Cruise news (Marseille France-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises unveils winter 2024-2025 itineraries
Costa Cruises has unveiled the itineraries for winter 2024-2025, offering a range of vacation options in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and the...
June 1, 2023 - Accidents
4 Brazilian tourists on cruise ship Costa Favolosa arrested for drug smuggling (95 kg/EUR5M-worth...
French authorities have successfully foiled a significant drug smuggling attempt, where they intercepted 95 kilograms of cocaine and apprehended four...
May 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
TotalEnergies and MSC Cruises complete first LNG bunkering operation in Marseille (France)
Energy giant TotalEnergies and cruise ship operator MSC Cruises, part of MSC Group, completed the first LNG bunkering operation in Marseille Fos...
April 27, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC World Europa cruise ship arrives in Europe to start first Mediterranean season
MSC World Europa delivered in October 2022 by French shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique, has arrived in Europe to start her first summer season in...
April 15, 2023 - Cruise Industry
AIDAstella boasts Starlink Internet connection after completing dry dock maintenance
AIDA Cruises' ship AIDAstella completed her scheduled dry dock maintenance at Chantiers Naval de Marseille shipyard (southern France). The...
March 20, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises celebrates 75th Anniversary with 75 voyages in the Mediterranean/Northern Europe
On March 31st, 2023, Costa Cruises celebrates its 75th anniversary. 75 years ago, on that day in 1948, the first passenger ship of the fleet &ldquo...
March 19, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Cruises announces the return of “UMI UMA” by Master Chef Nobu Matsuhisa
“UMI UMA” is one of Crystal Cruises' award-winning, specialty dining offerings in a stylish modern setting with dishes inspired by the...
March 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
New Costa Fortuna cruise program 2023 to feature 3 different 2-week itineraries
Costa Cruises is launching a new program with 3 new itineraries scheduled for Costa Fortuna ship in the Mediterranean and Spain's Canary Islands...
February 25, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Bookings open for the MSC World Cruise 2025 (ship Magnifica)
MSC Cruises opened bookings for the MSC World Cruise 2025 with a new itinerary aboard the MSC Magnifica ship. Passengers can embark on the voyage of...
February 16, 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
New French cruise company CFC to name Holland America's Maasdam ship Renaissance
The new French cruise line CFC (Compagnie Francaise des Crocieres) will name its first ship Renaissance before introducing its debut on the French...
September 8, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC’s first LNG-powered cruise ship MSC World Europa to be named in Doha (Qatar)
The 6774-passenger ship MSC World Europa (the first of MSC Cruises’ WORLD-class series) is expected to inaugurate Doha’s Grand Cruise...
September 7, 2022 - Cruise Industry
50,000+ people sign a petition to ban polluting cruise ships from Port Marseille (France)
50,000+ people signed a petition to ban large cruise liners from Marseille (France). Marseille Fos port city is one of the busiest European cruise...
September 2, 2022 - 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
Greek shipping magnate Marios Iliopoulos sells Holland America's Maasdam ship to CFC HoldCo (France)
A new cruise travel brand (targeting exclusively the French-speaking market) is now on the horizon with the purchase of the former HAL-Holland...
August 19, 2022