Cruise Lines
Providing a luxurious guest experience at sea requires an incredible amount of technology. A reliable infrastructure is even more critical when frequent upgrades are not an option.
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Line can be confident in knowing that its ships have the capability to support increasing numbers of active devices on board, as well as new technology that provides better guest experiences.
"Belden truly helps Carnival simplify project management and protect the company’s investment. As a single infrastructure partner, Belden provides proven products and certified installers that we depend on."
Paul Whitney, IT Director Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Ship “Spirit”
Dry Dock - Carnival Spirit is the name ship of the Spirit-class of cruise ships. The two-week dry dock in Singapore yielded a new Pixels Digital Photo Gallery, SoulPlay creative studio, new duty-free shops and the Warehouse video arcade to improve the customer experience.
$80-100M overall project cost | 2,200-passenger capacity
New Ship Builds - Fincantieri became the fourth-largest shipbuilder in the world in 2018. The company builds commercial and military vessels. Fincantieri employs approximately 10,000 workers in eight different shipyards, two design centers and one research center.
10,000 workers | 282 redesigned hotel rooms | 29.8 billion euro backlog (record)
Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) had a record-breaking year: 29 cruise ships were contracted for dry dock in 2018, up from 23 cruise vessels. The Yard has three dry docks capable of docking vessels up to 82,500 tons. Multiple cruise lines are serviced from this port/dry dock, which is just off the Florida coast.
$80-100M total cost per ship | 29 cruise ships contracted for dry-dock
Fincantieri Ship Yards
New Ship Builds - Fincantieri became the fourth-largest shipbuilder in the world in 2018. The company builds commercial and military vessels. Fincantieri employs approximately 10,000 workers in eight different shipyards, two design centers and one research center.
10,000 workers | 282 redesigned hotel rooms | 29.8 billion euro backlog (record)
Grand Bahama Shipyard
Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) had a record-breaking year: 29 cruise ships were contracted for dry dock in 2018, up from 23 cruise vessels. The Yard has three dry docks capable of docking vessels up to 82,500 tons. Multiple cruise lines are serviced from this port/dry dock, which is just off the Florida coast.
$80-100M total cost per ship | 29 cruise ships contracted for dry-dock