Fall 2007: Editorial
Pushing the bar: While the cruise industry continues to grow, it is pushing the product and experience bar ever higher with new ships. At the time of writing, there were 40 new cruise ships on order for deliveries through 2012, and more orders are expected, according to shipyard and cruise line executives we spoke with….
Big Changes Ahead for Cruise Ships
If the continuously increasing ship sizes and ever increasing number of special features are excluded, there have not been too many major changes in ship design and technology for several decades, according to Markus Aarnio, managing director of Foreship, a ship engineering and design firm. However, due to recently introduced new rules and regulations, together…
Shipbuilding: Driving New Orders
The fall months are typically when Fincantieri has been able to sign big orders, and Enrico Buschi, general manager of merchant ships and head of cruise ships at Fincantieri, told Cruise Industry News in early September, that he was hopeful to do the same this fall. “The growing cruise markets drive new orders,” said Buschi,…
Ship Review: Putting Fun into Glamour and Elegance
With the Queen Mary 2, Cunard Line has put fun into glamour and elegance. The QM2 is able to maintain that romantic sense of classic trans-Atlantic travel from the past, but in a modern setting. The formal dinners are there along with white-gloved tea service and ballroom dancing, but so are also informal dining options,…