Fincantieri lifted the iconic Cunard funnel onto Queen Anne on Friday, April 14 (2023) at their Marghera yard near Venice. The 113,000-ton ship is scheduled to enter service in May 2024.
Photo courtesy of Cunard Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.
Fincantieri floated out Regent's Seven Seas Grandeur at their Ancony yard yesterday. It is the third in the class. The 55,000-ton ship will be delivered in November.
Fincantieri floated up Norwegian Viva in the dry dock at their Marghera yard today. The ship will now be towed to a finishing dock for completion and expected delivery in June 2023.
Fincantieri laid the keel today for Regent's Seven Seas Grandeur at their Ancona yard. The 55,500-ton vessel is expected to be delivered in 2023.
In the photo below, the first block of the luxury vessel is being lowered into the dry dock.
The complete story appeared in the July 12 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard floated out the first ship of MSC Cruises' new luxury brand, Explora Journeys, on Monday (May 30, 2022). It is also the first ship of a four-ship order, called Explora I.
The complete story appeared in the June 1 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Photo courtesy of Fincantieri. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.
Ready for the final phase of construction, Fincantieri transported the completed hull of Seabourn Pursuit from San Giorgio di Nogaro in northeastern Italy 1,200 nautical miles all the way around Italy to Genoa in northwest Italy on the Mediterranean coast.
Photo courtesy of Fincantieri. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.
Seabourn's first Polar-class expedition ship, Seabourn Venture, passed a major milestone in its construction this week when it was floated out at Fincantieri's T Mariotti shipyard in Genoa. This step really signifies the ship is on the way to completion because it's floating and moving.
The complete story appeared in the August 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Fincantieri has floated out Norwegian Prima at their Marghera shipyard near Venice.
The 149,500-ton ship is the first of a six-ship order for a new class based on a prototype project developed by Fincantieri.
Delivery is set for next year.
Photos courtesy of Fincantieri. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.
Fincantieri floated out Viking's second expedition ship, Viking Polaris, at their VARD shipyard in Soviknes, Norway, yesterday, marking the first time the ship has touched water.
Because the ship was designed for polar operation, it has some unique design features which can be seen in the photo below.
The complete story appeared in the July 28 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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Holland America's new Rotterdam is set for delivery on July 30 (2021). This B-roll was shot during the second set of sea trials in the Adriatic which were completed on May 6. At the completion of the sea trials, Rotterdam returned to Fincantieri's Marghera yard near Venice for interior outfitting. There is no sound in the B-roll and it is just raw drone footage, but it gives you a good look at the ship from all angles. If you get bored, just skip ahead - don't leave it - because some of the more interesting angles come later in the video.
Fincantieri floated out Discovery Princess today at their Monfalcone yard. Like every event at an Italian yard, this called for the breaking of a bottle of champagne before the water started to flood the dry dock.
The complete story appeared in the March 18 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Fincantieri laid the keel for Viking Mars at their Ancona yard on February 4. It will be the eighth ship in the Viking Ocean Cruises' fleet, and the eighth sister that the Italian builder has built for the line.
The complete story appeared in the February 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The ships keep coming. Silversea's Silver Dawn reached a construction milestone when it floated for the first time today at Fincantieri's Ancona yard.
The complete story appeared in the January 14 issue of Cruise News Daily.
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Fincantieri delivered the 135,500-ton Costa Firenze to Carnival's Costa Crociere brand today at Trieste. As the name would imply, the ship has a Florentine Renaissance theme throughout.
The video below is a first look at the ship's stunning interior.
Photo courtesy of Costa Crociere. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.
Holland America's new Rotterdam has marked a couple of important events in its construction at Fincantieri's Marghera yard. The first was the flooding of the dry dock last week which was held in conjunction with the coin ceremony where two ceremonial coins were welded to the ship's hull on an outside deck. This week, the ship was towed to the finishing dock where interior construction will continue, and where Rotterdam VII will remain until it goes on sea trials early next year.
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| Valiant Lady is towed out of the dry dock for the first time. |
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| The first section of the Virgin's as-yet-unnamed third ship is towed toward the dry dock at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yard. |
