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Nova Scotia (Canada) returning to growth with 300+ scheduled cruise ship calls
With 300+ scheduled cruise ship calls across the province, cruising in Nova Scotia (Canada) is returning to growth. Nova Scotia boasts the natural...
February 8, 2023
Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line cancels month-long sailings aboard Carnival Glory due to drydock...
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced it is canceling a month of voyages aboard its Carnival Glory ship in the spring of 2024, due to drydock...
February 8, 2023
Accidents
USCG aircrews conduct 2 medevacs from cruise ships (near Dominicana) to Puerto Rico
CG-Coast Guard aircrews medevaced a cruise passenger from RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Symphony OTS on Monday, February 6th, and a second passenger...
February 8, 2023
Accidents
Tropical cyclone forces Carnival Luminosa cruise ship to turn back to Brisbane (QLD Australia)
A Carnival Australia ship that left Brisbane (Queensland Australia) on Sunday, February 5th, for a 7-day Pacific voyage, turned back in an...
February 8, 2023
Accidents
Record 30 cruise ships scheduled to call at the Philippines' ports
The Philippines is getting ready for what it anticipates would be a record-breaking 2023 cruise season. A record 30 liners are scheduled to call at...
February 7, 2023
Cruise Industry
Portugal's Porto Cruise Terminal sets record for cruise ship calls in 2022
A record number of cruise ships visited Porto Cruise Terminal (Leixoes, Portugal) in 2022 as the industry recovered in the wake of the COVID crisis...
February 7, 2023
Cruise Industry
Liverpool cruise port schedule 2023 includes record number of roundtrips
2 cruise ships on the berth at once, a record number of turnaround calls, and a 20th-anniversary celebration are some of the highlights of the 2023...
February 7, 2023
Cruise Industry
Wartsila confirms contract for new Balearia's LNG-powered ferry
Finland’s Wartsila secured a contract to supply dual-fuel engines/other equipment for Balearia’s second LNG-powered high-speed ferry...
February 7, 2023
Cruise Industry
UK's Portsmouth International Port accepts an offer from SSEN to secure extra power supply
Portsmouth International Port’s plans to become the most sustainable port in the United Kingdom take a step closer to being fully shore power...
February 7, 2023
Cruise Industry
Swedish researchers develop induction technology for wireless charging ferries
Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology (Goteborg) developed an induction technology to wirelessly charge batteries in electric...
February 6, 2023
Cruise Industry
Port Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island, Canada) to welcome 91 cruise ships and 150,000...
Port Charlottetown (REI-Prince Edward Island, Canada) is set to welcome 91 cruise ships, 150,000+ passengers and 63,000+ crew members to the island...
February 6, 2023
Cruise Industry
Port Sokhna (Egypt) welcomes first cruise ships amid development works
Development works at the Suez Canal Economic Zone are progressing well, according to a senior official, with the brand-new berth at Port Sokhna...
February 6, 2023
Cruise Industry
DCL-Disney Cruise Line announces the return of “Pixar Day at Sea” and “Marvel Day at Sea” early 2024
In 2024, DCL-Disney Cruise Line passengers will embark on extraordinary adventures due to the return of “Pixar Day at Sea” and &ldquo...
February 6, 2023
Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises introduces public spaces on the new Sun Princess ship (2024)
Princess Cruises revealed a first glimpse of the most contemporary/state-of-the-art designs imaged yet aboard Sun Princess - the line's newest and...
February 5, 2023
Cruise Industry
Small fire breaks out on RCI-Royal Caribbean's Icon OTS at Meyer Turku shipyard
Media outlets in Finland reported that a small fire had broken out on the next-largest cruise ship in the world, currently under construction at...
February 5, 2023
Accidents