Cruise news (Dubai UAE-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises' newbuild AIDAcosma arrives in Hamburg (Germany) for the first time
On Friday, February 25, the new AIDA Cruises' ship AIDAcosma will visit the port of Hamburg (Germany) for the first time at 04:00 p.m. It is the...
February 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ newest ship MSC World Europa to be based in The UAE next winter
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during winter 2022-2023 will be homeported the largest passenger ship in the Middle East - MSC World Europa...
February 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises restarts sailings with its entire fleet in 2022
Costa Cruises continues the line's gradual restart plan for the year. From March 5, the date on which the newbuild Costa Toscana will set sail for...
February 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Godmother announced for AIDA Cruises' newest ship AIDAcosma
On April 9, 2022, world-famous athlete Kristina Vogel will serve as godmother and christen AIDA fleet's newest boat AIDAcosma in Hamburg (Germany...
February 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Qatar launches luxury yacht cruises on Emerald Azzurra
Qatar Tourism is launching super-yacht luxury cruises in partnership with Emerald Cruises. They will set sail from Qatar's capital Doha starting...
February 7, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC's winter 2022-2023 cruise program features the newbuild ships World Europa & Seascape
MSC Cruises’ 2022-2023 Winter lineup of voyages features 2 new ships: MSC World Europa and MSC Seascape. In total, the cruise line offers a...
February 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC extending cruise seasons of MSC Bellissima and MSC Virtuosa
MSC Cruises announced that the Arabian Gulf current season would be extended with the MSC Bellissima ship offering additional 7-night roundtrips...
February 1, 2022 - Accidents
~30 crew test COVID-positive on Costa Firenze ship
The latest cruise liner to report a COVID outbreak is Costa Firenze that recently started sailing from homeport Dubai UAE. ~30 positive crew...
December 31, 2021 - Accidents
Hapag-Lloyd's Europa and Europa 2 cancel cruises due to COVID
The flagships MS Europa and MS Europa 2 of the Hamburg-based cruise shipping company Hapag-Lloyd were affected by COVID outbreaks onboard...
December 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises takes delivery of its newest ship AIDAcosma in Bremerhaven (Germany)
AIDA Cruises announced that on December 21, 2021, it had taken delivery of its newest cruise ship AIDAcosma in Bremerhaven (Bremen, Germany) from the...
December 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation celebrates the official opening of Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal
Carnival Corporation & plc and Shamal Holding celebrated the opening of Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal following the strategic partnership the two...
December 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Sophia Loren christens MSC Cruises' new flagship MSC Virtuosa in Dubai
MSC Cruises on Saturday, November 27, celebrated the christening in Dubai (Port Rashid-Dubai Harbour, UAE) of its new flagship, MSC Virtuosa, just...
November 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDAbella is AIDA Cruises' 9th ship to restart sailings
On November 6, AIDA Cruises with AIDAbella celebrated the fleet's 9th boat to restart passenger shipping. The first voyage set sail from Palma de...
November 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Cruises UK's summer 2023 & winter 2023-2024 itineraries
P&O Cruises UK announced its summer 2023 and winter 2023-2024 itineraries, including the maiden season of the fleet's newest member - Arvia...
November 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Jamaica boasts November cruise ship return
Jamaica's Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said the scheduled return of cruise ships across the ports of the island in mid-November was a strong vote...
November 2, 2021