Port of Miami Looking Forward to Winter

The Port of Miami is looking forward to a winter with growth and four new arrivals at the port.

They will include Norwegian Epic, Celebrity Eclipse, inaugural activities for Oceania's Marina, and the return of Costa after several years' absence.


The complete article appeared in the October 5, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.

Celebrity Eclipse Christened in Southampton

Godmother Emma Pontin christened Celebrity Eclipse in Southampton on Saturday.

Photos are located in a newsfile on the CND website.

Eclipse Comes Home with Stranded Brits

Happy British passengers arrived in Southampton today (upper photo) aboard the new Celebrity Eclipse which delayed its inaugural festivities to transport British and Irish citizens who were stranded abroad when British airports were closed. Celebrity's brand new vessel made a quick trip to Bilbao (Spain) to pick up more than 2,200 (shown in lower photo) passengers on Thursday. Most were on packaged holidays in Spain and were experiencing the cruise experience for the first time courtesy of Celebrity Cruises.

First Steel Cut for Celebrity Eclipse

The first steel was cut today at Meyer Werft in Papenburg for Celebrity Eclipse.

Celebrity Eclipse will be the third in the 122,000-ton Solstice class and is scheduled for delivery in June 2010. The first, Celebrity Solstice, will be floated out in August, and delivered in October.

The complete article appeared in the July 11, 2008, edition of Cruise News Daily.