The 2010s list holds 107 ships, the largest decade grouping in this directory, and it reflects an industry building simultaneously at every scale. Oasis-class ships are joined and answered by large new classes from MSC, Norwegian, Carnival, Princess and Celebrity, while mid-sized premium and luxury ships proliferate. Two shifts give the decade its character. The LNG transition begins, with AIDAnova and Costa Smeralda pointing toward a new fuel era for large ships, and expedition cruising booms, producing a wave of small, ice-capable, technology-led vessels from Ponant, Hapag-Lloyd, Lindblad and others. Yacht-style luxury also expands. The result is not a single trend but divergence: bigger flagships, greener machinery and far more specialised small ships.
2010
225,282 GT · Royal Caribbean International · Active
130,000 GT · Carnival Cruise Line · Active
121,878 GT · Celebrity Cruises · Active
129,690 GT · Disney Cruise Line · Active
2,169 GT · American Cruise Lines · Active
10,944 GT · Ponant Cruises · Active
32,477 GT · Mitsui Ocean Cruises · Active
86,273 GT · Holland America Line · Active
90,901 GT · Cunard Line · Active
2011
71,304 GT · AIDA Cruises · Active
71,304 GT · AIDA Cruises · Active
130,000 GT · Carnival Cruise Line · Active
122,210 GT · Celebrity Cruises · Active
113,321 GT · Costa Cruises · Active
113,216 GT · Costa Cruises · Active
66,084 GT · Oceania Cruises · Active
139,072 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
66,172 GT · Oceania Cruises · Active
634 GT · 88parsec · Active
32,346 GT · Seabourn Cruise Line · Active
2012
71,304 GT · AIDA Cruises · Active
125,366 GT · Celebrity Cruises · Active
129,750 GT · Disney Cruise Line · Active
42,830 GT · Hapag-Lloyd Cruises · Active
10,992 GT · Ponant Cruises · Active
142,714 GT · Princess Cruises · Active
2013
133,019 GT · Costa Cruises · Active
139,072 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
145,655 GT · Norwegian Cruise Line · Active
145,655 GT · Norwegian Cruise Line · Active
142,714 GT · Princess Cruises · Active
2014
143,730 GT · P&O Cruises · Active
99,700 GT · TUI Cruises · Active
5,109 GT · Pearl Sea Cruises · Active
168,666 GT · Royal Caribbean International · Active
47,800 GT · Viking Cruises · Active
2015
125,000 GT · AIDA Cruises · Active
168,666 GT · Royal Caribbean International · Active
7,500 GT · Aranui Cruises · Active
133,500 GT · Carnival Cruise Line · Active
226,963 GT · Royal Caribbean International · Active
99,863 GT · Holland America Line · Active
10,992 GT · Ponant Cruises · Active
99,500 GT · TUI Cruises · Active
164,600 GT · Norwegian Cruise Line · Active
167,725 GT · Norwegian Cruise Line · Active
55,254 GT · Regent Seven Seas Cruises · Active
47,800 GT · Viking Cruises · Active
2016
125,572 GT · AIDA Cruises · Active
150,695 GT · Dream Cruises · Active
144,216 GT · Princess Cruises · Active
99,500 GT · TUI Cruises · Active
171,598 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
168,666 GT · Royal Caribbean International · Active
40,350 GT · Seabourn Cruise Line · Active
47,842 GT · Viking Cruises · Active
47,800 GT · Viking Cruises · Active
2017
150,695 GT · Aroya Cruises · Active
133,596 GT · Carnival Cruise Line · Active
8,770 GT · no current operator · Laid up
9,976 GT · Ponant Cruises · Active
111,554 GT · TUI Cruises · Active
98,811 GT · TUI Cruises · Active
154,000 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
Lindblad Expeditions · Active
99,902 GT · Holland America Line · Active
40,791 GT · Silversea Cruises · Active
47,842 GT · Viking Cruises · Active
2018
183,858 GT · AIDA Cruises · Active
133,500 GT · Carnival Cruise Line · Active
130,818 GT · Celebrity Cruises · Active
20,889 GT · HX Expeditions · Active
6,603 GT · Oceanwide Expeditions · Active
9,976 GT · Ponant Cruises · Active
171,598 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
154,000 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
2,920 GT · Lindblad Expeditions · Active
168,028 GT · Norwegian Cruise Line · Active
20,889 GT · HX Expeditions · Active
17,545 GT · Scenic Yacht Cruises · Active
40,350 GT · Seabourn Cruise Line · Active
145,281 GT · Princess Cruises · Active
228,081 GT · Royal Caribbean International · Active
47,842 GT · Viking Cruises · Active
Mystic Cruises · Active
2019
135,156 GT · Carnival Cruise Line · Active
135,500 GT · Carnival Cruise Line · Active
130,818 GT · Celebrity Cruises · Active
5,922 GT · Celebrity Cruises · Active
5,599 GT · Coral Expeditions · Active
185,010 GT · Costa Cruises · Active
145,281 GT · Princess Cruises · Active
7,892 GT · Aurora Expeditions · Active
15,540 GT · Hapag-Lloyd Cruises · Active
15,540 GT · Hapag-Lloyd Cruises · Active
9,976 GT · Ponant Cruises · Active
9,976 GT · Ponant Cruises · Active
111,500 GT · TUI Cruises · Active
181,541 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
181,541 GT · MSC Cruises · Active
12,786 GT · Lindblad Expeditions · Active
169,116 GT · Norwegian Cruise Line · Active
108,232 GT · Virgin Voyages · Active
20,449 GT · Silversea Cruises · Active
169,379 GT · Royal Caribbean International · Active
55,498 GT · Regent Seven Seas Cruises · Active
58,250 GT · Saga Cruises · Active