In the wake of the announcement that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and TUI AG will be forming a new German cruise venture, Carnival Corporation & plc has ordered two new ships for Germany’s largest cruise line, AIDA.
The two new ships, to be delivered from Meyer Werft in April 2011 and May 2012, will be the [...]
This past Sunday, 25 November 2007, Cunard took delivery of the new 90,049 GT, 2,000-berth Queen Victoria at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice. This is the culmination of a process that began with the start of work on 14 April 2005 and continued with the keel laying on 19 May 2006 and float out on [...]
Seabourn Cruise Line has ordered a third new ship from Italian yard T. Mariotti. The new vessel will be a sister to Seabourn Odyssey, entering service in June 2009, and an unnamed ship entering 2010; both were ordered last year. The newly-ordered ship will enter service in the summer of 2011. Each of the new [...]
Just when I thought the ubiquitous series of Carnival Destiny-based ships was nearing the end of the line, Costa Cruises has gone and ordered two more of them. Of the Concordia-class variety - that is, sisters to the existing Costa Concordia and Serena and 2009’s Costa Pacifica - the two new ships will debut in [...]
Carnival Corporation & plc and TUI AG have withdrawn their plans for a joint venture.
The joint venture was intended to encompass Carnival’s existing German-market brand, AIDA, and a new brand, TUI Cruises, which was to be launched in 2010 with a new ship. Intended to be 75 percent owned by Carnival and 25 percent by [...]
