The cruise market is booming. European shipyards are fully booked for years to come and still ever more holidaymakers choose to make a cruise. What is the current market outlook now that the Chinese plan to enter the cruise ship building market and what ships are currently being built and delivered?
Although the Netherlands does not build large cruise ships, the country does benefit from the current boom, especially where simulator training is concerned, with the recenlty opened Arison Maritime Center and its CSMART Academy as most prominent feature.
In short, reasons aplenty for SWZ|Maritime to dive into the cruise market and dedicate its September issue to this topic. Read it online now (subscribers only).
Picture: The AIDAprima in Rotterdam (by F. Berkelaar).
