Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Lays Keel for Fifth Icon-Class Ship in Finland
Project managers placed freshly minted coins beneath the first steel block, a maritime tradition, before construction continues in the dock for two years.
Icon of the Seas
Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Targets Turkiye Growth With Icon-Class Ships
Sunorama Cruises has overseen Royal Caribbean's Turkiye sales and travel agency relationships since starting operations in Istanbul in 2006.
Royal Caribbean
Hero of the Seas Floats Out at Meyer Turku in Finland
At launch, the approximately 250,800-gross-ton ship was more than 60 percent complete after crews filled the dock with more than 90 million gallons of water overnight.
Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Names Dolly Chief Dog Officer for Hero of the Seas
The program was developed with support from the American Humane Society, including training, care requirements and limits on working hours.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Dawn Fails CDC Sanitation Check Before Jacksonville Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line filed a corrective-action report five days after the inspection; Carnival Elation scored ninety-eight and Norwegian Gem ninety-four.
Royal Caribbean
Symphony of the Seas Adds Bahamas Calls From Galveston
Icon of the Seas is scheduled to begin year-round Galveston cruises in mid-August 2027, shortly after Symphony repositions to Fort Lauderdale.
Royal Caribbean
Meyer Turku Completes Hero of the Seas Hull Assembly
The fifty-meter-wide AquaDome was lifted in June after about twenty-four hours of work; Meyer Turku said no larger single glass-and-steel component had been lifted onto a ship.
Royal Caribbean
Meyer Turku Lifts AquaDome Onto Hero of the Seas
The shipyard said the twenty-five-meter-high, fifty-meter-wide dome is the largest one-piece glass-and-steel element ever hoisted onto a vessel.
News
Nassau Cruise Port Sets Single-Day Record With 33,254 Passengers
The redevelopment raised Nassau’s daily passenger capacity from roughly twenty thousand to about thirty-three thousand, with room for six full-size ships at once.
Royal Caribbean
Legend of the Seas Heads to Cadiz Drydock Before Maiden Voyage
Legend’s Central Park is planned with more than thirty thousand five hundred real plants, with Navantia workers set to prepare its gardens in Dique 4.
Carnival Cruise Line
Galveston Plans $40M Pelican Island Berth for Shipbuilding
The plan includes a 1,000-foot berth and a 500-foot dock on Pelican Island, where the port owns 357 waterfront acres, including 100 along Galveston Harbor.
Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean Names Six Artists for Legend of the Seas
The line received two hundred fifty applications, with final pieces set for shipboard spaces from the Royal Promenade to the Suite Sundeck and guest boarding area.