Cruise news (Dubai UAE-tagged)
- 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 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's first World Cruise (2023-2024) with Serenade OTS ship
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced the debut of the inaugural 274-night “Ultimate World Cruise” 2023-2024 that visits the 7...
October 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Cunard's Queen Elizabeth ship to sail from Southampton UK to Singapore
In light of the latest news that Australians could soon find themselves in the position of being able to fly overseas to go cruising but be unable to...
October 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises to deploy AIDAnova in the Canary Islands winter 2021-2022
The Carnival Corporation-owned German subsidiary AIDA Cruises announced it will deploy the 2018-built AIDAnova ship in the Canary Islands in winter...
September 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises opens bookings for winter program 2022-2023
AIDA Cruises opened for booking its winter 2022-2023 winter program. The itineraries range from voyages to the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and the...
August 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' newest flagship MSC Virtuosa to be named in Dubai on November 27
MSC Cruises plans a glamorous event in Dubai UAE (Port Rashid) for the naming ceremony of the fleet's newest vessel - the flagship MSC Virtuosa...
July 18, 2021