Building & Refurbishment

Cruise order book: Diverse demand

Meyer Turku begins construction on Royal Caribbean International’s fifth Icon-class ship

First steel cut for Carnival Tropicale at Meyer Werft

Cunard to refurbish Queen Mary 2 at Damen Shiprepair Brest in spring 2027

Ferry order book: Building momentum

ABB to supply power, propulsion and automation technology for Cook Strait ferries

ASENAV: Chilean precision engineering for polar cruising

Fincantieri floats out Oceania Cruises’ Oceania Sonata

United Waterways and Poseidon Expeditions partner for expedition cruise vessel development

Holland America Line to expand music offerings onboard Oosterdam and Zuiderdam

Viking and Fincantieri sign contracts for two new ocean ships

Almaco Group completes modernisation project onboard Liberty of the Seas

Carnival Corporation chooses Silverstream air lubrication system for Ace class newbuilds

American Cruise Lines names two new US riverboats

Fincantieri to build a third ocean ship for Crystal Cruises by 2034

Viking takes delivery of Viking Dagur from Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard

TUI River Cruises floats out first purpose-built ship TUI Luzia

Uniworld to debut three new ships in 2028

Cunard’s Queen Victoria to be refurbished in autumn 2026

Holland America Line names Zuiderdam as next Evolution ship with new suites and solo cabins