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The Oasis -class ships, at over 225,000 GT, are at least 154 feet (47 m) wide, 240 feet (73 m) high, and accommodate over 5,400 passengers. [ 18] Oasis-class ships were surpassed by the first Icon -class ship, Icon of the Seas, at 248,663 GT in 2023. Since 2008, other cruise lines have been ordering 135,000+ GT ships.
Sitmar Cruises: 1958: 12,464: Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1958–73. Full-time cruise ship 1974–77. Scrapped following a fire, 1980. Fairstar: Sitmar Cruises: 1964: 21,619: Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1964–74, then full-time cruising. Allocated to P&O Australia fleet in 1988. Ended ...
MS Renaissance (1992) MS. Renaissance. (1992) The MS Renaissance is a cruise ship that re-entered service in June 2023. [ 5] The ship was built in Italy in 1992 as Maasdam for Holland America Line. While sailing for Holland America, the vessel operated primarily in North American waters. In 2020 she was bought by Seajets and renamed Aegean Myth ...
Crew. 1,377. Celebrity Edge is an Edge -class cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. After the new vessel was ordered with French shipbuilder STX France in December 2014, her keel was laid in June 2017 and she was floated out in January 2018. Upon delivery in October 2018, at 130,818 GT, she became the ...
As of 2021, the cruise industry was estimated to be around US$ 23.8 billion with 13.9 million passengers per year. The following is a list of the largest cruise lines with over 1,000 passengers per year and their market share by passengers and revenue as of 2021 according to Cruise Market Watch.
The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of " largest cruise ship " as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [ 1 ]
Virgin Voyages is a cruise line headquartered in Plantation, Florida and a joint venture between the Virgin Group and Bain Capital. [ 2][ 3] As of April 2024, Virgin Voyages has three ships in the fleet, with one more on order, all with an expected capacity of approximately 2,700 passengers each. The first ship, Scarlet Lady, began sailing ...
While on a repositioning cruise from Durban, South Africa, to Genoa, Italy, with some 1,000 passengers and 500 crew members [18] on board, MSC Melody was attacked by Somali pirates on 25 April 2009 when approximately 300 km off Seychelles at around 11:25 p.m. local time (19:35 UTC). A speedboat with six people on board drew alongside the ship ...