Biggest Cruise Ship: Cruise Ship Building

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The unnamed 141,000-tonne superliner will be will the biggest cruise ship built specifically for the British market, and the largest in P&O’s fleet. It will be constructed by the Italian shipbuilders Fincantieri, the same company responsible for Cunard Mexico building first cruise-ship home port in Rocky Point Mexico is building its first cruise-ship home port in the sleepy beach town of Puerto Peñasco, better known as Rocky Point. Check out this story on azcentral.com: azc.cc/1IdohJa PHOTO: A new floating pier is being built offshore in time for use in 2016. (Courtesy of Icy Strait Point) Icy Strait Point has started construction of a floating pier that will let cruise passengers walk into the Alaska port of call instead of taking tenders. China may be the world’s largest shipbuilder but it doesn’t have any luxury cruise liners. Now, Carnival is looking to change that and is exploring the possibility of a ship building joint venture with a state-owned Chinese company and Italy's Fincantieri. Carnival Corp. agreed to help build China’s first cruise ship as travel demand increases, placing the nation on course to become the second-biggest market for the leisure boats in three years. Carnival will sign a memorandum of understanding with state As the number of solo cruisers increases, cruise lines are beginning to build dedicated single cabins on their newest ships. Some companies waive the single supplement on select itineraries, but having to pay twice as much to travel alone in a cabin .

MIAMI, June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (nyse/lse:CCL) CUK, +0.51% the world's largest travel and leisure company, today announced it has signed a multi-billion dollar contract to build four next-generation cruise ships with the We always seem to report news on the big players within the cruise industry, which is the right thing to do for those loyal to each cruise line. However, there are those of you, such as a few friends we know that much prefers the smaller ships, such as (USA TODAY) -- British entrepreneur Richard Branson will enter the cruise business, promising to shake up the status quo with a fresh approach to the multibillion dollar business. Branson's Virgin Group announced Thursday that it has formed Virgin Cruises. Fincantieri says it has signed an agreement with Carnival Corp. to build the new cruise ship for its Princess Cruises brand at a cost of about 600 million euros. The 143,000-ton ship, which will enter service in 2017, will carry 3,560 passengers (lower .