“Turku is building the real big ships,” said Meyer Turku CEO Tim Meyer. Meyer is not exaggerating. The yard’s latest newbuild, Icon of the Seas—the first ship of Royal Caribbean’s Icon ...

Cruise ships have become the symbol of all that’s gone haywire in the tourism industry. The largest of these floating hotels are the size of horizontal skyscrapers and carry as many as 6,000 ...

The Icon of the Seas, built for Royal Caribbean, is 1,198 feet long with a gross tonnage of 250,800. That’s over 300 feet longer and five times bigger than the Titanic, which weighed 52,310 ...

If you thought the simultaneous buzz and uproar that accompanied the January 2024 launch of the world’s biggest cruise ship — Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas — was the last you’d hear ...

The problem is that those ships are expected to dump at least 10 billion metric tons of what’s known as wash water — the contaminated byproduct — into seas around the world every year ...

Cruise ships range in size from yacht-like vessels to mega-ships that are more like floating resorts. Here's how to know which is right for you Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's ...

'Cruisezilla' cruise ships twice the size they were in 2000, and should start paying more taxes, campaigners warn . Campaigners aren't telling people to stop taking holidays on cruise ships.

The sea is a tough place, and, given that stormy seas often damage ships and endanger sailors, the U.S. Navy has habitually worked to keep vessels out of harm’s way since 1944. But over the past ...

Mega-ships like Icon of the Seas are the cruise industry darlings but small cruises have sneaky advantages that could pay off in the long run. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

They noted that heavy fuel oil had not been used without exhaust gas cleaning systems in the North and Baltic Seas since 2015, and in the worldwide cruise ship fleet nearly half were equipped with ...