New-builds to be delivered in 2016

New-builds to be delivered in 2016:

Finesse, AIDAprima, River Voyager, AmaViola, AmaStella, AmaDessa, America, Samatha, Princess Panhwar, Avalon Passion, Avalon Imagery II, Carnival Vista, Elbe Princesse, Origin, Emerald Belle, Koningsdam, Seven Seas Explorer , Ovation of the Seas, Harmony of the Seas, Scenic Amber, Scenic Spirit, Scenic Azure, Scenic Aura, Seabourn Encore, Dream Cruises' unnamed ship , Grace, Joy, Mein Schiff 5, Ganges Voyager II, Amadeus Silver III, Viking Sea and Viking River Cruises' six Longship class river cruise vessels. 


AIDA Cruises 

AIDAprima (3,250 - March 2016) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (See image) 

Unnamed new class ship (3,250 - Unknown: previously announced March 2016) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
New ship design (6,600 - ) Meyer Werft
New ship design (6,600 - ) Meyer Werft


AMA Waterways 

AmaViola (158 - 2016) ("Certo-class" ship) Vahali Shipyard

AmaStella (164 - 2016) (River cruises in Europe)

AmaDessa ( - 2016) ("Certo-class" ship) Gendt Shipyard
(March 2015: AmaWaterways' Executive Vice President and Co-owner Kristin Karst has confirmed the line will build two more ships in 2017 for river cruises in Europe)


American Cruise Lines 

America (185 - Early 2016) Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp.

Queen of the Mississippi ( - 2017) Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp.
Unnamed coastal cruise ship (170 - Spring 2017) Chesapeake Shipbuilding


APT, Travelmarvel and Maing Fong Company 

Samatha (30 suites - January 2016) Shipyard in Yangon (River cruises on the Burma River in Myanmar)

Princess Panhwar (36 suite - January 2016) Shipyard in Yangon (River cruises on the Burma River in Myanmar)


Avalon Waterways 

Avalon Passion (2016)

Avalon Imagery II (2016)

Avalon Myanmar (36 - September 2015)

Blue Star Line

Titanic II Project (2,435 - Delayed to 2018) CSC shipyard

Carnival Cruise Lines

Carnival Vista (3,954 - Spring 2016) Fincantieri 

Unnamed Vista class ship (3,954 - March 2018) Fincantieri

Carnival Corp & Plc
March 2015: Carnival Corp & plc is ordering a total of nine cruise ships, five from Fincantieri and four from Meyer Werft. The new ships would be delivered over a four-year period between 2019 and 2022. Fincantieri will build five of the new vessels at its shipyards in Monfalcone and Marghera in Italy while Meyer Werft will construct the remaining four at both its German yard at Papenburg and its new and larger capacity Finnish yard at Turku. June 2015: it was announced that the two at Meyer Werft will be for AIDA Cruises. July 2015: the two at Meyer Turku will be for Costa Cruises.

Celebrity Cruises

Project Edge class ship (2,900 - Fall 2018) STX France (Letter of intent) 

Project Edge class ship (2,900 - Early 2020) STX France (Letter of intent)


Costa Cruises Asia

Unnamed ship (4,200 - 2019) Fincantieri

Unnamed ship (4,200 - 2020) Fincantieri


Costa Cruises 
New ship design (6,600 - 2019) Meyer Turku (See image below at right)
New ship design (6,600 - 2020) Meyer Turku



Croisieurope 

Princesse Elbe (80 - Spring 2016) Saint-Nazaire shipyard (Paddlewheel river cruise ship)

Princesse Apsara (60 - ) (Cruises on the Mekong)

Daniele (24 - ) (Barge) 

Deborah (24 - ) (Barge)

Crystal Cruises

New Crystal Exclusive class ship (1,000 - 2018) Lloyd Werft (Letter of Intent) (See image at left)

New Crystal Exclusive class ship (1,000 - ) Lloyd Werft (Letter of Intent)

New Crystal Exclusive class ship (1,000 - ) Lloyd Werft (Letter of Intent)





Crystal River Cruises

Crystal Bach (110 - March 2017) Lloyd Werft (See image at right)

Crystal Mahler (110 - March 2017) Lloyd Werft

Crystal Ravel (84 - March 2017) Lloyd Werft

Crystal Debussy (84 suites - March 2017) Lloyd Werft



Dream Cruises - Genting Hong Kong
(November 2015: Genting Hong Kong announced the launch of Dream Cruises with the two new ships under construction at Meyer Werft for Star Cruises)

Unnamed ship (3,364 - October 2016) Meyer Werft

Unnamed ship (1,682 cabins - Fall 2017) Meyer Werft






Ecoventura

Origin (20 - January 2016) Shipyard in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Emerald Waterways

Emerald Belle (182 - Early 2016) (Den Breejen Shipyard)

Unnamed sister ship (182 - 2017)

Unnamed sister ship (182 - 2017)

Unnamed sister ship (182 - 2017)

European Waterwayas 
Finesse (8 - May 2016) Hotel barge

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts 

Four Seasons Ocean Residence (48,600 grt - ) Kvaerner Masa (Aker Yards) (Conditional contract)

General Maritime Transportation Company (GNMTC) 

Unnamed ship (1,739 - December 2012) STX Europe St Nazaire
(June 2011: STX France has rescinded the contract and is looking for a new buyer. March 2012: sold to MSC Cruises)

Holland America Line

Koningsdam ("Pinnacle" class ship) (2,650 - March 2016) Fincantieri (See image)

Second "Pinnacle" class ship (2,650 - November 2018) Fincantieri

Knud E Hansen (Naval architects)

New green-design expedition ship (300 - )(See image)

Lindblad Expeditions

Unnamed coastal vessel (100 - Second quarter of 2017) Nichols Brothers Boat Builders

Unnamed coastal vessel (100 - Second quarter of 2018) Nichols Brothers Boat Builders

Lüftner Cruises - Amras Cruises - Amadeus Cruises

Amadeus Silver III (168 - 2016) De Hoop, Holland


MSC Cruises 

MSC Meraviglia (4,500 - May 2017) (Vista project ship ) STX France

MSC Meraviglia sister ship (4,500 - 2019) (Vista project ship ) STX France (See image at right)
(MSC Cruises has options for two further Vista project ships to be delivered by 2022)

MSC Seaside (5,300 - November 2017) Fincantieri

Second Seaside class ship (5,300 - May 2018) Fincantieri(See image below) 








Norwegian Cruise Line 

Norwegian Bliss (4,200 - Spring 2017) Meyer Werft

Breakaway-Plus class cruise ship (4,200 - Spring 2018) Meyer Werft

Breakaway-Plus class cruise ship (4,200 - Autumn 2019) Meyer Werft

OVDS - Hurtigruten - Norwegian Coastal Voyage 

Fram's sister ship (2008) Fincantieri (Option to be confirmed)

Peace Boat

New Ecoship (1,700 - 2020) (Subject to financing by donations or investors) (See image at right)


Pearl Seas Cruises 

Unnamed sister ship of the Pearl Mist (214 -) (Originally the ship would be built at the Irving Shipbuilding, in Halifax, Nova Scotia but in March 2008 Pearl Seas decided to built the second ship in a different shipyard)


P&O Cruises Australia

Unnamed ship (2,400 - 2019/2020) Fincantieri


Polar Cruise Enterprises 

Ursus Maritimus - Ice breaking cruise liner (240 - ) Rauma yard of STX Finland


Princess Cruises 

Majestic Princess (3,560 - Summer 2017) Fincantieri

Fourth "Royal Princess" class vessel (3,560 - 2019 / 2020) Fincantieri

Residential Cruise Line Ltd.

Magellan (residential cruise ship) - Aker Yards (Memorandum of Understanding)

Riva Waterways - Evergreen Tours

Riva Royale (180 - April 2014) Shipyard De Hoop (River ship)

Riva Princess (180 - April 2014) Shipyard De Hoop (River ship)

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Seven Seas Explorer (738 - Summer 2016) Fincantieri Sestri Ponente (See image at right)



Royal Caribbean International

Ovation of the Seas (4,100 - Mid 2016) Meyer Werf 

Harmony of the Seas (5,400 - Mid 2016) STX France 

Third ship of the Oasis class (5,400 - Mid 2018) STX France

Fourth Quantum-class ship (4,100 - Spring 2019) Meyer Werf

Fifth Quantum-class ship (4,100 - Fall 2020) Meyer Werf

Saga Shipping - Saga Cruises

Unnamed new class ship (540 suites and cabins - 2019) Meyer Werft (There is an option for a second ship with delivery in 2021) (See image at left)


Scenic - Luxury Cruises & Tours

Scenic Amber (169 - March 2016) River 'Space-Ships' class (Den Breejen shipyard)

Scenic Spirit (68 - January 2016) Cruises on the Mekong River in Asia

Scenic Azure (48 cabins - March / April 2016) (Portugal's Douro River cruises)

Scenic Aura (24 balcony suites - September 2016) (Myanmar's Irrawaddy River cruises)

Seabourn Cruises

Seabourn Encore (604 - Second half of 2016) Fincantieri (See image)

Seabourn Ovation (604 - Spring 2018) Fincantieri (See image)





Sea Cloud Cruises

Sea Cloud Hussar (136 - November 2010) Factoria Naval de Marin, Spain (She is a three-mast sailing vessel)

Silversea Cruises 

Silver Muse (596 - April 2017) Fincantieri

Unnamed vessel (-) Fincantieri

Unnamed vessel (-) Fincantieri
(October 2014: Shanghai-based ICBC Leasing announced that it had signed with Monte Carlo-based Silversea Cruises for the financing of three cruise ships to be built by Fincantieri in Italy)

Star Clippers 

New five-masted sailing vessel (300 - Late 2017) (Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia) (See image at right)





Sunstone Ships

Project Unlimited (240 - ) (Expedition ship) Meyer Werft (Letter of intent)(See image)

Tauck - Scylla AG

Grace (Inspiration Class ship) (130 - 2016) (See image at left))

Joy (Inspiration Class ship) (130 - 2016)







TUI Cruises

Mein Schiff 5 (2500 - 2016) Meyer Turku(See image sister ship Mein Schiff 3)

Mein Schiff 6 (2500 - 2017) Meyer Turku 

Mein Schiff 7 (2500 - 2018) Meyer Turku Oy

Mein Schiff 8 (2500 - 2019) Meyer Turku Oy



Uniworld River Cruises

Ganges Voyager II (56 - January 2016) (Ganges River Cruises. Haimark Travel is building the ship for Uniworld)

Unknown cruise operator

New Expedition Vessel for Extreme Conditions (60 - December 2014) Kleven Maritime AS (Norway)

Utopia Residences 

Utopia - private residential vessel (105,000 ton - ) (June 2011: the letter of intent for the Utopia is expected to become a firm contract) Samsung Heavy Industries

Vantage Deluxe World Travel

River Voyager (176 - March 2016)
(Ship for European river cruises)

Victoria Cruises

Victoria Emperor (Over 200 - planning stage) (River cruises in China)

Viking Ocean Cruises

Viking Sky (944 - February 2017) Fincantieri (See image sister ship Viking Star - Photo Neven Jerkovic at Shipspotting.com)

Viking Sea (944 - Mid 2016) Fincantieri

New luxury ocean ship (944 - Early 2017) Fincantieri

New luxury ocean ship (944 - Mid 2018) Fincantieri

New luxury ocean ship (944 - End 2020) Fincantieri

Viking River Cruises
October 2014: Viking has placed an order for six Longship class river cruise vessels with Neptun Werft in Rostock. The now ordered ships will be delivered in the Spring of 2016.

Virgin Cruises
Unnamed new class ship (2,800 - 2020) Fincantieri
Unnamed new class ship (2,800 - 2021) Fincantieri
Unnamed new class ship (2,800 - 2022) Fincantieri

Xiamen International Cruise Co Ltd

China Xiamen (2,000 - planning for October 2018) Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry
(August 2015: Cruise Industry News has reported that Xiamen Shipbuilding has dropped plans to build the ship)