The Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, on Wednesday cut the first steel for a Carnival Cruise Line ship that will rank among the 10 largest cruise vessels in the world. At 180,000 gross tons ...

After a chequered start more than 50 years ago – its first ship, Mardi Gras hit a sandbar just outside Miami on its maiden ...

Mardi Gras will be the largest Carnival Cruise Line ship ever constructed and the first in North America to be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), part of Carnival Corporation's green cruising ...

Carnival Cruise Line’s largest ship to date has a date for its first voyage. The Mardi Gras will set sail on April 24, 2021, the cruise line announced Thursday.

Some 19 cruises are expected to debut this year. Eight of these cruises have a gross tonnage of over 100,000. Royal Caribbean's $1.1 billion cruise, the Icon of the Seas, is the largest.