Norwegian Epic Europe in 2011

NCL has annouced that the Norwegian Epic, which will be delivered in May 2010, will sail from May to October in Mediterranean.

The ship will leave from Barcelona (Spain) pour Florence/Pisa (Livorno/Italy), Rome (Civitavecchia/Italu), Naples (Italu) et Palma (Majorca/Spain), along with two full days at sea.

Livraison du Costa Deliziosa

On January 29th, the shipyards of Fincantieri at Marghera in Italy, has delivered at Venise the Costa Deliziosa.
The ship will be officialy christened on February 23rd at Dubai.
The Costa Deliziosa is the sister ship of the Costa Luminosa which was delivered last June.

Maiden voyages in 2010

Here are the list of the maiden voyages scheduled in 2010 :

Costa Deliziosa
Costa Cruises
February 5, 2010
MSC Magnifica
MSC
March 7, 2010
Azura
P&O Cruises
April 12, 2010
Celebrity Eclipse
Celebrity
April 29, 2010
Seabourn Sojourn
Seabourn
June 6, 2010
Norwegian Epic
Norwegian Cruise Lines
June 24, 2010
Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland America
July 4, 2010
Queen Elizabeth
Cunard
October 12, 2010
Allure of the Seas
Royal Caribbean
December 12, 2010

Silversea Launches New Silver Spirit Cruise Ship

The Silversea Silver Spirit, the last new ship of 2009, set sail on her first voyage yesterday in the Mediterranean. The luxury ship is cruising from Barcelona to Lisbon on this maiden voyage, and will be crossing the Atlantic to Fort Lauderdale in early January, where she will be officially named on January 21.

Celebrity Cruises Celebrates Winter Solstice Revealing Name of Fourth Ship in Solstice Class

Celebrity Cruises revealed on December 21st, the name of the fourth ship of the Solstice Class, it will be the Celebrity Silhouette.
Like its 3 sister-ships (Solstice, Equinox et Eclipse), the Celebrity Silhouette, will have a capacity of 2,850 guests, for a tonnage of 122,000 and a length of 315m.
The Celebrity Solstice set sail in December 2008, the Celebrity Equinox in July 2009. The Celebrity Eclipse will enter service in April 2010 and the Celebrity Silhouette in 2011.

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