New cruise ships and passenger vessels under construction in the shipyards of the world.
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New cruise ships and passenger vessels under construction in the shipyards of the world.
Compiled by Shawn J. Dake.
Update: January 14, 2015. Illustrated from a variety of sources.
Listed by Cruise Line
Ship Name / Tonnage / Date Due / Builder
AIDA CRUISES
AIDAPRIMA 125,000 September 2015 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
UNNAMED 125,000 September 2016 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
Rendering of the new AIDPRIMA and sister ship
AMERICAN CRUISE LINES
AMERICAN EAGLE 2,500 est. Spring 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
America Cruise Lines Launch. Photo courtesy of American Cruise Lines
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES
CARNIVAL VISTA 135,500 April 2016 Fincantieri, Italy
UNNAMED 133,500 March, 2018 Fincantieri, Italy
CELEBRITY CRUISES
UNNAMED 117,000 Fall, 2018 STX France
UNNAMED 117,000 Winter, 2020 STX France
COMPAGNIE DU PONANT
LE LYRIAL 10,950 April 2015 Fincantieri, Italy
LE LYRIAL artist’s rendering
COMPAGNIE POLYNESIENNE DE TRANSPORT MARITIME
ARANUI 5 10,900 est. September 2015 Huang Hai Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Shandong, China
ARANUI 5, rendering
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
KONINGSDAM 99,500 February 2016 Fincantieri, Italy
UNNAMED 99,500 November 2018 Fincantieri, Italy
ms KONINGSDAM
MERCY SHIPS
ATLANTIC MERCY 36,600 July 2017 Tianjin Xingang, China
Rendering of new Mercy Ship newbuild
MSC CRUISES
UNNAMED 167,600 January 2017 STX France
UNNAMED 154,000 November 2017 Fincantieri, Italy
UNNAMED 154,000 May 2018 Fincantieri, Italy.
UNNAMED 167,600 April 2019 STX France
MSC Newbuild
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
NORWEGIAN ESCAPE 163,000 October 2015 Meyer Werft, Germany
NORWEGIAN BLISS 163,000 Spring 2017 Meyer Werft, Germany
UNNAMED 164,600 Spring 2018 Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
UNNAMED 164,600 Fall 2019 Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
NORWEGIAN ESCAPE
P & O CRUISES
BRITANNIA 141,000 gross tons, March 2015 Fincantieri, Italy
BRTANNIA rendering of P&O Newbuild
Revised rendering, January 2014
PRINCESS CRUISES
UNNAMED 143,000 Winter 2017 Fincantieri, Italy
REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES
SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER 54,000 February 2016 Fincantieri Sestri-Ponente yards, Italy
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL
ANTHEM OF THE SEAS 167,800 March 2015 Meyer Werft,Papenburg, Germany
OVATION OF THE SEAS 167,800 May 2016 Meyer Weft, Papenburg, Germany
UNNAMED 227,700 June 2016 STX France, St. Nazaire, France
UNNAMED 227,700 2018 STX France, St. Nazaire, France
ANTHEM OF THE SEAS Artist’s rendering
SEABOURN CRUISE LINE
UNNAMED 40,350 November 2016 Fincantieri, Italy
UNNAMED 40,350 Spring, 2018 Fincantieri, Italy
STAR CRUISES
UNNAMED 150,000 October 2016 Meyer Weft, Papenburg, Germany
UNNAMED 150,000 October 2017 Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
TUI
MEIN SCHIFF 4 99,526 April 2015 STX Finland, Turku Shipyard
MEIN SCHIFF 5 99,700 TBA 2016 Meyer Turku Shipyard Oy., Turku, Finland
MEIN SCHIFF 6 99,700 TBA 2017 Meyer Turku Shipyard Oy., Turku, Finland
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
VIKING SEA 47,800 January 2016 Fincantieri, Italy
VIKING SKY 47,800 May 2016 Fincantieri, Italy
VIKING SUN 47,800 January 2017 Fincantieri, Italy
VIKING STAR rendering
TOTAL NEW SHIPS ON ORDER: 40
TOTAL GROSS TONNAGE ON ORDER: 4,316,176
The above information is accurate as of publication. As with all aspects of the cruise industry, the information is subject to change.
As with all aspects of the cruise industry, the information is subject to change. Current tonnage on order now amounts to over 4.3 million gross tons. Over a million additional tons were ordered in the second half of 2014 alone. The majority of the most recent contracts lean heavily toward vessels over 100,000 gross tons or nearly so, with many considerably larger. These include the latest and largest ships for Aida, Carnival, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises, Princess Cruises, 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