STX looks set to have a bumber Christmas and New Years if everything goes to plan! All Rivers Lead to the Ocean Viking River Cruises has ordered two ocean going cruise ships, with the option of a third from STX in France. This is great news for STX workers, who have faced an uncertain future with the… Read More Christmas Presents for STX
2012 is nearly upon us, so what do we have to look forward to in the next year. Well five new cruise ships will be joining the oceans, Norwegian Cruise Line will be listing on the stock market and Costa Romantica will emerge as Costa NeoRomantica, after a daring refurbishment. So heres our guesstimations for the… Read More What Does 2012 Have In Store?
In the wake of the collapse of American Airline into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, I wondered if it was possible for a cruise line to perform a similar maneuver. Now in the United Kingdom this came as a bit of a shock, the fact American hadn’t been into bankruptcy like Delta and United made us believe… Read More Chapter 11 : Could a Cruise Line do an American?
Mikey, of Mikeys Cruise Blog, has been kind enough to share his experiences on Carnival Freedom. We think this cruise sound great, Mikey sounds like he had a great time, so have a look 🙂 Carnival Freedom was built in 2007, at a length on 290 meters carries 2974 passengers. As a member of the… Read More Guest Blog : Carnival Freedom
We have previously discussed how there has been a strain of yields in the med (Too Many ships?). So does the Arabian Gulf offer an alternative? Personally I think yes, Dubai has a growing tourist industry, with the worlds largest building, and the Palms to visit, as well as great weather the United Arab Emirates… Read More Growth in the Middle East?
DSME, Daweoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, has been trying for the past few years to make it ‘big’ in the cruise industry, DSME is one of the worlds largest shipbuilders but has not yet built a cruise ship, as the market appears to have been carved up by the European Yards, Meyer Werft, AKER (Now STX) and Fincanteri.… Read More DSME has Ambitions in Cruising : Cruisia
We have reviewed a few books on this blog in the past, and these reviews have always proved popular, we have also discussed cruise lines that are no longer with us, including Premier Cruise Line, where this book is set. James Spencer, the author has been kind enough to share a short segment of the… Read More Life as a Crew Member : Cruiseline Confidential
Now as I last covered Virgins Cruise Dream, and how in 2003 they may have been knocked off course by Island Cruises and Ocean Village Cruises. However it would appear that these cruise lines never throughly took to the market and neither are still operating, despite there apparent German counterpart Aida going from strength to… Read More Der Club Schiff der Britischen
For as long as I can remember Richard Branson has been linked to starting a cruise line, to date this has not yet surfaced, and recently its been even more quiet… The core aspects of the Virgin brand is to create a memorable experience, with flair and fun. Virgin Atlantic succeeds very well in doing… Read More Richard Branson’s Virgin Cruise Dream
You may have noticed a few changes around the blog, which now uses are new colours and logo, these changes have been put in place as the website has changed from what was orignially planned. Originally it was intended that the website would basically a white label cruise provider, However there has been no commercial partner forthcoming… Read More Crociere.co.uk : Website Development
CruiseOctopus.com 