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American Queen Steamboat Company Unveils 2019 Cruise Season
American Queen Steamboat Company invites travelers to enjoy dramatic landscapes that have long inspired writers, artists and steamboat guests on one...
December 16, 2018
Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten Unveils Its New Hybrid Ships
Following lengthy delays and shipbuilding challenges that forced cancellation of ten voyages in the Antarctic, Norway’s coastal cruise line...
December 16, 2018
Cruise Industry
Royal Princess Receives Multi-Million-Dollar Refurbishment
In 3 months, Port Long Beach (Los Angeles) is due to welcome the 3,560-passenger Princess Cruises ship, Royal Princess, taking guests to...
December 16, 2018
Cruise Industry
Armorique Ferry Hits Berth in Roscoff
Passengers were left stuck onboard a cross-Channel cruiseferry when a vehicle door jammed after the ship hit its berth in Roscoff, north-west France...
December 15, 2018
Accidents
Port of Cork to Welcome 103 Cruise Ships in 2019
A record 103 cruise ships are booked to visit Cork in 2019, including several that will dock for the first time in the port. New ships like Celebrity...
December 15, 2018
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WB Yeats Ferry Sets Sail After Delays
Irish Ferries' long-delayed, EUR 147 million WB Yeats cruiseferry, which was originally due to have been delivered in July 2018, and subsequently...
December 15, 2018
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Passenger Overboard from Carnival Victory
Carnival Victory sailed back to Miami FL on Friday, December 14, after a 26-year-old male cruise passenger went overboard earlier that day, the...
December 15, 2018
Accidents
VIDEO: Honfleur Ferry Launched for the First Time
A new cruiseferry powered by LNG (liquified natural gas) took to the water for the first time at an official ship-launching ceremony in Germany...
December 14, 2018
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VIDEO: 3rd Fire in 16 Months Aboard Wightlink Ferry
A ferry service was suspended following another fire aboard Wightlink-operated ship, the 3rd fire in 16 months. The previous fire on Wight Sky was in...
December 14, 2018
Accidents
P&O Cruises Introduces New Shore Experiences
P&O Cruises introduced new shore experiences, with line's Food Heroes leading passengers on a Norwegian journey of discovery. Wine expert Olly...
December 14, 2018
Cruise Industry
Coral Adventurer Floated Out in Vietnam
Coral Expeditions launched their new ship, Coral Adventurer, on December 8. The float out ceremony involved 2 days of relocating the ship from yard...
December 14, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Carnival Mardi Gras to Boast Onboard Roller Coaster
In a cruise industry first, Carnival Mardi Gras will feature the first roller coaster at sea when she debuts in 2020, providing unique open-air ride...
December 13, 2018
Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Unveils 2020-2021 Cruises
Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas is due to become the first in her class, as well as the world's largest, sailing from the Northeast. The cruise...
December 13, 2018
Cruise Industry
Silversea Launches New Accessible Shore Trips
Silversea introduced accessibility-enhanced shore trips via its partnership with Accessible Travel Solutions, devoted to expanding opportunities for...
December 13, 2018
Cruise Industry
MSC Preziosa to Become the Highlight of Busy Cruise Season in Trinidad
MSC Preziosa, with passenger capacity of more than 4,000 people, is due to become the highlight of a busy cruise season in Trinidad during the coming...
December 13, 2018
Cruise Industry
Oasis of the Seas to Homeport in New York City 2020
New York City area is due to become the home to one of the largest cruise ships in the world. Royal Caribbean revealed that its 18-deck Oasis of the...
December 13, 2018
Cruise Industry
China to Become the Largest Cruise Market in the World
China is expected to become world's largest cruise market over the next 20 years, due to moves designed to strengthen marine-based tourism by the...
December 12, 2018
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: World’s First LNG Cruise Ship Delivered by MEYER WERFT
Today, December 12, in Bremerhaven, MEYER WERFT handed over the first LNG (liquid natural gas) cruise ship in the world to AIDA Cruises. The biggest...
December 12, 2018
Cruise Industry
Colombo Port Reports Remarkable Increase in Cruise Ship Arrivals
A remarkable increase in the number of the cruise ships calling at Port of Colombo was reported this year. According to Sri Lanka Ports Authority's...
December 12, 2018
Cruise Industry
Carnival's AirShip Returns for a Journey Across California
As part of the year-long celebrations for Carnival Panorama that is due to debut on the west coast, Carnival announced that line's AirShip is...
December 12, 2018
Cruise Industry
Port of Galveston Welcomes 10 Millionth Cruise Passenger
Port of Galveston welcomed its 10 millionth cruise passenger to embark from port’s terminal on Sunday, December 9. The port started cruise...
December 11, 2018
Cruise Industry
Passenger Missing from MSC Preziosa
A cruise passenger has reportedly gone overboard from MSC Preziosa in the Caribbean on Saturday, December 8, according to France-Antilles newspaper...
December 11, 2018
Accidents
Key West's Mallory Square Port Closed for 3 Months
A port of call in Key West's popular Mallory Square is currently unusable for at least 3 months while it is repaired for damage that was caused by...
December 11, 2018
Accidents
MSC Cruises Ship Begins Cuba Service from Florida
MSC Armonia arrived in Miami FL Monday morning, December 10, to begin 7-day Caribbean cruises with a couple of days in Havana, Cuba. The MSC Cruises...
December 11, 2018
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MSC Cruises Unveils World Cruise 2021
MSC Cruises unveiled its epic World Cruise 2021 aboard MSC Poesia, with ports of call across the Caribbean, South America, USA, Australia, New...
December 10, 2018
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Elderly Couple Arrested on a Caribbean Cruise Ship for Drug Trafficking
An elderly couple were arrested after ‘large amount of cocaine’ had been found in their luggage as both returned from a Caribbean cruise...
December 10, 2018
Accidents
Hurtigruten Launches Second Hybrid-Driven Cruise Ship
Sunday afternoon, December 9, Hurtigruten launched its new expedition ship MS Fridtjof Nansen at Ulsteinvik-based Kleven Shipyard. The hybrid-powered...
December 10, 2018
Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises Officer Found Dead in Cabin
A young officer working onboard the Celebrity Millennium ship has been found dead, hanging in his cabin’s bathroom on Thursday, December 6...
December 10, 2018
Accidents
Judge Limits Use of Fees Collected from Cruise Passengers by Juneau
The use of fees that are collected from cruise passengers by City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska must be connected to the cruise ship, federal judge...
December 9, 2018
Cruise Industry
Grimaldi Cruise Ferry Suffers Propeller Breakdown
Cruise Roma ferry (owned by GRIMALDI LINES) has suffered portside propeller breakdown (propeller shaft, reportedly) early morning December 8...
December 9, 2018
Accidents