Cruise Ship News
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ptw Shipyard Pioneers of Superyacht Refit & Repair specialists
ptw Shipyard, a modern, full-service shipyard in the ancient port of Tarragona – only an hour from Barcelona. I am Xavier Mercado, the shipyard’s CEO, and founder. Over the last three years, we’ve invested heavily in our staff and facilities here at ptw, to create a centre of excellence for…
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Cruising : First cruise ship calls at Greenock since pandemic struck
The giant Anthem Of The Seas is the first of 50 arrivals this year at Greenock Ocean Terminal The first cruise ship to call at Greenock since the Covid crisis effectively closed down the cruise industry was warmly welcomed Thursday morning (Jul 22). The giant 169,000-tonne Anthem of the Seas…
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Breaking News : Hurtigruten’s New Cruise Ship Named ‘Next to the North Pole’
Hurtigruten Expeditions’ battery-hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen (CruiseMapper) has made history with the northernmost naming ceremony for a passenger ship – at the location where expedition cruising began in 1896. In spectacular surroundings at latitude 78˚ North in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the local community joined the celebrations of one of the…
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News : Viking Glory to have Baltic Sea’s first rotating private dining room
The shipping company Viking Line is now building one of the world’s most climate-smart vessels, Viking Glory (CruiseMapper). The vessel, to provide daily service on the Turku-Mariehamn-Stockholm route starting in early 2022, will offer out-of-the-ordinary cruise experiences. It can now be revealed that Viking Glory will be the first on…
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Yachting : Commercial success at Heesen- second yacht sold in two weeks!
Project Aura, YN 19650, meets her new owner Heesen is delighted to announce the sale of YN 19650, Project Aura, a 50-metre steel displacement motor yacht built under the 500 GT threshold. Stuart Larsen and Trevor Carroll of Fraser Yachts introduced the shipyard to the client, an experienced American yachtsman…
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Cruising : Carnival Cruise Line to provide Carnival Glory to support New Orleans recovery efforts from Hurricane Ida
Travel + Leisure Readers Rank Seabourn #1 In Annual World’s Best Awards Carnival Cruise Line announced today that it has an agreement with the city of New Orleans and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide Carnival Glory for first responders housing through Sept. 18. Related to this announcement,…
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Yachting : Cannes Yachting Festival concludes today ( Photos )
The Cannes Yachting Festival ends today, showing the leading water boats in Europe, which was held on the glittering Bay of Cannes ( 7-20 September ) The Cannes Yachting Festival (formerly known as the Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes), Europe’s leading in-water boat show is taking place on the…
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Yachting : Second Columbus Atlantique 43 sold to Asian client
Columbus Yachts, a branch of Palumbo Superyachts has announced the sale of the second 43-metre Atlantique yacht, which will be delivered in 2023. The news comes only three months after the first unit of the model was sold, and only five months after the Atlantique Line was unveiled to the…
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Cruising : Fincantieri – Construction of New “Sphere” Class Ship for Princess Cruises Begins
The steel of the first of two LNG (liquefied natural gas) cruise ships for Princess Cruises, a brand within Carnival Corporation, took place in San Giorgio di Nogaro (Udine) at Centro Servizi Navali, a company specialized in logistics and production of sheet metal for the Fincantieri yards located in northeastern…
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