Capacity
2012 Passenger Capacity
Total worldwide cruise capacity at the end of 2012 will be 428,835 passengers (a 4.5% increase over 2011) and 256 ships. Annualized total passengers carried world wide will be 20.3 million in 2012, a 5.6% increase over 2011. Brand diversification of all operations is summarized below.
*Norwegian Cruise Lines is jointly owned by Genting Hong Kong (owners of Star Cruises) and Apollo Management. **Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises are owned by Apollo Management and operated under parent company Prestige Cruise Holdings. ***TUI Cruises is a German-based joint venture between TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Sources: Cruise Market Watch’s proprietary Cruise Pulse™ and Port Pulse™ databases, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., Carnival Corporation and plc, and NCL Corporation Ltd.


