During the dry-docking, in addition to several regular technical maintenance works and upgrades, the vessel’s will have an extensive facelift of the main passenger areas which will receive a brand new and modern interior design.
As first announced in April 2024, the new units will represent the pinnacle of the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet and will be the largest ever built for this brand
Finnish operator Viking Line’s 2008-built ro-pax ‘Viking XPRS’ has undergone a complete refit and is shortly to resume service on the Helsinki–Tallinn route.
Stena RoRo has taken delivery of E-Flexer No. 12 – in a series of 15 vessels – from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The ship is the Guillaume de Normandie and is long-term chartered to the French shipping company Brittany Ferries.
Ocean Master, a new 32-metre aluminium catamaran, has successfully completed sea trials and is now enroute to Perth, Australia where it will join Rottnest Fast Ferries' growing fleet.
The launch of "Star Princess," the second LNG (liquefied natural gas) cruise ship that Fincantieri is building for Princess Cruises, took place today at the Monfalcone shipyard.