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Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review
June 15, 2026
The digital version of Seatrade Cruise Review's June 2026 issue is available to downloadIMAGE: SEATRADE CRUISE REVIEW
As the 80-plus cruise ship orderbook balloons toward a monumental $100b, Fincantieri commands more than half the business with contracts out to 2039, six years beyond any other builder. Seatrade Cruise Review's latest issue looks at how Fincantieri is boosting yard capacity, investing in infrastructure to build bigger ships, faster and advancing technology.
2026 is a milestone year for Fincantieri's passenger vessel deliveries — a whopping eight, from five yards: Norwegian Luna and Seven Seas Prestige from Marghera, Four Seasons I, Viking Mira and Viking Libra from Ancona, Mein Schiff Flow from Monfalcone, Explora III from Sestri Ponente and an LNG- and battery-powered ferry, Costanza I di Sicilia, from Palermo.
That ferry is relevant to cruise construction because Palermo is evolving from a refurbishment/conversion and cruise ship section-building yard, gearing up for complete newbuilds with orders for two Viking expedition ships.
The cover story has insights from Fincantieri CEO Pierroberto Folgiero; Luigi Matarazzo, GM Merchant Ships Division; and Daniele Fanara, SVP newbuilding and after sales, along with Carnival Corp.'s Micky Arison, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' Patrik Dahlgren, A&K Travel Group's Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio and veteran cruise leader Larry Pimentel.
New faces are fronting a range of cruise companies. Sharing their strategic visions and leadership approaches are 11 new leaders — John Chidsey, Norwegian Cruise Line's Marc Kazlauskas, Regent Seven Seas Cruises' Wesley D'Silva, Ponant Exploration Group's Benoit-Etienne Domenget, Aroya Cruises' Sture Myrmell, AmaWaterways' Catherine Powell, Viking's Leah Talactac, Four Seasons Yachts' Ben Trodd, Disney Cruise Line's Natacha Rafalski and Tracy Wilson, and Aman at Sea's Jonathan Wilson.
The June issue also features reporting from the largest event in Seatrade Cruise Global's 41-year history and its inaugural Wellness Oasis created in partnership with Spark Cooperative.
Plus, highlights of F&B@Sea, including celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson's insights and Princess Cruises' culinary partnerships with renowned chefs like Tony Gemignani and Makoto Okuwa.
The Iran war has driven up fuel, supply chain and air costs, scrambled deployment and slowed demand for Mediterranean cruises. But not every line is impacted alike, as Seatrade Cruise Review reports.
In other features, third-party ship managers share developments and trends, a look at the MSC Group cruise division's new Edinburgh production studio, market reports on Australasia and European river cruising, the latest refurbishment and interiors news and a cruise line directory.
The June issue is available to read online or download at https://cloud.3dissue.com/176015/176412/205860/SCRJUN26/index.html.
Fuente: sea-trade cruise
