Fincantieri cut the first steel today at their Monfalcone yard for MSC Seaside, which, at 154,000 gross tons, will be the largest vessel Fincantieri has ever produced.
MSC Seaside will be the first of two MSC has on order with an option for a third.
The complete story appeared in the June 22 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Other Things You'll Want to Know - June 22, 2015
CND subscribers also read about:
- Natalie Cole joining the line up of Cunard's Blue Note Jazz Cruise aboard Queen Mary 2. The even takes place during the October 29 crossing.
- MSC opened for sale the inaugural sailing of MSC Meraviglia.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Shark in the Water
SHARK! Shark Week is almost here! On the Discovery Channel and on two Princess ships!
In case you never turn on your television or watch any news, Shark Week is a wildly popular and highly anticipated week each year when the Discovery Channel airs a profusion of shows about sharks. And in case you haven’t been reading your CND or never watch Princess TV commercials, Princess has a partnership with Discovery for the Discovery at Sea program.
Thanks to the tie-in, Princess passengers get to celebrate SHARK WEEK!
The complete story appeared in the June 19 edition of Cruise News Daily.
In case you never turn on your television or watch any news, Shark Week is a wildly popular and highly anticipated week each year when the Discovery Channel airs a profusion of shows about sharks. And in case you haven’t been reading your CND or never watch Princess TV commercials, Princess has a partnership with Discovery for the Discovery at Sea program.
Thanks to the tie-in, Princess passengers get to celebrate SHARK WEEK!
The complete story appeared in the June 19 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Harmony of the Seas Floated Out
After having its final block put in place earlier this week, and starting the dry dock filling yesterday, Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas was towed out of its dry dock today at the STX France yard in Saint Nazaire. The ship was towed to a finishing dock at the yard where its interior will be completed over the next ten months in time for its April 2016 debut.
Photo courtesy of Royal Caribbean International. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission.
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| Harmony of the Seas being docked at the finishing dock at the STX France yard. |
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Behind the Scenes Building Carnival Vista
Carnival Vista is far from complete, as it should be. It doesn’t enter service until next May = almost a year from now. So this is a good time to watch the details of how it’s made.
Carnival has assigned journalist Peter Gonzalez to do monthly video updates on the progress, showing details of how each phase of the ship is built.
The first of the series was released today:
Carnival has assigned journalist Peter Gonzalez to do monthly video updates on the progress, showing details of how each phase of the ship is built.
The first of the series was released today:
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