Cruise news (Burnie Australia-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises 2026-2027 Australia-New Zealand ships and itineraries
Princess Cruises announced 2026-2027 fleet deployment for Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. The program features diverse itineraries...
December 6, 2024 - 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 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line returns to Australia with Norwegian Spirit ship
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line returned to sailing in Australian waters after 3 years on December 21st, 2022 when its Norwegian Spirit ship departed from...
December 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Tasmania to welcome the first cruise ships of season 2022-2023
TasPorts (Tasmania) will soon welcome its first cruise ships for 2022-2023 season, with P&O Australia's Pacific Explorer (scheduled to visit Port...
October 1, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Tasmanian ports to welcome ~150 cruise ship calls during season 2022-2023
Ports across Tasmania are getting ready to welcome ~150 cruise ship calls during the upcoming 2022-2023 season. Plans for the cruise season started...
August 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages’ ship Resilient Lady setting sail to Australia & New Zealand starting in 2023
Virgin Voyages is setting sail to Australia & New Zealand, starting in 2023. The newest ship in Virgin Voyages’ 4-ship fleet, Resilient...
April 27, 2022 - Accidents
Tasmania (Australia) extends cruise ship ban to February 17, 2022
A record 32 cruise ships called at Port Burnie (Tasmania Australia) in the 2019-2020 season before the ban was imposed due to the COVID crisis...
December 12, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises 2022-2023 Australia and New Zealand ships and itineraries
Princess Cruises announced its 2022-2023 Australia and New Zealand season, going on sale on March 2, 2021. The itinerary program is based on 4 ships...
February 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises announces new itineraries for the upcoming Australia & New Zealand 2021-2022 season
Princess Cruises announced destination-rich itineraries for the line’s upcoming Australia & New Zealand 2021-2022 season, on sale from...
September 11, 2020 - Accidents
Princess Cruises Ship Delayed Due to Technical Issues
A Princess Cruises ship arrived around 2 hours late in Burnie Tasmania on Friday, January 17 due to technical issues. The departure of Sun Princess...
January 18, 2020 - Accidents
MS Noordam Skips Port of Call Due to Bushfire Crisis
A Holland America cruise ship will make an unscheduled visit to Burnie on Thursday, January 2, because of the New South Wales bushfire crisis. MS...
January 1, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Devonport to Attract Smaller Cruise Ships
Devonport City Council is due to meet with TasPorts and Australian Cruise Ship Association in order to attract smaller cruise vessels to dock in the...
June 25, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Pacific Eden Unable to Dock in Tasmania
Pacific Eden was unable to dock in the port of Burnie, Tasmania, due to bad weather. The cruise ship was scheduled to arrive at 6:45 a.m. today...
February 12, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Regatta Cancels Visit to Burnie Due to Bad Weather
An Oceania Cruises ship abandoned plans to dock in Burnie Tasmania Wednesday morning, February 6. Regatta attempted to enter the port of Burnie with...
February 6, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Call to Ban Cruise Ships from National Park Areas in Tasmania
About 125 cruise ships are scheduled to dock in Hobart and Burnie in 2018. 29 of the ships will make a visit to Port Arthur and 6 will drop...
January 15, 2018