Cruise news (Canada-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Canada Place Terminal's 40th anniversary marked by Vancouver Port's record cruise season
Canada Place cruise terminal marks its 40th year of operation and approaches a peak Alaskan season expected to bring a record 1.4 million tourists...
April 26, 2026 - Accidents
Mechanical fault forces cancellation of BC Ferries Sunshine Coast sailings
Several ferry sailings on the Sunshine Coast route in British Columbia (Canada) were cancelled after a mechanical problem affected a vessel operating...
April 7, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Azamara schedules 2027 Alaska Cruisetours
Azamara Cruises has outlined its program of Alaska Cruisetours for the 2027 season, following guest responses collected ahead of the brand’s...
February 12, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Scheduled call at Astoria OR on HAL Rotterdam ship's 2028 Pacific passage
HAL-Holland America Line has integrated a call at Astoria, Oregon into its deployment plans for 2028 as part of an extended 22-day Panama Canal...
February 12, 2026 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America schedules 2027 Alaska Cruisetours
HAL-Holland America Line has released details of its 2027 Cruisetour season, marking the cruise operator’s 80th year of service to Alaska with...
December 12, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Victoria Harbour Authority (BC Canada) halts cruise ship shore power project amid rising costs
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) has withdrawn from plans to install shore power at Ogden Point, citing prohibitive costs despite...
October 27, 2025 - Accidents
Norovirus outbreak on Oceania Cruises' ship Insignia
Oceania Insignia, operating an 11-night cruise from Montreal to Boston, has reported a norovirus outbreak that affected 74 passengers&mdash...
October 24, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Victoria BC’s 2025 cruise season nears completion as final ships arrive from Alaska
Victoria BC’s 2025 cruise season is drawing to a close with the arrival of its final vessels this weekend. More than 300 ships have called at...
October 17, 2025 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America commissions Alaska-themed float for 2025 Macy’s Parade
HAL-Holland America Line will bring the essence of Alaska to New York City this November as it debuts its first float in the 99th Macy’s...
October 6, 2025 - Cruise Industry
HANSEATIC inspiration cruises the USA Great Lakes in 2026-2027
The HANSEATIC inspiration has embarked on a season through the inland labyrinth of the Great Lakes, an environment seldom navigable by large vessels...
October 2, 2025 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America Line schedules 2027 Canada & New England cruises
HAL-Holland America Line has detailed its 2027 Canada and New England season, with sailings scheduled from May through October aboard Volendam and...
September 13, 2025 - Accidents
Two passengers go overboard on BC Ferries (Canada) in consecutive days
A passenger went overboard from the Spirit of British Columbia ferry on Thursday evening, September 4th, during the 5 p.m. crossing between Swartz...
September 7, 2025 - Accidents
Passenger retrieved after falling overboard from Spirit of Vancouver Island ferry
The Spirit of Vancouver Island ferry reported that shortly after departing the Tsawwassen Terminal (Vancouver), at approximately 1:00 p.m. on...
September 5, 2025 - Accidents
Two passengers medevaced from Ruby Princess ship off Washington
On August 24th, 2025, the cruise ship Ruby Princess, navigating approximately 145 nautical miles west of Cape Flattery, Washington, initiated two...
August 27, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises embarks HANSEATIC inspiration on Northwest Passage Odyssey
Climates could scarcely be more opposed, yet the Northwest Passage and the South Seas hold in common a singular promise: extraordinary discoveries...
August 24, 2025