Cruise Ship Capacity Growth

Cruise Capacity Restart Projections for the Major Companies by the End of 2021.

Cruise ship capacity growth. New ships on order and set to be delivered in 2019 represent an additional 42488 berths into the industry obliterating 2018s record introduction of approximately 34000 new berths. Royal hasnt said anything other than reduced capacity so we dont know. Worldwide the ocean cruise industry had an annual passenger compound annual growth rate of 66 from 1990 - 2019.

Maarten starting at 40 and growing slowly up to 60. The Asia region has quickly progressed to fourth in passenger capacity deployment tied with Australasia. Another record was broken in 2017 with 258 million global ocean cruise passengersa 45 percent increase over 2016s previous high of 247 million.

As the 1990s progressed major lines such as Carnival Princess and Royal Caribbean began going ever bigger with new ships leap-frogging each other in a race for the top spot that saw the worlds biggest cruise vessels jump from around 77000 tons to 137000 tons in just a few short years. There have been nine or more new cruise ships added every year. Carnival to Add Two More Cruise Ships by 2023.

The largest cruise ship passenger capacity is 5412 at double occupancy and 6318 max capacity if all berths are occupied. This represents a -78 reduction from pre-COVID-19 2019 levels refer to Growth of the Ocean Cruise Line Industry for more information. For the initial restart cruises beyond US borders Celebrity has offered some percentages for St.

2021 Worldwide Cruise Line Passenger Capacity. Bayley added that all Royal Caribbean ships have limited capacity that range between 30 to 50 percent and the company will increase capacity ship by ship over the course of each month. Total worldwide ocean cruise capacity at the end of 2021 will be 581200 passengers and 323 ships.

Since 2013 passenger capacity grew at a 20 compound annual growth rate and is expected to reach almost 22 million in 2015. According to the August 2021 edition of the Cruise Ships in Service Report by Cruise Industry News the major cruise corporations will account for nearly 80 percent of the berths back in the market through the end of the month. The report offers a look at the trends impacting cruise travel in the coming year and beyond as well as the overall global economic impact.