Mivan secured and completed over £3.5m in cruise ship work during 2010, finishing off another good year for its outfitting business. Mivan capped a busy 2010 with the successful fit-out of Pacific Pearl in Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore.  

ALMACO has been awarded a multi-million euro contract to modernize accommodation and food handling areas onboard Mein Schiff 2, the ship that TUI Cruises is adding to its fleet this spring.    

Citing a rapid expansion, Miami-based Nordica Engineering changed its name to Nordica Marine to reflect the broader scope of its business while also tapping a new chief operating officer to extend its reach.    

Imtech Schiffbau-/Dockbautechnik has been awarded a contract to carry out the renovation and expansion of the climate technology on board TUI Cruises, Mein Schiff 2.  

TUI Cruises has selected Lloyd Werft for the conversion of its second ship to Mein Schiff 2.  

Celebrity Infinity—next up to be ‘Solsticized’—will gain restaurants and an Apple iLounge along with new AquaClass spa accommodations in one of Celebrity Cruises’ most extensive drydocks.      

With Radiance of the Seas and Splendour of the Seas now added to the list, Royal Caribbean International will be updating five of its 22 ships in 2011.    

Radiance of the Seas will undergo a major revitalisation next year before her Australasian debut. The multimillion-dollar enhancement, part of Royal Caribbean’s ‘Royal Advantage’ initiative to celebrate its 40th anniversary, will commence in May.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship, Boudicca, will enter dry-dock in early January 2011, for a refurbishment programme. The work will be carried out by the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, when Boudicca returns from her Christmas Canary Islands cruise...

DESSO bespoke carpets are adorning the state rooms and public areas of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth, currently debuting in the Med and in Naples today.