Multimillion-Dollar Cabin and Galley Refurbishment for Dream Cruises’ Explorer Dream by ALMACO Group

ALMACO excels when projects are complex. The rapidly upcoming project to convert SuperStar Virgo into Explorer Dream as she transferred from Star Cruises to the Dream Cruises fleet in early 2019 included extensive refurbishment on the ship’s accommodations and catering areas, and ALMACO had only two weeks to get back to our close partner, Genting Cruise Lines,

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ALMACO is on a mission to help Cruise brands Optimize and Upgrade their Galley Equipment

With a long history of delivering top-quality galleys, ALMACO is dedicated to supporting all cruise brands in their galley upgrade projects, bringing the company’s expertise and flexibility to work both during sailing and at drydocks around the world. All 16 ships of the Princess Cruise Line’s fleet, plus all of the Celebrity Cruises’ Millennium Class,

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ALMACO’s Lifecycle Management to Ensure Highest Efficiency for Your Operations

ALMACO Group, a leading global catering and accommodations systems outfitter for the Marine and Offshore industries, has over 20 years of experience providing the complete Lifecycle support to ship owners around the world. With a fully staffed and experienced organization under the Service division, headed by shipbuilding- and ALMACO-veteran Jean-Pierre Lepage, ALMACO’s capabilities include complex

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Crystal Serenity Elevates the Guest Experience with new ALMACO Suites in Successful Refurbishment at Bremerhaven

ALMACO Group was proud to deliver 36 new luxurious Seabreeze Penthouses and two new spacious Seabreeze Penthouse Suites to Crystal Cruises’ award-winning ocean-going vessel Crystal Serenity. The project, which was part of an extensive redesign of the ship, started during the drydock at Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremehaven, Germany, in mid-October and the suites were

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Cabins and Galleys for Viking Line’s New Cruise Ship at Xiamen Shipbuilding in China

After working with Viking Line during the precontractual phase, ALMACO secured the order to build 1121 passenger and crew cabins plus all the galleys, bars, pantries and provision stores, including cold rooms, freezers and walk-ins, for Viking Line’s newbuild at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (XSI) shipyard in China. This is a great example of

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ALMACO Cabins for the Largest Ship Modernization Project onboard Mariner of the Seas

Not only was the project the largest ship modernization ever performed, the $120 million upgrade that Mariner of the Seas received at the Cadiz Navatia shipyard this past June was also the largest construction project carried out in Spain and the largest “hotel” in the country at the time of the dry dock. ALMACO’s contribution

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ALMACO in numbers

The story of ALMACO, born an international company, starts in 1998 when a small group of talented entrepreneurs joined forces to create a company that would fulfill the needs of a growing market for Finnish suppliers in the then US-based cruise ship industry. The idea was to bring cabin modernization knowledge to the worldwide sailing fleet of cruise

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ALMACO to Install close to 1,000 Cabins and Public Areas for Dream Cruises’ Global Class Cruise Vessels at MV WERFTEN

ALMACO Group’s longtime partner, Genting Group, responsible for the Crystal Cruises, Dream Cruises and Star Cruises brands, has awarded the company an order worth a high double-digit million euro amount overall to outfit the cabins and public areas for the Global Class ships at the German MV WERFTEN Wismar shipyard to be completed by 2020

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ALMACO’s GEM – Galley Energy Management System in Cruise & Ferry’s Green List

Proud to have our Galley Energy Management (GEM) system featured as part of International Cruise & Ferry Review Green List, which highlights some of the environmentally friendly products and services that are helping ship operators achieve regulatory compliance and cost savings. Our GEM includes advanced features enabling the ship’s crew to control and reduce the

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