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A record 180 attended the recent Cruise Europe conference held in Zeebrugge with sustainability being an underlying theme whether related to visitor management in destinations, air emissions or washwater from scrubbers. Read More

Craig Milan, one of Virgin Voyages' earliest hires, has left to pursue other interests. His duties were assumed by Diana Block Garcia. Read More

One of Silversea Cruises' most senior executives, EVP fleet operations Christian Sauleau, has left the company, Seatrade Cruise News has confirmed. Read More

Carnival Cruise Line's 2020 newbuild Mardi Gras will have six themed zones—Grand Central, French Quarter, La Piazza, Summer Landing, Lido and The Ultimate Playground. Read More

Thursday 20 September (Lisbon, Portugal) - Seatrade Cruise Med - the largest cruise industry event focussed on the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas - will move to Málaga, Spain, in 2020 it was announced today on the final day of the event in Lisbon, Portugal. Read More

Fincantieri’s ceo Giuseppe Bono and the shipbuilding group are mourning the death on August 6 of Mrs Gunilla Furuhjelm, the widow of Corrado Antonini who died on July 20, just 17 days before. She died aged 79.

Fincantieri Group has promoted shipbuilding veteran Luigi Matarazzo to senior evp of Fincantieri Merchant Ships Business Unit effective August 1.

Costa Cruises has undertaken a survey of the Port of Genoa to find a suitable location for a cruise terminal, president Neil Palomba said, adding that it would be about five years before such a facility could be operational.

In an early-evening ceremony culminating with late-night fireworks, Roma Cruise Terminal (RCT), managing cruise operations in the port of Civitavecchia, inaugurated its first purpose-built permanent terminal on May 18.
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Seabourn Ovation, the second ship Fincantieri has built for Seabourn Cruise Line, was delivered Friday morning at the Sestri yard near Genoa.

Counting MSC Seaside, MSC Cruises could be ushering in 'at least' 10 ships through 2026—four at Fincantieri and, counting options, six more at STX France, where Fincantieri holds a controlling stake.

MSC Cruises inked a deal for two additional and bigger ships from Fincantieri called Seaside Evo (Evolution), for delivery in 2021 and 2023. The slot reservation to build a third Seaside-class ship for 2021 is being replaced by the first Evo ship.

Pasqualino Monti, appointed president of the recently established Western Sicily Port Authority (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale), has put growing cruise business among his main objectives.

Cruise traffic at Italian ports is expected to return to positive figures in 2018, with 10.8m passengers and around 4,600 ship calls compared to 2017's estimated 10.2m passengers and just over 4,400 calls.

MSC Cruises’ new flagship arrived in her summer homeport of Genoa last Sunday following a passage from Le Havre to immediately begin an inaugural summer season in the Mediterranean.

Cruise traffic in Italy's ports reached 11.1m passengers and 4,980 ship calls in 2016, maintaining the same levels as in 2015. The forecast for 2017, however, indicates a 7.1% drop in passengers (embarking, disembarking and transit) to 10.3m, and a 9.6% reduction in calls to 4,500.

Fincantieri has undertaken all the preparations to begin construction on the first of three new-design ships for Virgin Voyages in early 2017 at Sestri Ponente shipyard in Genoa.

MSC Seaside's two-day float-out at Monfalcone marked a milestone in MSC Cruises' first shipbuilding program at Fincantieri. At 154,000gt, it will be the biggest cruise vessel ever produced by the Italian builder.

Costa Group formed a 50/50 partnership with I.L. Investimenti srl, the holding company managing the shipping activities of the Genoese Schenone family, to create its own port operations agency network for southern France and Italy.

Deputy Editor, Seatrade Cruise News/Seatrade Cruise Review Posted 29 October 2016 Read More