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  • MSC Seashore touches water for the 1st time

    20 August 2020
    Vessels

    The Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy has floated out MSC Seashore, MSC Cruises’ longest ship featuring 339 metres. The shipbuilder said that the vessel has now been moved to a wet dock until her delivery in July 2021 to allow for work on her interior. MSC Seashore is the third of a total of four […]

  • Princess Cruises’ Newest Vessel Aces Sea Trials

    11 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    After six days of trials, Sky Princess returned to Fincantieri’s shipyard for exterior and interior works.

  • European Yards Rack Up Cruise Ship Orders

    18 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    In a historically weak contracting environment the cruise sector has seen a strong level of newbuild ordering and investment in the year to date, according to Clarksons’ Shipping Intelligence Network. Cruise lines have continued to expand their fleets, with new markets such as China in their sights. While a number of yards have benefitted from […]

  • UK: QinetiQ Re-Commissions Hyperbaric Trials Unit

    13 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    QinetiQ, who lead the world in the provision of Submarine Escape, Rescue, Abandonment & Survival (SMERAS) Support Services and Diving & Life Support Services, has re-commissioned its Hyperbaric Trials Unit (HTU) following an extensive refit. The HTU joins an array of specialist equipment that forms the recently opened Diving and Hyperbaric Test Centre based in […]

  • Cruise Passenger Evacuated off Guam

    5 March 2019

    The medical evacuation was carried out by the U.S. Navy’s Guam-based helicopter crews.

  • Carnival Cruise Announces Name for Its New Vessel

    22 July 2013

    Carnival Vista is the name selected by Carnival Cruise Lines for its new 135,000-ton ship scheduled to enter service in 2016. The announcement was made today by Carnival President and CEO Gerry Cahill during a media briefing aboard Carnival Sunshine which is in the midst of its inaugural European season. To be built by Italian […]

  • Infographic: Regal Princess Facts

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Regal Princess, a Royal-class cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, will be christened by the cast of The Love Boat on November 5th, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. She was ordered on 17th February 2010, her construction began in August 2012 and she was delivered to Princess Cruises on May 11th, 2014 in a […]

  • Bay Shipbuilding to Build PSV for Tidewater

    22 March 2011

    Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) announced that its Bay Shipbuilding Company will build two 303-ft Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) of the MMC 887 LH PSV Design from MMC Ship Design of Poland for New Orleans, La.-based Tidewater Marine, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tidewater Inc. The Deepwater Platform Supply Vessels, to be built at FMG’s shipyard […]

  • MSC Adds Another Megaship

    9 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    MSC Cruises have moved to increase their order of megaships from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to two ships, with an option for third. At a cost of $3bn, this investment signifies a confidence that the cruise holiday industry will only continue to strengthen. The Italian-Swiss shipping company currently operates 12 cruise liners, running numerous different sea […]

  • Keel Laying of the Viking Star (Video)

    12 February 2014

    The Viking Star “laying of the keel” ceremony, a formal recognition of a milestone in a ship’s construction, recently took place at Fincantieri Marghera yard, Italy. Viking Star will have a gross tonnage of about 47,800 tons and 464 cabins with accommodation for 944 passengers. The ship has been designed by SMC Design of London, […]

  • Vard delivers world’s first hybrid expedition cruise ship

    3 August 2021
    Vessels

    Fincantieri’s subsidiary Vard has announced the delivery of the LNG-fuelled polar exploration vessel Le Commandant Charcot to French cruise company Ponant.

  • New Carnival Freedom to Launch Seven-Day Cruises from Miami in November 2007

    21 September 2006

    Carnival Cruise Lines announced that the 110,000-ton Carnival Freedom will operate year-round seven-day Caribbean cruises from the Port of Miami beginning November 17, 2007, becoming the newest Carnival ‘Fun Ship’ to operate from that port. Currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Maghera, Italy, the 2,974-passenger Carnival Freedom will sail the Mediterranean from May […]

  • Top News of The Week April 29 – May 4, 2013

    5 May 2013

    *Woodside to Develop Browse Reserves Using Shell’s FLNG Technology
    *Petrofac Strikes Oil at Cendor, Malaysia
    *First Steel Cut for Cygnus Jackets. Project Creates 100 Jobs (UK)

  • Gallery: Regal Princess Arrives in Rotterdam

    29 April 2015

    The following gallery shows Regal Princess, a Royal-class cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, during her yesterday’s arrival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She is currently on a cruise which started on April 15th in Fort Lauderdale and ends on May 2nd in Copenhagen.   Regal Princess was delivered to Princess Cruises on May 11, 2014 […]

  • Statoil to use Scarabeo 5 rig on Snøhvit field

    24 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 drilling rig for drilling and completing well 7121/4-G-4 H located in the Snøhvit field, in the Barents Sea. Scarabeo 5 is a type ME 4500 semi-submersible drilling rig built by Fincantieri Shipyards in Genoa, Italy in 1990. It is operated by Saipem […]

  • Carnival Panorama Passes Sea Trials with Flying Colors

    19 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship is scheduled to debut from Long Beach in December 2019.

  • MSC orders two next-gen hydrogen-powered cruise ships in Italy

    6 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Explora Journeys, part of MSC, and Fincantieri have signed (MOA for the construction of an additional two hydrogen-powered cruise ships.

  • Norway: Eni Gets Green Light for Use of Scarabeo 5 in Norwegian Sea

    20 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      Eni Norway AS has been granted consent for use of the mobile facility Scarabeo 5 on Marulk in the Norwegian Sea. The consent applies to drilling of pilot well 6507/2-N-2 H, production well 6507/2-N-2 AH, and production well 6507/2N-4 H in the Nordland II area. The wells belong to production licence 122. The water […]

  • Statoil gets nod to use Scarabeo 5 for Norwegian Sea well plugging

    27 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted Statoil consent to use Scarabeo 5 for plugging well 6406/2-7-1 in the Norwegian Sea.

  • European Shipyards Overtake Asian Counterparts in Q1

    23 May 2016

    Shipyards in Europe received in the first quarter of 2016 more orders than their competitors in Asia, German Shipbuilders and Ocean Industries Association Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik (VSM) reports.   Namely, out of USD 6.5 billion worth orders on a global scale placed in the first quarter of this year, European shipyards won orders worth USD 3.7 […]

  • MSC Armonia’s Comeback Set for November

    26 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    MSC Armonia, the first of four MSC’s cruise ships to be enlarged and enhanced under the €200m Renaissance Programme, will be relaunched on 19 November for an inaugural cruise. MSC Armonia’s comeback cruise will depart from Genoa, Italy, on 19 November 2014 with her sights set on Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Over 10 […]

  • Italy: Cruise Ship Costa Favolosa Successfully Complets Sea Trials

    24 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    Costa Favolosa, the new flagship of Costa Cruises has successfully completed her official sea trials. The ship, the 15th in Costa’s fleet, after it was dry-docked in the Port of Trieste til mid-May, completed her first crossing during which tests were conducted to verify the correct operation of the various systems, equipment and engines. During […]

  • Image of the Day: Britannia Cruise Ship Enters the Water

    30 September 2014

    Britannia Cruise ship is currently being built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, and the photo shows her moving out onto the water for the first time with her new livery. Britannia will have a total of 1,837 cabins on board with 27 of those being single cabins, in addition to conventional inside and balcony […]

  • Tsuneishi Eyes Construction of Cruise Ships by 2020

    9 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Tsuneishi Shipbuilding is said to be planning to venture into the construction of cruise ships at its Chinese yard based in Zhejiang Province, Nikkei reports. The construction of its first cruise ship is reportedly planned for early 2020. As informed, the cruise ship would be above 200 meters in length and have the capacity for up to […]

  • Italy: Cruise Ship Costa Favolosa Successfully Complets Sea Trials

    24 May 2011

      Costa Favolosa, the new flagship of Costa Cruises has successfully completed her official sea trials. The ship, the 15th in Costa’s fleet, after it was dry-docked in the Port of Trieste til mid-May, completed her first crossing during which tests were conducted to verify the correct operation of the various systems, equipment and engines. […]