New cruise ships and passenger vessels under construction
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New cruise ships and passenger vessels under construction in the shipyards of the world.
Compiled by Shawn J. Dake. Update: December 23, 2013. Partially illustrated from a variety of sources.
Listed by Cruise Line
Ship Name / Tonnage / Date Due / Builder
AIDA CRUISES
AIDAPRIMA 125,000 March 2015 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
UNNAMED 125,000 March 2016 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
Rendering of the new AIDPRIMA and sister ship
AMERICAN CRUISE LINES
UNNAMED 2,500 2014 Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, USA
UNNAMED 2,500 est. TBA 2015 Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, USA
UNNAMED 2,500 est. TBA 2016 Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, USA
UNNAMED 2,500 est. TBA 2017 Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, USA
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES
CARNIVAL VISTA 135,000 Winter, 2016 Fincantieri, Italy
COMPAGNIE DU PONANT
UNNAMED 10,950 Spring, 2015 Fincantieri, Italy
COMPAGNIE POLYNESIENNE DE TRANSPORT MARITIME
ARANUI 5 10,900 est. July, 2014 Huang Hai Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Shandong, China
Impression of ARANUI 5
COSTA CROCIERE
COSTA DIADEMA 132,500 October 2014 Fincantieri, Italy
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
UNNAMED 99,000 Fall 2015 Fincantieri, Italy
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
NORWEGIAN GETAWAY 146,600 April 2014 Meyer Werft, Germany
NORWEGIAN ESCAPE 163,000 October 2015 Meyer Werft, Germany
NORWEGIAN BLISS 163,000 Spring 2017 Meyer Werft, Germany
Artist rendering Norwegian Breakaway-plus
P & O CRUISES
BRITANNIA 141,000 gross tons, March 2015 Fincantieri, Italy
BRTANNIA rendering of P&O Newbuild
PRINCESS CRUISES
REGAL PRINCESS 141,000 Spring 2014 Fincantieri, Italy
REGAL PRINCESS under construction, photo © Peter Knego
REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES
SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER 54,000 Summer 2016 Fincantieri Sestri-Ponente yards, Italy
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL
QUANTUM OF THE SEAS 167,800 Fall 2014 Meyer Werft, Germany
ANTHEM OF THE SEAS 167,800 March 2015 Meyer Werft, Germany
UNNAMED 167,800 May 2016 Meyer Weft, Papenburg, Germany
UNNAMED 225,282 tons June 2016 STX France, St. Nazaire, France
QUANTUM OF THE SEAS
TUI
MEIN SCHIFF 3 99,300 May 2014 STX Finland, Turku Shipyard
MEIN SCHIFF 4 99,300 April 2015 STX Finland, Turku Shipyard
A rendering of MEIN SCHIFF 3 and MEIN SCHIFF 4, courtesy of TUI Cruises.
VIKING OCEAN CRUISES
VIKING STAR 47,800 May 2015 Fincantieri, Italy
UNNAMED 47,800 January 2016 Fincantieri, Italy
UNNAMED 47,800 2017 Fincantieri, Italy
UNNAMED 47,800 2018 Fincantieri, Italy
VIKING STAR rendering
XIAMEN INTERNATIONAL CRUISE CO., LTD. (SHAN HAI SHU GROUP)
CHINA XIAMEN 100,000 October 2018 Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd., Xiamen, China
TOTAL NEW SHIPS ON ORDER: 30
TOTAL GROSS TONNAGE ON ORDER: 2,860,150
The above information is accurate as of publication. As with all aspects of the cruise industry, the information is subject to change. Current tonnage on order now amounts to just over 2.6 million tons, with recent deliveries offsetting new orders. The majority of the most recent contracts lean heavily toward vessels over 100,000 gross tons or nearly so, including the latest and largest ships for Carnival, Costa, Princess Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean, TUI Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line. As these newbuilds come on line, the cruise industry will continue to see significant expansion, with ever larger ships. -Shawn J. Dake