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Explora Journeys expands Caribbean Programme with 2 ships for 2026–2027
Explora Journeys will operate its 2026–2027 Caribbean season with two ships, offering itineraries from mid-October 2026 through March 2027...
September 9, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Silversea concludes 2026 Alaska season with 30 voyages
Silversea has completed its 2026 Alaska season, with Silver Moon and Silver Whisper operating 30 voyages between Vancouver, British Columbia, and...
September 9, 2026 - Accidents
MSC Cruises cancels MSC Armonia repositioning voyage to South Africa
MSC Cruises has cancelled the planned repositioning voyage of MSC Armonia to South Africa because of the continuing security situation in the Red Sea...
September 8, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Terra Nova Expeditions replaces RMS St. Helena for inaugural Antarctic season
Terra Nova Expeditions has changed plans for its inaugural Antarctic expedition season after concluding that the historic RMS St. Helena cannot be...
September 8, 2026 - Accidents
Small fire reported at Fincantieri shipyard during NCL's Norwegian Aura construction
A small fire was reported at Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard, where NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line’s vessel Norwegian Aura is currently under...
September 8, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Meyer Turku launched RCI-Royal Caribbean’s newest ICON ship Hero OTS
RCI-Royal Caribbean’s Hero of the Seas reached a major construction milestone on September 4th, 2026, when the 4th Icon Class cruise ship was...
September 8, 2026 - Cruise Industry
EST-Floattech to supply battery systems for 15 new river cruise ships
EST-Floattech has secured a contract from Dutch system integrator Van Tiem Elektro to supply its Octopus High Energy battery systems for a new series...
September 7, 2026 - Cruise Industry
CroisiEurope's 2027 schedule lists 170+ itineraries
CroisiEurope has announced its 2027 cruise schedule, offering 170+ river, canal/hotel barge and ocean itineraries aboard 50 ships operating on 43...
September 7, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Japan charters Costa Serena as hotel ship for athletes at 2026 Asian Games
Japan will use Costa Serena as a hotel ship to accommodate athletes competing in the 2026 Asian Games, which will open in Nagoya on September 19th...
September 7, 2026 - Cruise Industry
CSSC and NOR Cruises sign MoU for 2+3 cruise shipbuilding program at SMM Hamburg 2026
China State Shipbuilding Corporation's/CSSC's subsidiary Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) and China Shipbuilding Trading Co (CSTC) signed an...
September 7, 2026 - Cruise Industry
MB Energy completes methanol bunkering trial aboard TUI's Mein Schiff 7 in Kiel
MB Energy has completed a methanol bunkering trial aboard TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 7 at the Ostseekai Cruise Terminal in the Port of Kiel...
September 6, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Seabourn opens bookings for World Cruise 2029 (ship Seabourn Quest)
Seabourn has opened bookings for its 2029 World Cruise, titled Iconic Islands & Remote Horizons, a 138-day voyage aboard Seabourn Quest covering...
September 6, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Riverside Luxury Cruises adds Danube cycling sailings for 2027
The UK-based Riverside Luxury Cruises will introduce three Riverside Active cycling departures aboard Riverside Mozart in 2027, combining guided...
September 6, 2026 - Accidents
Norway seizes Russian expedition cruise ship over Naftogaz compensation claim
Norwegian authorities have seized the Russian-owned expedition cruise ship Professor Molchanov in the Arctic as part of efforts to enforce a...
September 6, 2026 - Accidents
Ferry disaster off Northern Cyprus claims 12 lives
The death toll from the ferry disaster off northern Cyprus has risen to 12 after rescue teams recovered two additional bodies overnight, according to...
September 5, 2026