Cruise news (La Spezia Italy-tagged)
- Cruise Industry

Sun Princess introduces enhanced Mediterranean voyages for 2026–2027
Princess Cruises has announced modifications to the itineraries of Sun Princess, one of the fleet's newest vessels, introducing enhanced 7-day...
September 22, 2025 - Cruise Industry

RCI-Royal Caribbean unveils 2026 European itineraries (60+ ports, 5 departure ports)
Travelers can explore Europe’s top destinations across more than 60 port cities with 5 distinctive cruises departing from homeports Piraeus...
November 4, 2024 - Cruise Industry

Marella Discovery 2 ship to host Solar Eclipse cruise 2026 in the Mediterranean
Marella Cruises, TUI’s UK cruise line, has announced a distinctive solar eclipse voyage scheduled for the summer of 2026. On August 12th, 2026...
October 21, 2024 - Cruise Industry

Marella Discovery 2 ship to sail Solar Eclipse Cruise in August 2026
TUI's Marella Cruises UK has revealed plans for a special solar eclipse voyage aboard the Marella Discovery 2 ship in the summer of 2026. This...
October 15, 2024 - Cruise Industry

Celebrity Ascent ship starts European cruises from Barcelona (Spain)
Celebrity Cruises’ latest addition, the Celebrity Ascent, is preparing for her inaugural sailing in Europe following her arrival in Barcelona...
April 26, 2024 - Cruise Industry

La Spezia (Italy) advances new waterfront construction with signing of Cruise Pier Tender Contract
On December 5, 2023, the La Spezia Port System Authority marked a significant milestone by signing the tender contract for the construction of the...
December 10, 2023 - Cruise Industry

MSC Fantasia undergoing comprehensive drydock refurbishment at Malta's Palumbo Shipyard
MSC Fantasia, a prominent vessel in the MSC Cruises fleet, is presently undergoing a comprehensive drydock refurbishment at the Palumbo Shipyard in...
October 4, 2023 - Cruise Industry

Costa Cruises opens bookings for 2024 itineraries in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe
Costa Cruises announced its itineraries for 2024. The newest edition of the Around the World voyage (December 2024) will also be available in the...
February 2, 2023 - Cruise Industry

MSC Cruises announces updates to 2022-2023 winter deployment of 3 ships (Virtuosa, Preziosa...
MSC Cruises announced an update to its Winter 2022-2023 program as follows: MSC Virtuosa is due to replace MSC Preziosa in Northern Europe, offering...
August 23, 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 Cruises’ 13th ship, MSC Fantasia, restarts in the Mediterranean
MSC Cruises’ 13th ship to resume operations since the cruise industry’s pause in March 2020 as a result of the COVID crisis set sail on...
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 - Accidents

COVID-positive vaccinated passenger medevaced from Royal Caribbean’s ship Harmony of the Seas
A COVID-positive elderly passenger was medevaced from RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Harmony of the Seas, which docked at Port La Spezia Italy at 3...
September 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry

Valencia Spain homeports MSC Grandiosa cruise ship through November 5
Port Valencia Spain is welcoming the latest-generation MSC Cruises' ship MSC Grandiosa every Friday until November 5. The cruise ship docks at Cap i...
August 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry

MSC Cruises restarts in Spain with MSC Grandiosa from Barcelona on June 26
MSC Cruises announced it will restart its cruise operations in Spain with the deployment of the MSC Grandiosa ship to Barcelona from June 26 for a...
June 4, 2021