Cruise news (China-tagged)
- Accidents
2 casino cruises on Genting Dream ship canceled due to Hong Kong's COVID measures
A 2-night roundtrip from Hong Kong China on Friday, January 7, was canceled due to the city’s government imposing a 14-day tightening of social...
January 9, 2022 - Accidents
2500+ passengers held on Royal Caribbean's Spectrum OTS in Hong Kong
Hong Kong announced a 2-week ban on incoming flights from 8 countries, including the United States and Britain. It also tightened restrictions on...
January 5, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Explorer Dream restarts in Taiwan with 157 COVID-negative passengers and crew
Genting Cruise Lines restarted sailings in Taiwan with Explorer Dream ship on December 31 after the halt due to the COVID outbreak in May 2021...
January 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Line takes delivery of cruiseferry Viking Glory from Xiamen Shipbuilding China
Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co (China) delivered the Viking Glory cruiseferry on December 23, 2021. The Finnish company Viking Line ABP has...
December 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises restarts in Taiwan with Explorer Dream
Genting Cruise Lines announced the restart of sailings in Taiwan with Explorer Dream ship beginning on December 31 after stopping due to...
December 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: First Carnival Chinese newbuild cruise ship floated out
The first Carnival China Cruise Shipping newbuild was floated out last week at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., a subsidiary of CSSC-China...
December 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises' Explorer Dream to resume voyages in January
Taiwan's Minister of Transport Wang Kuo-Tsai revealed today that the CECC (Central Epidemic Command Center) had approved a plan for Explorer Dream...
December 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Keelung Mayor urges Taiwan to restart domestic cruises
Since domestic cruises in Taiwan have been suspended for half a year, Keelung City's Mayor Lin Yu-chang last week urged the country to find a balance...
December 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises increases Genting Dream ship’s passenger capacity to 75%
Based on the latest guidelines by the authorities in Hong Kong China, Genting Cruise Lines announced that the MS Genting Dream ship would...
November 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises celebrates 1-year milestone in Singapore with MS World Dream ship
MS World Dream approached the first anniversary of cruise restart in Singapore. The GHK-owned brand Dream Cruises pioneered safe cruising in Port...
November 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Sunstone Ships' Sylvia Earle completes sea trials in the south China Sea
The biggest expedition cruise shipowner SunStone Ships Inc (USA) announced the successful sea trials of their 4th INFINITY-Class vessel. The sea...
November 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
SunStone's ship Ocean Odyssey launched at the CMHI Haimen yard
SunStone's expedition cruise ship Ocean Odyssey (ULSTEIN CX103 design) was launched at the CMHI Haimen yard on October 23. The vessel is one in a...
October 31, 2021 - Cruise Industry
SunStone’s Ocean Explorer officially named in Boston MA (USA)
Boston-based cruise company Vantage Deluxe World Travel officially christened MS Ocean Explorer, the brand's first ocean-going small ship, on Monday...
October 27, 2021 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean cancels Spectrum OTS' cruise-to-nowhere due to COVID crew
RCI-Royal Caribbean canceled Spectrum of the Seas ship's "Ocean Getaway" (cruise to nowhere scheduled for October 21, 2021, from Hong Kong) after...
October 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Shanghai Waigaoqiao completes hull for CSSC Carnival China's cruise ship
The first China-made cruise liner saw the completion of her hull structure in Shanghai, marking the 135,500 GT Vista-class vessel's entering the 2nd...
October 22, 2021