With the delivery of Celebrity Flora in 2019, Shipyard De Hoop was the first shipyard in The Netherlands, since Prinsendam from the Merwede shipyard in 1973, to once again deliver a cruise ship.
Summer 2021 will see MSC Cruises’ full fleet of 19-ships in operation, including two brand-new vessels currently still under construction MSC Virtuosa and MSC Seashore
In the midst of a crewing crisis in the shipping industry, the ITF today expressed its profound regret at the reported suicide of two more cruise ship workers.