Lars Loen is to succeed Vice Admiral William R. Burke (Ret.), as chief maritime officer at Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) on February 1, 2025, when Burke transitions to a new role as the company’s external affairs. On stepping into the chief maritime officer role, Ljoen, currently chief operations officer at the company’s Carnival Cruise Line brand, will be oversee all aspects of maritime operations for the corporation and its portfolio of cruise lines. Reporting to...
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) reports that Bert Hernandez has been named president of its ultra luxury Silversea Cruises brand. He succeeds Barbara Muckermann, who is leaving Royal Caribbean Group after 14 years with Silversea to pursue other opportunities.
“I have had the pleasure of working with Barbara since 2018 when Silversea joined Royal Caribbean Group, first in her role as chief marketing and commercial officer and later as...
One key take-away from the just-released Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) 2024 State of the Cruise Industry report: 2023 passenger volume reached 31.7 million— surpassing 2019 by 7%.
Against that backdrop, all kinds of good news has been coming out of this year’s Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami this week . In pre-pandemic years, the Miami event could be relied on to produce announcements of major newbuildings. And this year, as we...
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) yesterday unveiled the biggest newbuild program in its history. It has placed an order with Fincantieri for four new next-generation cruise ships: two for its Regent Seven Seas Cruises and two for its Oceania Cruises brands respectively. Additionally, it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Fincantieri for four ships for its Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). Slated for delivery in 2030, 2032, 2034, and 2036, they will be the largest ever built for...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/nclh-plans-to-build-eight-new-ships-at-fincantieri/
VIENNA (Reuters) – Eleven people were injured when a Bulgarian cruise ship crashed into a concrete wall in a sluice on the River Danube in the northern Austrian town of Aschach an der Donau overnight,…
https://gcaptain.com/bulgarian-cruise-ship-crashes-into-wall-on-danube-in-austria-injuring-11/
The world’s largest cruise company Carnival Corporation has announced record revenue and all-time high bookings in the first quarter of 2024. Revenues for the three months ending in February hit…
Cruise giant Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) followed yesterday’s announcement of its second newbuild order this year by reporting record first quarter earnings and all time high bookings. Still, the Baltimore bridge disaster cast a shadow on the company’s guidance for full year 2024. As the response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse transitions to a recovery effort, we can expect many other companies to report similar impacts.
“Given the timing of yesterday’s event...
By Joel Leon (Bloomberg) — The impressive run from cruise-line operators over the past year has room to run, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Jittery investors that believe the bull run…
https://gcaptain.com/mega-cruise-ships-seen-fueling-comeback/
(Bloomberg) — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings rose in pre-market trading after issuing its initial financial guidance for 2024 ahead of Wall Street expectations due to strong demand for its cruises….
https://gcaptain.com/norwegian-cruise-line-signals-strong-demand-despite-red-sea-chaos/
Chilean tour operator Antarctica21 has ordered a second polar vessel for its fly-and-sail expeditions, which takes guests from Punta Arenas, Chile, directly to King George Island, in Antarctica, where they then board their expedition ship.
This avoids a two day cruise across the notoriously rough waters of the Drake Passage and the optionhas proven so successful that Antarctica21 has ordered a second, slightly larger ship , Magellan Discoverer, to join its current Magellan Explorer, delivered in...