Cruise news (Heraklion Greece-tagged)
- Accidents
Crew found dead onboard cruise ship Aegean Goddess at Port Heraklion (Crete Greece)
A male crew was found dead Thursday afternoon, May 12, onboard the cruise ship Aegean Goddess (formerly named "Pacific Aria" for P&O Australia...
May 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Costa Venezia sets sail from Istanbul with new Turkey & Greece itineraries
The new voyages of the Costa Cruises' ship Costa Venezia to Turkey and Greece made their debut from Istanbul on Sunday, May 1. This is a novelty in...
May 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises commences the 2022 cruise season with Celestyal Crystal
Celestyal Cruises announced the beginning of the 2022 cruise season on Monday, April 18, on Celestyal Crystal. The cruise ship set sail from Port...
April 18, 2022 - Accidents
TUI Cruises cancels all of its calls to Russia and Ukraine for 2022
TUI Cruises announced the cancellation of its calls to Russia & Ukraine this summer season. All scheduled calls of Mein Schiff 6 to Saint...
March 1, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises to deploy MSC Lirica to the Eastern Mediterranean in summer 2022
MSC Cruises announced it would deploy MSC Lirica to the Eastern Mediterranean in summer 2022. The liner will homeport in Piraeus-Athens during the...
December 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Lirica ship to be homeported in Piraeus-Athens (Greece) in summer 2022 summer
MSC Cruises announced it would deploy MSC Lirica to the Eastern Mediterranean for the 2022 summer season, homeporting at Piraeus-Athens (Greece) for...
December 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises unveils 2024 World Cruise aboard Island Princess
On sale November 11, Island Princess - Princess Cruises' largest ship to sail a World Cruise - is scheduled to sail roundtrip from North America on a...
November 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises' updates related to the 2022-2023 programs
The Carnival Corporation-owned subsidiary and travel brand Costa Cruises announced important updates of its 2022-2023 ship deployment and itinerary...
September 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Egyptian ports restart with Alexandria receiving World Navigator and Blue Sapphire
On August 28, Alexandria Port (Egypt) received the World Navigator ship coming from Port Heraklion (Crete Greece), with a total of 178 passengers and...
September 2, 2021 - Accidents
AIDAblu cruise ship changes itinerary due to the wildfires in Greece
The German company AIDA Cruises was forced to alter the itinerary of its AIDAblu ship due to the wildfires in Greece which affected a number of...
August 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Azamara Quest departs Glasgow, Scotland ahead of Azamara Cruises' restart
The Sycamore Partners-owned company Azamara Cruises announced that the ship Azamara Quest was the fleet's first to depart from Peel Port (King George...
July 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line restarts with Norwegian Jade ship from Piraeus-Athens Greece
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line on Sunday, July 25, officially restarted passenger shipping operations. Norwegian Jade was not only the first of the 17...
July 26, 2021 - Accidents
27-year-old AIDAblu crew disembarked at Corfu, Greece for medical treatment
On Sunday, June 6, a 27-year-old male crew of AIDA Cruises' ship AIDAblu who needed medical treatment was disembarked at Corfu Island (Kerkyra...
June 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises restarts in the Eastern Mediterranean with AIDAblu
On Sunday evening, May 23, AIDA Cruises started into the new cruise season in the Eastern Mediterranean with the ship AIDAblu. Until October 17...
May 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Azamara Cruises opens bookings for its return to sailing in Greece
Bookings opened for Azamara's return to service from August 28, 2021, in Greece. The Sycamore Partners-owned company has scheduled voyages of 7...
May 17, 2021