954 results found for 'fincantieri'

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  • Two newbuilds to join Royal Caribbean’s fleet in 2021 as cruise liner reports massive $5.8 bn loss

    22 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

     Odyssey of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s second Quantum Ultra Class cruise ship, is set to join the company’s fleet by the end of the first quarter of this year. Meyer Werft floated out Odyssey of the Seas in December 2020. The ship then moored at the outfitting pier in the shipyard harbour to receive its […]

  • USA: Princess Cruises Announce Top Deck Features Aboard Royal Princess

    1 October 2012

    Princess Cruises, few days ago, unveiled additional details about the outdoor entertainment features that will be found on the top deck of the new Royal Princess, including the dramatic SeaWalk, the pool areas, an evening light show and a 30 percent larger Movies Under the Stars poolside theater. The 3,600-passenger Royal Princess is a new-generation […]

  • 185 global ports can bunker LNG

    19 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Ports around the world are ramping up their efforts to develop LNG bunkering infrastructure as demand for LNG-fuelled ships hits new highs. Over the past year, 44 global ports have joined the club of global ports able to provide LNG bunkering. Namely, according to the data from Clarksons, in January 2022, LNG bunkering was available […]

  • National Association of Italian Shipbuilders Met in Rome Last Week

    25 July 2012

    Assonave – the National Association of Italian Shipbuilders, Shiprepairers and Ship suppliers- met under the chairmanship of Corrado Antonini in Rome last week. The report presented to the meeting showed that the situation is still critical: at 32 million compensated gross tonnes (cgt), world orders dropped by 18% over 2010 and in the first quarter […]

  • Germany: Hamburg Hosts Meeting of Maritime Tourism Industry

    27 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      When the Seatrade Europe Cruise and River Cruise Convention, the leading congress and trade fair for the European cruise industry, opens its doors tomorrow morning, it will be the sixth time that Hamburg has become the meeting point of the maritime tourism industry. More than 250 exhibitors from 50 countries, including ports and tourism […]

  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Takes Delivery of 2nd Hanseatic Unit

    2 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    With seven passenger decks and 120 cabins, Hanseatic inspiration can accommodate 230 passengers.

  • OSV Tech Forum: Safety a Major Concern of GCC’s Offshore Industry

    21 June 2013

     Major stakeholders of the offshore oil and gas E&P industry in the region gathered at the Offshore Support Vessel Technology 2013 Forum in Abu Dhabi last week. Held from 10-11 June at Le Royal Meridien, the first in its series this exclusive forum focused on the most pressing concern for offshore operating companies, vessel owners […]

  • RRS Sir David Attenborough Gets Its Engines

    29 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Another milestone has been reached on the journey towards the completion of Britain’s new polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough, designed by Rolls-Royce and being built by Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird. The last of the vessel’s Bergen B33:45 engines /gensets have been craned into the ship’s hull at Cammell Laird ready to be […]

  • IMDEX Asia Hosts Industrial Leaders at First Ever Asian INEC

    21 December 2012
    Business & Finance

      The International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEX Asia), Asia Pacific’s largest dedicated international maritime defence show, will play host to the first ever Asian edition of the International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition (INEC) in 2013. The event is organised by Experia Events in association with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and […]

  • NOAA Adds New Survey Ship to Its Fleet

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    NOAA has commissioned a state-of-the-art fisheries survey vessel, NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, during a ceremony at the Navy Pier in downtown San Diego. The ship will conduct fish, marine mammal and turtle surveys off the U.S. West Coast and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Reuben Lasker is the fifth […]

  • Keel Laid for Holland America’s Largest Ship

    27 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Seattle-based cruise company Holland America Line celebrated the keel laying of its new 2,650-guest Pinnacle Class ship on Aug. 22 at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy. A 680-ton block was lowered by crane into the yard’s building dock, marking the official beginning of construction. The 99,500-gross-ton ship is scheduled for delivery in February 2016. The […]

  • German shipbuilders and equipment suppliers brace for ordering slump

    20 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Due to the economic impact from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association (VSM) expects the demand for the construction of new ships to be low for a longer period of time. The shipbuilding sector has been experiencing weak demand since 2016, with an over 40 percent drop in newbuilding orders during the […]

  • Challenges and Solutions in 2017 Cruise Market

    14 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    China’s rapid economic evolution has attracted more people to leisure travel opportunities and the number of Chinese passengers is expected to reach 4.5 million by 2020, representing more than 20 percent of today’s global cruise passengers, according to GE’s Marine Solutions. Some 130 million Chinese citizens travel internationally, making China the world’s largest outbound travel market […]

  • Viking Cruises Voices Aggressive Fleet Expansion Plans

    20 May 2013

    The new fleet addition of Viking Cruises, Viking Star, will herald the launch of the travel industry’s first new cruise line in nearly a decade, the Viking Ocean Cruises ocean product line. Viking Star will begin sailing in May 2015 kick starting the Viking Ocean Cruises by embarking on maiden voyages in Scandinavia and the […]

  • Italy: Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Kicks Off Construction of New Vessel

    19 April 2012

    The recent steel cut ceremony held at Riva Trigoso Shipyard of FINCANTIERI was not normal routine, but a very special event, under many points of view. First of all, it is the start-up of the first ‘foreign’ contract for Orizzonte Sistemi Navali. As a matter of fact, Orizzonte was born in Europe, not just in […]

  • Keel laid for MSC Cruises’ eco-friendly EVO class ship

    25 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Swiss-based cruise line MSC Cruises held a traditional coin ceremony for its second seaside EVO class ship at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy.

  • In focus: Why clean hydrogen is becoming undeniable

    3 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance has identified a pipeline of over 750 projects that European industry is undertaking to roll out the hydrogen economy on a large scale in Europe.

  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Orders Two Expedition Cruise Ships

    26 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    German cruise company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, owned by TUI AG, has been confirmed as the owner of the two expedition cruise vessels ordered at Fincantieri’s subsidiary Vard Holdings Limited (Vard). The parties signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with respect to the design and shipbuilding contracts in May 2016. Vard said that the effectiveness of the contracts is […]

  • European Shipbuilding Companies to Showcase Their Capabilities at SMM 2012

    13 April 2012

    Preparations are in full swing for SMM 2012, the world’s leading maritime industry trade fair, at the Hamburg Fair site from 4 to 7 September. Meanwhile, the European shipbuilding industry is coming under pressure – in 2011 the number of deliveries related to tonnage exceeded the number of new orders for the fourth year in […]

  • Vard to Build First Hybrid Cruise Icebreaker for Ponant

    19 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Vard is to design and construct the first electric hybrid cruise icebreaker with LNG propulsion for Ponant.

  • VIDEO: ms Koningsdam Floated Out

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Holland America Line’s new cruise ship ms Koningsdam has been floated out and transferred  from its dry dock to its outfitting dock at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy. At the outfitting dock, final construction and interior furnishing will take place until the ship is delivered March 31, 2016.   “A ship’s construction has many key milestones, and […]

  • Holland America Reveals Name of Its Largest Ship

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Holland America Line revealed the name of its new 99,500-ton cruise ship slated for delivery in February 2016 will be ms Koningsdam. “In choosing the name Koningsdam, we are honoring our rich Dutch heritage while reflecting that we’re entering a new era as a company,” said Stein Kruse, chief executive officer of the Holland America Group. “This […]

  • Germany: Head of Meyer Werft Hopes to Meet New Suppliers at Seatrade Europe

    6 July 2011

      Interview with Mr. Ralf Sempf, Head of Materials Management / Purchasing and Member of the Board of Management of Meyer Werft, Papenburg Meyer Werft has earned an outstanding reputation in cruise shipbuilding. Since entering this market in the 1980s, the yard has built 30 luxury ships for customers from all over the world. The […]

  • Digitalization: the good, the bad and the ugly

    7 October 2020
    Automation, IT & Software, Technology, Transition

    When I was just starting my career in the maritime news reporting business, I remember being approached by a reputable editor of a printed magazine in his late 60s at a major trade fair in Hamburg, who asked which publication I worked for. When I answered it was a digital publication, he dismissed the idea […]

  • France: MSC Preziosa Completes Sea Trials

    14 March 2013

    GE’s Power Conversion business announced on March 13 that the latest addition to the MSC Cruises’ fleet, MSC Preziosa, has successfully completed sea trials that will move it closer to commissioning. The vessel is one of the newest cruise ships that is part of a growing global electrification trend that replaces mechanical equipment with electrical […]