Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 29, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:

• A big change in the penalty if Carnival finds you smoking anything in a non-smoking area
• The end of the Asian chapter in NCL's history

Details appeared in the November 29 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

MV Werften Solves Housing Shortage

The shipbuilding business is booming at MV Werften in Germany, the shipyards owned by Genting Hong Kong. The shipyards are busy building ships for brands owned by Genting. They are ramping up production so much they are increasing employment to about 1,500, plus a large number of outside contractors.

Housing in the Wismar area is limited, and to solve that problem, Genting is sending Star Cruise's (a Genting brand) Superstar Libra to the yard to be used as a residential ship beginning in August.

The complete story appeared in the July 24 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Private Islands Aren't Just for Caribbean Cruises Anymore

Private islands and self-contain resorts have become a staple of the American cruise industry. Genting Cruise Lines announced today they will develop a private island in Asia (their home base) for their brands in Myanmar. The Lonely Planet travel guide selected Myanmar (the former Burma) as one of the top ten countries to visit in 2017.

Plans call for the development of a facility on MacLeod Island for the use of passengers of Genting's three brands: Crystal Cruises, Dream Cruises and Star Cruises. The Genting operation will be a self-contained resort (rather than a truly private island) much as is Royal Caribbean's Labadee or Carnival's Grand Turk Cruise Center.

MacLeod Island is located in the Myeik Archipelago in southern Myanmar, and features untouched tropical forests, unspoiled white sandy beaches and crystal blue waters.

The complete story appeared in the November 3 edition of Cruise News Daily.

The unspoiled beaches and forests that will be part of the Genting facility on MacLeod Island

Photos courtesy of Genting Cruise Lines. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - December 29, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• the first major international line to homeport at Manila. 
• a medevac from Harmony of the Seas

Details appeared in the December 29 edition of Cruise News Daily

Medevac from Harmony of the Seas

Photo courtesy of US Coast Guard. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 21, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Norwegian Cruise Line chose Chinese pop star Wang Leehom as godfather of Norwegian Joy which will be based in China.
• MV Werften chose MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply the engines for Star Cruises' two World-class ships. 

Details appeared in the November 21 edition of Cruise News Daily.

NCLH China President, David J. Herrera and Norwegian Joy Godfather, Wang Leehom

Photo courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

And That Ain’t All

Yesterday we reported that Crystal contracted for a total of eight new ships (including six river vessels) with the Lloyd Werft Group of yards. Parent company (of both Crystal and Lloyd Werft) Genting Hong Kong also had another order up their sleeve.

At the same time, they ordered two additional ships from Lloyd for their Star Cruise brand. With them, it seems Star is being positioned to make an impact both in the Chinese market and the global cruise industry.

The two ships ordered from Lloyd Werft are the first of a class which Star is calling “Global Class” and are sized at a whopping 201,000 gross tons with 5,000 lower berths.

The complete story appeared in the May 11 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Star Cruises Global Class

Rendering courtesy of Genting Hong Kong. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - April 26, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• The Cake Boss exiting Norwegian Cruise Lines, but they won't be cakeless.
• Genting Hong Kong completing acquisition of three more German shipyards with impressive assents to help the company build ships for their three brands: Crystal Cruises, Dream Cruises and Star Cruises. 

The complete stories appeared in the April 26 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Crystal Cruises Sold to Genting Hong Kong

Crystal Cruises' parent, NYK, said this morning they will sell the cruise line to Genting Hong Kong, the owner of Star Cruises and a major shareholder of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings.

Genting said they plan to expand the luxury line by ordering a new ship, but did not set a time frame for the newbuild, but said the plan to purchase the line would close in the second quarter of this year.

The complete story appeared in the March 3 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Meyer Cuts Steel for Star Cruises' Newbuild

Meyer Werft began cutting steel on Monday for the first of two 151,000-ton vessels vessels ordered by Star Cruises. The first, designated by the yard as S.711, will be named Genting World, and is scheduled for delivery in the fall of 2016.

The complete story appeared in the February 11 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Genting Hong Kong chairman and CEO Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay signs the first steel cut for
Star Cruises' Genting World

The computer-controlled plasma torch makes the first cut in the steel that will form Genting World

Photos courtesy of Meyer Werft. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission.

Cruise News Daily Headlines for February 10, 2014

* Star Places Order with Meyer Werft
Meyer Werft received another order today that brings the German yard’s order book to seven ships, which will keep the yard busy through 2017.
   Star Cruises placed an order for a second 150,000-ton vessel that clones the first of the class ordered last October. 

* Costa Sets Diadema’s Inaugural Programs
Costa’s new flagship, the 132,500-gross ton Costa Diadema will be delivered this fall on October 30, and Costa has set its inaugural programs and opened them for sale.

* Quantum Shaping Up
Royal Caribbean has sent us a new construction photo of Quantum of the Seas in the building dock at Meyer Werft. This one centers on the SeaPlex which is starting to take shape.

 

The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.

 

Photo courtesy of Meyer Werft and Royal Caribbean. May not be copied or used without permission. 

Cruise News Daily Headlines for October 8, 2013

* The Votes Are In
Norwegian Cruise Line has chosen the names for their two Breakaway Plus ships based on a Facebook contest that the line ran from September 10 to September 24.

The two names chosen are Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Bliss.


* Passenger Missing from Sun Princess
A 73-year-old Australian man is missing from Sun Princess off the western coast of Australia. He was reported missing this morning by his wife as the ship was sailing about 40 miles off the coast of Londonderry.


* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
CND subscribers also read about a few more details of a new order from Meyer Werft ... more evidence of why Grand Cayman needs a pier ... and the casinos are still closed.


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Cruise News Daily Headlines for October 7, 2013

* Meyer Werft Secures Order from Genting
Genting Hong Kong, the parent of Star Cruises and the majority stockholder in Norwegian Cruise Line, said today they ordered a ship from Meyer Werft via their wholly-owned subsidiary, Chinese Dream.


* Right on Target
Coast Guard medevacs from cruise ships have become somewhat routine. Watching the video of the operations, you can see the tremendous skill of the Coast Guard pilots as they hover over the decks of ships and hoist a patient to the helicopter.

Sunday, however, Holland America’s Ooosterdam had an emergency when it was just too far out of range of the helicopters, but the US Coast Guard came through again with another precision operation. More


* New Orleans Resumes Normal Operations
Traffic on the Mississippi River returned to normal Sunday with all restrictions lifted after Tropical Storm Karen took a turn to the east and dissipated.


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