Cruise & Ferry Review - Spring/Summer 2025

CRUISE ORDER BOOK > Notable cruise orders up to 2036 Operator Vessel Yard Pax Del. estimate Uniworld S.S. Emilie - - 2026 Explora Journeys Explora IV Fincantieri 922 2027 Norwegian Cruise Line Prima Plus-class 3 Fincantieri 3,550+ 2027 Oceania Cruises Unnamed Fincantieri 1,450 2027 Storylines Narrative Brodosplit 1,000 2027 Explora Journeys Explora V Fincantieri 922 2027 Carnival Cruise Line Excel-class 4 Meyer Werft 6,400 2027 Ryobi Holdings Unnamed West Sea Viana 150 2027 MSC Cruises World-class 4 Chantiers de l’Atlantique 5,400 2027 Viking Unnamed Fincantieri 998 2027 American Cruise Lines Four unnamed ships Chesapeake Shipbuilding - 2027 Crystal Cruises Unnamed Fincantieri 690 2028 Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Xcel 2 Chantiers de l’Atlantique 3,260 2028 Viking Unnamed Fincantieri 998 2028 Carnival Cruise Line Excel-class 5 Meyer Werft 6,400 2028 Royal Caribbean International Oasis-class 7 Chantiers de l’Atlantique 5,668 2028 Norwegian Cruise Line Prima Plus-class 4 Fincantieri 3,550 2028 Explora Journeys Explora VI Fincantieri 922 2028 Viking Unnamed Fincantieri 998 2029 Carnival Cruise Line Ace Class I Fincantieri 8,000 2029 Viking Unnamed Fincantieri 998 2029 Regent Seven Seas Cruises Unnamed Fincantieri 850 2029 Oceania Cruises Unnamed Fincantieri 1,450 2029 Viking Unnamed Fincantieri 998 2030 Viking Unnamed Fincantieri 998 2030 Norwegian Cruise Line Unnamed Fincantieri 5,000 2030 Disney Cruise Line Unnamed Meyer Werft - 2027-2031 Hurtigruten Sea Zero Vard Alesund - 2030 Carnival Cruise Line Ace Class II Fincantieri 8,000 2031 Norwegian Cruise Line Unnamed Fincantieri 5,000 2032 Carnival Cruise Line Ace Class III Fincantieri 8,000 2033 Norwegian Cruise Line Unnamed Fincantieri 5,000 2034 Norwegian Cruise Line Unnamed Fincantieri 5,000 2036 include a clay sauna, IV drip therapy and thalassotherapy loungers. The capacity to run on cleaner fuels as standard is another recurring theme for this season’s new ships. Due for delivery from Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard in March 2025, TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff Relax is the first of two vessels built by Fincantieri for the brand’s InTUItion class. The new concept 160,000gt cruise ships are dual-fuel and will be powered by LNG and marine gas oil, a setup that will be rolled out in TUI Cruises’ future fleet. A spokesperson for Fincantieri said at the launch of the ship in 2023 that its ability to also burn low-emission fuels such as bio- or e-LNG represented “an important step towards climateneutral cruising”. The vessels will also have a waste treatment system capable of transforming organic substances into charcoal through a thermal process. The new Royal Caribbean International vessel, Star of the Seas, will be delivered by Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard in August 2025 and homeport in Port Canaveral, Florida. The second new ship in the Icon class will have capacity for 5,610 passengers and will run on LNG like its sister vessels. The ship boasts eight distinct neighbourhoods and six waterslides that are among the fastest and tallest at sea. The growing Asian cruise market will be boosted this year by the arrival of Japan-based NYK Cruises’ ASUKA III, 97

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