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Seabourn Venture Inaugural Season Open for Sale
Seabourn opened for sale the inaugural season itineraries for its Seabourn Venture, which is the line’s first ultra-luxury purpose-built...
May 20, 2019
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Carnival Sunshine Commences Year-Round Service from Charleston
Carnival Sunshine launched a schedule of 4- to 11-day cruises from Port of Charleston, thus becoming the newest vessel to operate year-round sailings...
May 20, 2019
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Seabourn Announces Exclusive Entertainment for World Cruise Guests
Seabourn announced the entertainment schedule planned for the line's 146-day World Cruise: Extraordinary Destinations onboard Seabourn Sojourn. Due...
May 20, 2019
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Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Reaches New Milestone
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority reached a new milestone on Friday, May 17, when the authority welcomed its 8 millionth passenger, Meghan...
May 20, 2019
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Ports in Greece to Welcome Over 5 Million Cruise Passengers
Ports in Greece are expected to welcome more than 5 million cruise passengers during the summer, breaking the 2018 record, according to the country's...
May 19, 2019
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Designs Unveiled for Carnival’s First Cruise Terminal in Japan
Berenblum Busch Architects unveiled the designs for the first cruise terminal of Carnival Corporation in Japan. Located in the port city of...
May 19, 2019
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Norway Hits Global Cruise Lines with $80,000 Sulfur Fine
The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) fined Greek operator Global Cruise Lines Ltd. a total of US$80,000 for "using 0.17% sulphur fuel in a 0.10...
May 19, 2019
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Anthem of the Seas Delayed Due to Medical Emergency
Royal Caribbean announced it is giving its travellers future cruise credits and partial refunds due to a voyage to Bermuda that had to be shortened...
May 19, 2019
VIDEO: Port of Kiel Welcomes AIDAprima
The Port of Kiel welcomed AIDAprima to the Ostseekai Terminal for her maiden call on May 17. Sailing from Dubai, the ship concluded her transfer...
May 18, 2019
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Crystal Mozart to Be Transferred to Genting
Crystal River Cruises announced that its Crystal Mozart will be leaving the fleet as of the start of the 2020 season next spring. The company...
May 18, 2019
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Scarlet Lady to Visit Multiple Ports in the UK 2020
Virgin Voyages confirmed that its first cruise ship Scarlet Lady will sail to the United Kingdom and hinted that the vessel will visit more than one...
May 18, 2019
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Portland Port UK to Welcome 8 AIDA Cruises Ships in 2019
On Friday, May 17, Portland Port UK again welcomed a ship of the AIDA Cruises' fleet. On her inaugural call, AIDAura was welcomed to the port...
May 18, 2019
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Fred Olsen Partners with ORCA on Inaugural Whale-Watching Cruise
Fred Olsen Cruise Line announced it had teamed up with ORCA (marine wildlife charity) for an inaugural Iceland cruise onboard mv Boudicca in summer...
May 17, 2019
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Enova Supports SeaDream's Environmental Efforts
SeaDream announced it had received a grant for US$1.8 million for the creation of the revolutionary SeaDream Innovation ship from Enova, an...
May 17, 2019
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Royal Caribbean Opens Bookings for 2020 Cuba Cruises
Royal Caribbean put 2020 Cuba itineraries online for travellers to start booking. Empress of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas return to offer Cuba...
May 17, 2019
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Polar Latitude Charters MS Bremen from May 2021
The Swiss company Scylla AG announced that MS Bremen will be chartered by Polar Latitude line from May 2021 to offer journeys through the Arctic...
May 17, 2019
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Kenya to Become Cruise Hub with New Terminal
Kenya is currently eyeing to become the 2nd major destination for cruise liners in Africa (after Egypt) following the search for new deals during the...
May 16, 2019
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Scenic Cruises Announces New 2020 Itineraries
Scenic Cruises announced its 2020 Europe River Cruise Collection that is now available for booking. Travelers booking early are able to...
May 16, 2019
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MSC Cruises Is the Fourth to Help Finance Pier Project
The Government of Cayman Islands has received a formal financial commitment from MSC Cruises to provide funding for the construction of the new...
May 16, 2019
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Ferry Link to Be Established Between Hungary and Slovakia
A ferryboat link is planned to be established under an EU-funded project to serve as a new border crossing between Slovakia and Hungary within a...
May 16, 2019
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Two Singaporean Passengers Die on Voyager of the Seas
Two Singaporean passengers died while onboard Voyager of the Seas, the operating company RCI-Royal Caribbean announced on Wednesday, May 15. ...
May 15, 2019
Passenger Medevaced from Carnival Dream
A 57-year-old male passenger had been taken by medical helicopter off a Carnival cruise ship Monday night, May 13, the U.S. Coast Guard announced...
May 15, 2019
CroisiEurope Adds Second Ocean Ship
CroisiEurope announced it will add a 2nd ocean-going cruise ship to its fleet via the acquisition of the former Silversea's ship Silver Discoverer...
May 15, 2019
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Damen Opens Engineering Centre in Helsinki
Damen Shipyards established its presence in Finland for the first time. The company's Helsinki office was set up to take advantage of the engineering...
May 15, 2019
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Hurtigruten Partners with Brim Explorer to Introduce Electric Explorer Catamarans
The cruiseferry company Hurtigruten partnered with the Norwegian startup brand "Brim Explorer" to introduce battery-powered catamarans custom-built...
May 15, 2019
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MS Westerdam to Explore 8 Iconic Countries in Asia
The cosmopolitan cities and old traditions of the Far East unfold for passengers on Holland America’s ms Westerdam when the cruise ship embarks...
May 14, 2019
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Norovirus Outbreak Strikes Passengers on Marella Explorer 2
Just a month after her launch following a complete renovation, norovirus struck Marella Explorer 2 as she sailed through the Mediterranean, leaving...
May 14, 2019
Five Dead, One Missing After Floatplanes Carrying Cruise Passengers Collide in Alaska
Five people are dead and one person is missing, with ten others currently in hospital after two floatplanes collided and went down in the water close...
May 14, 2019
Galapagos Mega-Yacht Delivered to Celebrity Cruises
Celebrity Cruises took delivery of its newest, Galapagos-bound ship, Celebrity Flora. The vessel, specially designed for sailing in the Galapagos...
May 14, 2019
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Norwegian Joy Completes First Alaska Cruise
Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Joy completed ship's inaugural Alaskan cruise from homeport Seattle WA. During the maiden voyage...
May 13, 2019
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