124 Vard Søviknes, Søvik, Norway Shiprepair Yard Nauta, Gdynia, Poland Lisnave, Setúbal, Portugal Navalrocha, Lisbon, Portugal West Sea, Viana do Castelo, Portugal Astander, Santander, Spain Astican, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain Metalships & Docks, Vigo, Spain Navantia, Cadiz, Spain Oresund Drydocks, Landskrona, Sweden A&P Falmouth, UK Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK The team also upgraded the exterior deck on the vessels, which operate on the route between Helsinki, Finland, and Travemünde, Germany. A&P Falmouth, UK Saga Cruises’ vessel Spirit of Discovery drydocked at A&P Falmouth in June 2025, following a successful project onboard sister ship Spirit of Adventure in 2024. The two-week drydock was for scheduled maintenance, including hull painting to increase fuel efficiency, as well as a five-year overhaul of the vessel’s two propulsion pods and the bow thrusters. All the ship’s lifeboats and tenders were also serviced and repaired as necessary. Navantia, Cadiz, Spain Navantia has refurbishment and repair projects for 13 cruise vessels on its books for 2025, six of which have already been completed. This includes Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Miracle and Carnival Valor, and Royal Caribbean International’s Freedom of the Seas and Allure of the Seas. The 15-year-old Allure of the Seas underwent a $100 million renovation as part of the cruise line’s Royal Amplified programme and now includes many of the standout features found onboard Royal Caribbean’s newbuild vessels, Icon of the Seas and Utopia of the Seas. On decks five to 17 a team of 150 Bolidt technicians carried out resurfacing of the 4,000-square-metre pool deck using Bolideck Future Teak. The team also refurbished the ship’s 1,950-metre jogging track, sun deck, and 115 balconies, as well as installing soundproofing for a new 800-squaremetre extension to the solarium on deck 15. Meanwhile ship design and engineering company Foreship supported the installation of Ultimate Abyss, a 10-storey dry slide at the aft of the vessel. The company also designed a new steel structure in the forward part of the ship to accommodate additional cabins. REPORT North America Seaspan Vancouver Drydock, Canada Seaspan Victoria Shipyards, Canada BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair, USA Detyens Shipyards, Charleston, USA Vigor Portland Drydocks, USA Vigor Seattle Drydocks, USA Caribbean and South America Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport, The Bahamas Asenav, Valdivia, Chile Damen Shiprepair, Willemstad, Curaçao Astibal, Astilleros Puerto de Balboa, Panamá Europe and the Mediterranean Viktor Lenac, Rijeka, Croatia Fayard, Munkebo, Denmark Orskov Yard, Frederikshavn, Denmark BLRT Grupp, Tallinn, Estonia BLRT Grupp, Turku, Finland Helsinki Shipyard, Finland Chantier Naval de Marseille, France Damen Shiprepair Brest, France Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, Germany Bredo Dry Docks, Bremerhaven, Germany Emden Dockyard, Germany Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven, Germany Gibdock, Gibraltar Fincantieri, Palermo, Italy Fincantieri, Trieste, Italy Palumbo Shipyards, Messina, Italy San Giorgio Del Porto, Genoa, Italy Palumbo Shipyards, Paola, Malta Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam, Netherlands Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam, Netherlands Fosen Yard, Rissa, Norway Green Yard Kleven, Ulsteinvik, Norway Ulstein Verft, Ulsteinvik, Norway As good as new A map of the world’s leading passenger ship repair and refurbishment facilities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 1 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 4 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 45 In April 2025, Royal Caribbean International strengthened its relationship with Navantia by signing a strategic framework agreement for future ship modernisation and revitalisation projects. The partnership dates back to 2012 when the Spanish shipyard successfully revitalised two Royal Caribbean ships in Cádiz; since then, Navantia has modernised 45 of the cruise operator’s vessels. Astilleros de Santander, Spain HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) cruise ship Spitsbergen spent February and March 2025 in drydock as part of the 10 10 46
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