Lowered of the last block of the Norwegian Epic

Sun, 06/28/2009 - 11:01 — webmaster
Beginning of June, at St-Nazaire (France) the last block of the Norwegian Epic was lowered.
It will be floated on 11 July and will be delivered at the end of May 2010.

Christening of the Costa Luminosa and Pacifica

Sat, 06/06/2009 - 11:10 — webmaster
On June 5th, 2009 the two new Costa ships was christened at Genoa (Italy) : the Costa Pacifica and the Costa Luminosa.
The simultanous christening of two ships is a World Guiness Record.
The Costa Pacifica is a ship a tonnage of 114,500 for a capacity of 3780 passengers. His Godmother is Noa (singer).
The Costa Luminosa is a ship a tonnage of 92,600 for a capacity of 2826 passengers. His Godmother is Valentina Vezzali (Olympic champion fencer).

Christening of the Mein Schiff

Sat, 05/16/2009 - 14:43 — webmaster
On May 15th, 2009 the Mein Schiff was christened at Hamburg. The Mein Schiff is the first ship of TUI Cruises.
The Mein Schiff was former the Galazy (Century Cruises), he was transformed by 38 days at the shipyards Lloyd Werft in order to be adapted to the German clients.

Pullmantur : Oceanic and Sovereign

Mon, 05/11/2009 - 13:44 — webmaster
Pullmantur has sold the SS Oceanic to a Panamanian company.

The itinary was reassigned to the Sovereign which was transfered from Royal Caribbean to Pullmantur.

Christening of two Costa's ships

Mon, 05/11/2009 - 13:34 — webmaster
On June 5th, in Genoa (Italy), will happen the christening of the two new Costa's ships : Costa Luminosa and Costa Pacifica.

Other News

05/11/2009 Norwegian Epic's Hull Artwork Revealed
NCL has unveiled artwork of the hull of his new ship Norwegian Epic which is under building in the shipyard of STX Europe in Saint-Nazaire/France. ...

04/14/2009 MSC sold MSC Rhapsody
MSC Cruises sold the MSC Rhapsody which was his oldest ship. MSC Rhapsody was former Cunard Princess, he has a capacity of 764 passengers for a gross ...

04/04/2009 NCL unveiled some facilities of the Norwegian Epic
NCL unveiled restaurant areas les espaces restauration, the Aquapark and sport areas of the Norwegian Epic. ...

03/21/2009 NCL unveiled deck plans of the Norwegian Epic
NCL has unveiled a huge part of the deck plans of the Norwegian Epic (click here). Details of the accommodations are also available and also some ne ...

03/21/2009 STX Europe présente son concept de paquebot ecolo.
STX Europe (former Chantiers de l'Atlantique) has unveiled at the show Seatrade Miami and St. Nazaire (France) the project to build a sailboat cruise ...

03/15/2009 Renovation du Carnival Sensation
Carnival Sensation was refurbished. The two main evolutions are : - add of 98 balconies - add of an aqua park "Carnival WaterWorks" ...

03/14/2009 Disney annonced names of its 2 new ships : Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy
On March 10th, 2009, Disney annonced names of the two new ships : Disney Dream which will entered in service 2011 and Disney Fantasy in 2012. ...

03/07/2009 MSC Fantasia broke its moorings in Palma
Passengers of the MSC Fantasia were very frightened on 5th March. While they were preparing to leave the ship for an excursion, a strong gust of w ...

03/07/2009 NCL unveiled images of the Norwegian Epic
NCL unveiled on 4 march the first images of the futur ship Norwegian Epic. ...

01/28/2009 NCL Names F3 : Norwegian Epic
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) (09/01/27) announced that it has selected the name for its new F3 ship: Norwegian Epic. The 4,200-passenger Norwegian ...