Cruise news (AustraliaNewZealand-tagged)
- 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
Fire breaks out on Viking Orion cruise ship docked in Sydney (NSW Australia)
Due to a small cabin fire, around 850 people (~600 passengers plus ~250 crew) were evacuated from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship docked at White Bay...
February 3, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia’s cruise ship Pacific Encounter to be drydock-refurbished in Singapore
P&O Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter on Monday, January 30th, became the fleet's first to visit Darwin since the restart of cruising...
January 31, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Incat Tasmania plans to deliver the world's first large, lightweight electric ferry
Incat Tasmania (Australian high-speed catamaran shipbuilder) revealed it was in discussion with South American operator Buquebus for the delivery of...
January 28, 2023 - Accidents
Auckland NZ ferry services disrupted due to mooring line failure on HAL's ship ms Noordam
Auckland ferry services were disrupted for an hour on Friday, January 27th, after a mooring line problem on the HAL-Holland America's cruise ship ms...
January 28, 2023 - Accidents
Oceania's Regatta and Regent's Seven Seas Explorer ships cancel scheduled calls to Port Burnie...
TasPorts announced that two international cruise ships scheduled to call at Port Burnie (Tasmania Australia) last week had bypassed/canceled their...
January 23, 2023 - Accidents
Port Timaru (New Zealand) to host another unexpected cruise ship due to NZ's biofouling laws
The second visit of Seabourn' ship Seabourn Odyssey to Timaru (New Zealand) on Monday, January 16th, could be followed by a larger cruise ship call...
January 16, 2023 - Accidents
5th cruise ship denied entry to New Zealand due to strict biofouling laws
Regatta (Oceania) became the 5th cruise ship to cancel port calls in New Zealand because of strict biosecurity laws. So far the biofouling laws in...
January 12, 2023 - Accidents
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth is the 4th cruise ship hit with biofouling in New Zealand
Cruise industry executives met with New Zealand authorities after 2 more cruise ships were denied entry to ports in what the media is dubbing &ldquo...
January 11, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Silversea Silver Shadow ship's World Cruise 2023 departs from Sydney (NSW Australia)
Silversea’s World Cruise 2023 set sail from Sydney (NSW Australia) on Tuesday, January 10th, marking the first time the leading ultra-luxury...
January 11, 2023 - Accidents
Azamara Quest makes unscheduled call at Port Timaru (New Zealand) due to bad weather
An Azamara Cruises ship carrying 800+ passengers and crew members will make an unscheduled call at Port Timaru as bad weather lashes the upper North...
January 10, 2023 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Princess Cruises' ship Coral Princess after falling onboard
A man in his 30s was flown to Waikato Hospital in Hamilton (New Zealand) after being injured in a fall on board the Princess Cruises' Coral Princess...
January 10, 2023 - Accidents
Biosecurity New Zealand and Cruise Association address biosecurity concerns over ship cleaning
Biosecurity New Zealand and Cruise Association said they were working together to reduce the number of cruise ships sent for last-minute cleaning...
January 9, 2023 - Accidents
Ponant's Le Soleal ship makes unscheduled call to drop off injured passenger in Bluff
A luxury cruise ship on a voyage around New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands headed to Bluff so an injured passenger could receive medical treatment...
January 5, 2023 - Cruise Industry
3 cruise ships to visit Port Napier (New Zealand) in single day
3 cruise ships are scheduled to visit Napier Port (New Zealand) on Saturday, January 7th, setting a new record at the bustling hub. A Port...
January 4, 2023