Cruise news (Hamburg Germany-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises' AIDAperla ship offers 7-day Canary Islands roundtrips from Las Palmas
AIDA Cruises offers 7-day sailings around the Canary Islands with AIDAperla departing out of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. With testing for passengers...
March 30, 2021 - Accidents
Container ship strikes Hapag-Lloyd's cruise ship Hanseatic Inspiration
A container ship struck the berthed Hanseatic Inspiration cruise ship in Hamburg, Germany while leaving the port. The accident happened...
March 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA extends Canary Islands cruises through mid-May
AIDA Cruises announced it is extending the cruise season around the Canary Islands with its AIDAperla until the middle of May. The start and...
March 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Sea Cloud Cruises resumes voyages on May 7
The small-ship cruise company Sea Cloud Cruises announced it had decided to extend the suspension of sailings. Most recently, the Hamburg-based...
February 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Seatrade Cruise Global 2021 postponed to autumn
Seatrade Cruise Global 2021 will be postponed. Alternative options are being weighed for a live event in Miami Florida in early autumn. A series of...
January 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA extends suspension of cruises through March
Germany's extended lockdown (until at least January 31) and new COVID related restrictions, such as the further limitation of private contacts or the...
January 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Hamburg opens new YouTube Channel ‘Hamburg Cruise News’
Since November 1, 2020, Germany is in lockdown. Technical ship calls and layups are permitted but ship cruises have been suspended. During the past...
December 18, 2020 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises introduces Summer 2022 programme
The family-owned company MSC Cruises announced details of its Summer 2022 program with sales now open for voyages in the Caribbean and Mediterranean...
December 18, 2020 - Cruise Industry
VIVA Cruises launches North and Baltic Seas cruises on MS Seaventure
The river cruise travel brand "Viva Cruises" (fleet) announced it is launching 4 new itineraries on the North Sea and Baltic Sea onboard the company...
November 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines launches 8 new itineraries for Balmoral
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines launched 8 new itineraries for MS Balmoral ship in 2021, which include a series of regional sailings from homeport Portsmouth...
September 23, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 are back in Germany
TUI Cruises-operated liners Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 sailed back to Germany and are currently scheduled to leave again Friday evening...
September 4, 2020 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises preparing for resumption of sailings from September 6
AIDA Cruises announced it is planning to resume its operations with the first liners from German ports at the beginning of September. The...
August 10, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 2 sets sail amid the Coronavirus pandemic
The TUI Cruises ship Mein Schiff 2 set sail for a weekend roundtrip (cruise to nowhere) in the North Sea late Friday night, July 24. The liner is...
July 27, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises cancels the first "Blue Cruise" on Mein Schiff 1
TUI Cruises restarts cruises with Mein Schiff 2 from Port Hamburg Germany on July 24. However, the first departure of Mein Schiff 1 (out of Kiel...
July 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
AIDA restarts cruises in August with 3 ships
The Carnival Corporation-owned German brand AIDA Cruises announced it will resume passenger shipping operations in August. Following an industry-wide...
July 10, 2020