Cruise Events
Enchanted Princess delivered to Princess Cruises
Enchanted Princess was delivered today by Fincantieri to it’s ship owners, Princess Cruises. It is the fifth ship in the Royal class for the company, due to set sail in the Mediterranean next season. The new flagship of Princess Cruises, the Enchanted Princess, is the fifth ship in the Royal class to join the fleet. […] Read more
Mardi Gras: sea trials begin in Finland
Today the Mardi Gras, the future flagship of Carnival Cruise Line, left for sea trials from the Meyer Werft shipyards in Turku, Finland. The technical sea trials will last 10 days, after which the ship will return to the shipyards for the final preparations before its definitive departure for the United States where it will […] Read more
Swan Hellenic: construction begins on the SH Minerva
Today the keel laying ceremony took place in Helsinki for the first of the two new Swan Hellenic cruise ships, the SH Minerva. The first 347-ton block of the ship, which had just arrived from Klaipeda where it was set up and painted, was placed on the keel over special coins for good luck. Relaunched […] Read more
Ponant is number one for respecting the environment
Ponant has created a new approach to cruising, proposing a travel experience on the sea which also supports the development of responsible tourism. Now their yachts have helped them gain notoriety as one of the companies with the highest respect for the environment. This important achievement has just been recognized by the Nature and Biodiversity […] Read more
Viking Cruises launches 2 new expediton ships
Thorsten Hagen is About to Change the Future of Cruise Ships…Again. Thorsten Hagen, Founder and Chairman of Viking Cruises, is a man on a mission. Not content to have built the world’s largest fleet of River Cruise Ships, numbering 73, and the world’s number-one rated fleet of Ocean-going Cruise ships, now numbering 6, Hagen is […] Read more
Costa Deliziosa sets sail from Trieste: Costa restarts
Costa Deliziosa departed today from Trieste for its first Adriatic itinerary, signaling the resumption of activities for Costa Cruises and for the Carnival Corporation. Costa Deliziosa will call in Bari, Brindisi, Corigliano-Rossano, Syracuse and Catania, hosting only Italian passengers. All the health and safety protocols put in place in the last weeks will be applied […] Read more
Silver Moon completes its sea trials
Silver Moon, the new Silversea Cruises’ ship set to be delivered by the end of 2020, successfully passed its sea trials done during the month of August. The future flagship sailed from Ancona to Trieste, and is currently returning to Ancona. The delivery is set for October 30. The ship underwent sea trials, for stability […] Read more
Lindblad Expeditions: $ 85 million in capital raised
Lindblad Expeditions raised 85 million dollars from prominent investors to better their financial flexibility and support their growth in the long term. In this way, their cash reserves are increased, which could be useful in the case of a prolonged stop to operations because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the investors there are famous names […] Read more
Restarting cruising in Italy: uncertainties and successes
Cruising has restarted: success for Msc Grandiosa but a step back for cruising in the Eastern Mediterranean for the Msc Magnifica. Costa Cruises decides as well to do mandatory testing during boarding. These have been frantic weeks full of difficult decisions for the two largest cruise ship companies for the Italian market: Msc Cruises and […] Read more
Msc Cruises: the Msc Seashore’s technical launch
Msc Seashore: this morning the Float Out ceremony was held in the Fincantieri shipyards in Monfalcone, during which the future flagship of Msc Cruises went into the water for the first time. The ceremony for the technical launch by Fincantieri and Msc Cruises was very exciting to witness after so many months without any type […] Read more
