Home Cybercruises.com | Links | Lines | Agencies | Specials | Forum | Articles | Ship List | Newsletter | Advertise | Cruise Ports | Orderbook | Retired Ships | About us / Privacy Stat
Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Celebration, is one more milestone closer to her highly-anticipated debut in her homeport of PortMiami after successfully completing sea trials in the Baltic Sea. (more…)
Posted in: News
In honor of National Relaxation Day (yesterday), Carnival Cruise Line is inviting guests to say “ooh” and “ahh” as it reveals the spaces to relax and rejuvenate on its newest ship Carnival Celebration coming to PortMiami this November. (more…)
Posted in: News
Carnival Celebration’s BOLT is Getting Ready to Ride
Today is National Roller Coaster Day and Carnival Cruise Line is getting its second BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster on Carnival Celebration ready for thrill seekers. (more…)
Posted in: News
Marking another milestone toward the completion of Carnival Celebration, the second of Carnival Cruise Line’s new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-powered ships, a coin ceremony was held today at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland. (more…)
Posted in: News
The traditional steel-cutting ceremony initiated the construction of the last ship in the Mein Schiff series at the Turku shipyard on Tuesday 14th June. (more…)
Posted in: News
The construction of the grand ship Costa Toscana took place at MEYER TURKU shipyard. ALMACO’s wide scope of work consisted of design, engineering, production, delivery and commissioning of all galley, pantry and bar counters and equipment on the vessel. (more…)
Posted in: News
The building of Royal Caribbean International’s highly anticipated cruise ship, “Icon of the Seas”, has reached a pivotal milestone ahead of its fall 2023 debut. (more…)
Posted in: News
Shipbuilding firm Meyer Turku has announced it was selected by Business Finland as the recipient of 20 million euros in initial funding towards the construction of a climate neutral cruise ship, set to be complete by 2025. (yle.fi)
Posted in: News
loat Out Ceremony Held for Carnival Celebration
Carnival Cruise Line’s next new ship “Carnival Celebration” was floated out at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland today, which signifies a major step in her construction. (more…)
Posted in: News
How do you know a cruise ship is built for fun? By its Carnival funnel of course! So it’s worth celebrating the moment a new ship gets her iconic winged funnel — for Carnival Celebration, that moment has come. (more…)
Posted in: News
Today, at the Meyer shipyard in Turku (Finland), Costa Cruises has taken delivery of its newest ship, “Costa Toscana”, powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the maritime sector’s most advanced technology for reducing emissions. (more…)
Posted in: News
Work continues on the construction of “Costa Toscana”, Costa Cruises’ new flagship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). (more…)
Posted in: News
Icon of the Seas
An iconic day for the cruise industry’s next iconic ship took place on Monday, June 14 when Royal Caribbean International marked the start of construction on its first “Icon Class” ship. (more…)
Posted in: News
LNG Powers The Fun | Carnival Cruise Line
In conjunction with Earth Day, Carnival Cruise Line today released a new video, “LNG Powers the Fun,” highlighting the many environmental benefits of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). (more…)
Posted in: Interview / Video / TV / News
Costa Cruises today celebrated the float-out ceremony of the new flagship Costa Toscana at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland. (more…)
Posted in: News
The maritime tradition to mark the first steel cut for a new ship took place for Carnival Celebration at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland, as Carnival Cruise Line prepares for its next Excel-class ship that will debut next year. (more…)
Posted in: News
Carnival Cruise Line today took delivery of its highly anticipated new ship, “Mardi Gras”, in a live virtual signing ceremony at the Meyer Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland. (more…)
Posted in: News
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras is shown here departing on its sea trials this morning from the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland. (more…)
Posted in: News
Unboxing Mardi Gras’ Sister Ship’s Name! | Carnival Cruise Line
With the help of celebrity partners past and present, Carnival Cruise Line today announced that its next Excel-class ship arriving in 2022 to coincide with its 50th birthday celebration will be named “Carnival Celebration.” (more…)
Posted in: News
The First part of Meyer Turku’s YT negotiations have now come to a conclusion. Meyer Turku will permanently layoff 166 people. (more…)
Posted in: News
As revealed by photos released today (July 20), construction on Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras is progressing at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, as the ship is being readied for its scheduled February 2021 debut. (more…)
Posted in: News
Jan Meyer, the CEO of Meyer Turku since 2014, will focus in the future on the role as Managing Director of Meyer Werft, Germany. (more…)
Posted in: News
Two of the biggest shipyards in Europe forced to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic are taking their first steps to reopen. Fincantieri, which operates several shipyards in Italy, was forced to stop all work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in that country. The shutdown resulted in the delay of the delivery of Enchanted Princess, which was due to enter service this June. (cruisecritic.co.uk)
Posted in: News
The University of Turku and Meyer Turku Oy have signed a strategic partnership agreement with the objective to develop and strengthen education and research in engineering. (more…)
Posted in: News
Assembly work has started today at the Meyer shipyard in Turku on the hull of Costa Toscana, the second ship in the Costa Cruises fleet to be powered by liquefied natural gas, the “cleanest” fossil fuel in the world. (more…)
Posted in: News
On 19 December 2019, Aalto University and Meyer Turku Oy signed an agreement that will strengthen and develop multidisciplinary research and education collaboration as well as give a boost to expert co-operation. (more…)
Posted in: News
Carnival’s Largest Cruise Ship Ever: How It Fits 6,000 People | WSJ
The float-out of the coming flag-ship of Carnival Cruise line ‘Mardi Gras’ was celebrated today at Meyer Turku shipyard. The 180 000 GT cruise ship will be the largest one in the Carnival fleet after delivery later in 2020. (more…)
Posted in: News
Carnival Cruise Line has been informed by officials at the Meyer Turku shipyard that delivery of Mardi Graswill be delayed and is advising booked guests and travel advisors that the first revenue sailing of the ship will be Nov. 14, 2020. (more…)
Posted in: News
Costa Smeralda was today delivered to Costa Cruises from Meyer Turku shipyard and will sail towards Barcelona tomorrow afternoon. The ship is one of the most innovative, and some would claim, the most beautiful ships ever built at Turku shipyard. (more…)
Posted in: News
Costa Smeralda has successfully passed the technical sea trials carried out with liquefied natural gas (LNG), the cleanest fossil fuel in the world, which represents a real innovation in the cruise industry. (more…)
Posted in: News
Costa Cruises has unfortunately been notified by the Finnish Meyer shipyard in Turku of a further delay in the construction of its new flagship Costa Smeralda. (more…)
Posted in: News
Costa Smeralda, the first Costa Cruises ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), will now commence her inaugural program of cruises on November 30, 2019 as a result of delays in her construction which mean that she cannot be delivered on the date originally agreed. (more…)
Posted in: News
The first steel was cut today at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland for the Costa Toscana, a future addition to the fleet of Costa Cruises, the Italian brand of Carnival Corporation & plc. (more…)
Posted in: News
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Meyer Turku shipyard have signed an agreement (still subject to financing) on the delivery of a third Icon class cruise ship, to be delivered from Turku in the spring of 2025. (more…)
Posted in: News
The hull assembly phase of Carnival Mardi Gras, a 180 000 gross tonnage cruise ship, was celebrated with a traditional coin ceremony at Meyer Turku shipyard today. The coin set on top of the keel blocks will be placed into the ship for good luck after the float-out of the ship. (more…)
Posted in: News
There has been a fire on the deck 15 of Costa Smeralda, a ship being constructed at Meyer Turku Shipyard. There was stored equipment on fire, started by welding inside the ship. The fire started approximately at 16:45 Finnish time (18-3-2019). (more…)
Posted in: News
Costa Cruises today celebrated the official float-out ceremony of its new ship, Costa Smeralda, at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, one of the biggest shipbuilding complexes in the world. (more…)
Posted in: News
Construction of the Costa Smeralda, the new flagship of the Costa Cruises fleet, is continuing at the Meyer shipyard in Turku (Finland). The characteristic yellow funnel with the blue “C”, which has identified all the Italian company’s ships for the last 70 years, has now been installed. (more…)
Posted in: News
TUI Cruises takes delivery of New Mein Schiff 2, a fresh take on a long series of ships from Meyer Turku shipyard. With New Mein Schiff 2 Meyer Turku and TUI Cruises have continued taking into account the feedback from the passengers of TUI Cruise’s previous ships and further improved and refreshed the design of the ship. (more…)
Posted in: News
Carnival Cruise Line reaffirmed its place as the leader of innovation in the U.S. cruise industry today as the first steel was cut for the line’s newest class of ship and the new livery was revealed for the 180,000-ton XL vessel that will be the first-ever ship operating in North America to use liquefied natural gas (LNG). (more…)
Posted in: News
