AIDA has christened their newest ship in Germany. Like any AIDA christening it was quite the spectacle with all the fireworks and laser light show. The Godmother was Bettina Zwickler who was the winner of an online reality contest. A rough translation courtesy of MaritimeMatters: “You beautiful ship-Wherever are your travels, you [...]

…for its German AIDA brand that its. Sorry if I got your hopes up. But in this economy and slump in travel, it shows a sign that progress IS being made. So the new order is for one 71,300grt ship at a cost of around $419,450,151.16 USD at €150,000 per lower berth. The 2,192 guest [...]