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Reported fleet size
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No published figure available
Container capacity
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Not a ranked container line
Gross tonnage on record
5,104,015
Summed over 38 ships reporting tonnage
In brief
Royal Caribbean International (RCI), formerly Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), is a cruise line founded in 1969 in Norway and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group since 1997.
Based in Miami, Florida, it is the largest cruise line by revenue and second largest by passenger counts. As of 2025, Royal Caribbean International controlled 27.0% of the worldwide cruise market by passengers and 24.8% by revenue.
As of August 2025, the line operated 29 ships, with additional vessels on order.
Corporate profile
Corporate structure
Parent company
Royal Caribbean Group
Fleet on record
Composition of the 39 vessels this registry attributes to Royal Caribbean International. Bars are true proportions of that set, not of the company's full fleet.
By vessel type
By shipbuilder
Delivery history
Ships delivered in each of the last 10 years, counted from the recorded build year of vessels attributed to this company, with the running total of its fleet on record. 8 deliveries fall inside this window.
| Year | Deliveries | Ships delivered | Gross tonnage added | Fleet on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | — | 30 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 228,081 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 169,379 | 32 | |
| 2020 | 0 | — | 32 | |
| 2021 | 1 | — | 33 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 235,600 | 34 | |
| 2023 | 0 | — | 34 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 485,136 | 36 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 248,663 | 37 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 248,663 | 38 |
Vessel records
| Ship | IMO | Type | Flag | Built | Gross tonnage | Deadweight | Length | Builder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1083023 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2027 | 250,800 | 21,513 | 365.0 m | Meyer Turku | |
| 9829930 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2024 | 248,663 | 21,513 | 364.8 m | Meyer Turku | |
| 9888560 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2026 | 248,663 | 21,513 | 364.8 m | Meyer Turku | |
| 9829942 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2025 | 248,663 | 20,964 | 364.8 m | Meyer Turku | |
| 9880001 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2024 | 236,473 | 17,908 | 362.1 m | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | |
| 9838345 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2022 | 235,600 | 17,100 | 362.0 m | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | |
| 9744001 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2018 | 228,081 | 19,599 | 361.0 m | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | |
| 9682875 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2016 | 226,963 | 20,236 | 362.1 m | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | |
| 9383936 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2009 | 226,838 | 15,000 | 360.0 m | STX Finland | |
| 9383948 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2010 | 225,282 | 19,750 | 362.0 m | STX Finland | |
| 9778856 | Cruise ship | Cyprus | 2019 | 169,379 | — | 347.0 m | Meyer Werft | |
| 9697753 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2016 | 168,666 | 158,000 | 348.0 m | Meyer Werft | |
| 9656101 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2015 | 158,350 | 10,500 | 347.8 m | Meyer Werft | |
| 9549463 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2014 | 158,350 | 10,500 | 348.0 m | Meyer Werft | |
| 9349681 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2008 | 155,889 | 10,600 | 338.7 m | Aker Finnyards | |
| 9304033 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2006 | 154,407 | 10,600 | 338.8 m | Aker Finnyards | |
| 9330032 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2007 | 154,407 | — | 338.9 m | Aker Finnyards | |
| 9227508 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2002 | 139,999 | 9,616 | 311.0 m | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | |
| 9227510 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2003 | 139,863 | — | 311.1 m | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | |
| 9161728 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2000 | 138,194 | 11,000 | 311.0 m | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | |
| 9161716 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 1999 | 138,194 | 11,132 | 311.1 m | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | |
| 9167227 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2001 | 137,276 | 11,033 | 311.0 m | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | |
| 9228356 | Cruise ship | Norway | 2004 | 90,090 | 11,936 | 293.0 m | Meyer Werft | |
| 9195195 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2001 | 90,090 | — | 293.2 m | Meyer Werft | |
| 9228344 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2003 | 90,090 | 11,936 | 293.2 m | Meyer Werft | |
| 9111802 | Cruise ship | Norway | 1997 | 82,910 | — | 279.6 m | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | |
| 9116864 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 1997 | 78,878 | 8,439 | 279.0 m | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | |
| 9116876 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 1998 | 78,717 | — | 279.0 m | Saint-Nazaire | |
| 8819512 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 1992 | 74,077 | — | 268.3 m | Chantiers de l'Atlantique (St. Nazaire, France) | |
| 9102978 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 1996 | 73,817 | 7,000 | 279.0 m | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | |
| 9070632 | Cruise ship | Norway | 2016 | 69,472 | — | 8068.0 m | Saint-Nazaire | |
| 7927984 | Cruise ship | Malta | 1982 | 37,584 | 5,000 | 214.5 m | Wärtsilä | |
| 7822457 | Cruise ship | Malta | 1982 | 37,049 | 5,168 | 199.6 m | Bremer Vulkan | |
| 9210218 | Cruise ship | Malta | 2000 | 30,277 | — | 181.0 m | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | |
| 8002597 | Cruise ship | Comoros | 1982 | 26,747 | — | 185.3 m | Chantiers Dubigeon | |
| 7125861 | Cruise ship | Panama | 1972 | 18,455 | 3,202 | 171.7 m | Wärtsilä | |
| 7005190 | Cruise ship | Norway | 1970 | 18,416 | 4,525 | 168.3 m | Wärtsilä | |
| 7027411 | Cruise ship | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1971 | 18,346 | — | 194.3 m | Wärtsilä | |
| 9795737 | Cruise ship | The Bahamas | 2021 | — | — | 348.0 m | Meyer Werft |
Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.
In context
Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
With 39 vessels attributed to it here, Royal Caribbean International is the 23rd largest of the 965 operators in this directory that hold at least one ship on record, against a median of 2 across that group. That is a count of individually identified hulls, not the company’s published fleet size — the two are different measurements and both are shown above where available.
United States is the country of registration for 144 commercial operators in this directory, among which Royal Caribbean International ranks 2nd by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 435 vessels here. 1 of them carry a published container-capacity ranking. See every operator registered in United States.
Founded in 1968, Royal Caribbean International is 58 years old. This directory holds 112 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.
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Provenance
Company and vessel recordsWikidata item Q929872, released under CC0. Counted figures on this page are counts over those records.
Written summaryQuoted from Royal Caribbean International on English Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Published fleet figuresNo published fleet figure is available for this company.