Cruise news (Carnival Encounter-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
P&O Australia's ship Pacific Encounter sails into Sydney NSW
Pacific Encounter, the latest addition to P&O Australia's fleet to continue the revival of the country’s $5 billion a year cruise industry...
August 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia’s Pacific Encounter sailing home after an overnight encounter with sistership Pacific...
P&O Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter is sailing back to Australia following a spectacular overnight encounter with sistership Pacific...
June 30, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia restarts cruising on May 31 with new 2022 program
P&O Cruises Australia flagged its return to cruising at the end of May 2022, with the launch of a new homeporting program from Adelaide, Brisbane...
March 16, 2022 - Accidents
P&O Australia and CCL-Carnival cancel 15+ cruises until May 28
Cruise companies express further disappointment with the Australian government’s inaction over the return to cruising. P&O Australia and...
January 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia extending suspension of cruises through February 14, 2022
Since no green light has been yet received for domestic resumption of cruises, P&O Australia has extended their pause until 2022 - a month-long...
October 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia extending cruise pause thru December 17
In line with the company's review of the temporary pause in operations, the Carnival Corporation-owned subsidiary P&O Australia...
July 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia extending suspension of cruises through September 17
In line with the company's review of the temporary pause in operations, the Carnival Corporation-owned subsidiary P&O Australia announced a 6...
May 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia's cruise ship Pacific Encounter boasts new look after drydocking in Singapore
P&O Cruises Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter on Wednesday, April 14, completed her transformation, leaving ‘dry dock’ in...
April 15, 2021 - Accidents
P&O Australia cancels cruises until end of July
P&O Australia announced it is extending its cruise pause fleetwide until the end of July 2021 as it remains positive about a pathway for the...
March 30, 2021 - Accidents
P&O Australia cancels cruises through mid-June
P&O Cruises Australia announced it is maintaining its optimism for the restart of cruising while, in the meantime, once again taking a practical...
February 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia's newest cruise ship Pacific Encounter joins the fleet
P&O Cruises Australia's newest ship Pacific Encounter (fka Star Princess) officially joined the fleet. The vessel (currently in Singapore...
January 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Pacific Encounter gets her new P&O Cruises Australia ‘name badge’
The soon-to-be new Pacific Encounter sailed into Port Singapore and was greeted by her new P&O Australia ‘name badge’. The ship's...
January 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia extending cruise pause in New Zealand
P&O Cruises Australia extends its cruise shipping pause in New Zealand to departures on/before April 25, 2021. The Carnival Corporation-owned...
January 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia confirms sale of Pacific Aria
P&O Australia announced it had found a new buyer for Pacific Aria and that the ship would leave the fleet in November 2020. The announcement...
October 18, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises extends pause in operations on 6 cruise ships
Due to Canada's ban on cruise ships until November 2020, the Carnival Corporation-owned premium brand Princess Cruises extended its pause in...
June 2, 2020