ALMACO wins first contract to build Cabins and Galleys for new River Cruise ships
ALMACO Group announced today that the German shipyard MV WERFTEN has awarded the company the newbuilding contract for luxury suites and galley areas for Crystal River Cruises’ four “Rhine class” luxury river yachts, which will be delivered in 2017 and 2018 from Wismar. ALMACO's first newbuilding project for passenger cabins...
Quantum-Class 4 and 5 to feature ALMACO’s Provision Stores
ALMACO has been awarded the contracts by Meyer Werft Shipyard to provide Provision Stores onboard Royal Caribbean International’s fourth and fifth Quantum-Class newbuilds. In addition to the latest ships, ALMACO is has been contracted to deliver 2,050 square meters of Provision Stores on Ovation of the Seas during 2016, the...
ALMACO Group to Redesign Crew Area of Crystal River Cruises’ Crystal Mozart
Launching Crystal River Cruises fleet, Crystal Mozart, the “Queen of Europe’s Rivers,” will boast a full redesign that features a refurbishment of crew cabins and crew areas by ALMACO Group. ALMACO’s turnkey delivery will include the modernization of 50 crew cabins and crew areas such as the gym, mess, recreation...
ALMACO’s Accommodations and Food Handling Solutions Onboard AIDAprima and AIDAperla
In 2015, ALMACO was awarded the additional contract to install modular cabins and to perform the interior and background outfitting onboard AIDA Cruises’ latest newbuild at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan, AIDAperla. This Accommodations work comes after the Food Handling contracts already awarded in 2013 for both AIDAprima and...
New Crew Cabins for Celebrity Summit by ALMACO Group
Celebrity Cruises has awarded ALMACO Group the contract to build 16 new crew cabins onboard Celebrity Summit during a short March drydock at Grand Bahamas Shipyard (GBS) and continuing during sailing. ALMACO’s scope of work includes demolition, complete outfitting of the GBS-provided new steel block, and delivery of 16 new crew cabins on...
ALMACO’s Expertise both in Design Catered to the Asian Guest and in New Construction in China
To add to ALMACO’s spare parts and modernization offerings to ship owners in the region, ALMACO is well prepared to participate in the growth of the Chinese cruise shipbuilding industry thanks to the company’s presence in the region for over a decade. ALMACO not only has an office in Shanghai...
ALMACO supports Ship Owners with Spare Parts Inventory
ALMACO’s customers are continuously increasing their fleet in Asia and experts at the 2015 CCS10 China Conference predict that 40 to 50 Cruise ships will be permanently based and operated from China by 2018. Some of the challenges ship owners face are: Ships have been almost exclusively built in Europe...
ALMACO’s latest refits for Cabins, Public Spaces and Catering Areas for Ship Owners worldwide
ALMACO Group has been modernizing cruise ship interiors since 1998, covering all areas from Passenger and Crew Cabins, Public Spaces, through all catering areas including Galleys, Provision Stores and Refrigeration Machinery. In 2015, ALMACO has delivered and will continue to deliver refits in all these areas to owners around the...
Public Spaces refit for Stena Alegra
ALMACO went onboard the Stena Alegra, dry-docked in Singapore, to refurbish over 1,200 m2 of public areas on decks 7 and 8. The turnkey delivery included the conversion of cabins into lounges and the modernization of public areas such as lounges, the Food Court, shops, the Heroes’ bar and staircases....
Repeat Projects for new crew cabins on Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas
The next modernization project took ALMACO’s team onboard Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas to perform turnkey deliveries of 17 new crew cabins on deck 2 during sailing. The scope of work for each of the ships involved the dismantling of the existing crew-dedicated...