Crusie news (tagged with River Cruises)
- Cruise Industry
American Harmony Departs on Inaugural Mississippi River Cruise
American Cruise Lines' American Harmony departed from New Orleans on Saturday, August 17, along her inaugural Mississippi River cruise. The newest...
August 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Viking to Launch 4 New Seine Ships
Viking Cruises announced that from 2020, the company will expand its France riverboat fleet with the launch of 4 new Viking-Longship class boats...
August 17, 2019 - Cruise Industry
American Cruise Lines to Name Fourth Modern Riverboat American Melody
American Cruise Lines (ACL) announced it will name its 4th newbuild (from the Modern Riverboat series) American Melody. The new river cruise ship is...
August 14, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Emerald Harmony Ship Build
The Mekong River-based new riverboat RV Emerald Harmony was filmed being built from scratch in a time-lapse video. Emerald Harmony is the cruise...
August 3, 2019 - Accidents
Hungary’s Supreme Court Rules: Cruise Ship Captain’s Bail Release Unlawful
The decision by lower courts to release on bail the Ukrainian captain of a Viking Cruises riverboat that collided with a sightseeing boat in central...
July 30, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Free Tour Package Offered on All 2020 Itineraries Aboard MS Brabant
Fred Olsen River Cruises announced that it offers a free tour package on all of its 2020 itineraries aboard the 156-passenger river cruise ship, ms...
July 30, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Pandaw Announces New Twice Weekly Sailing on RV Indochina Pandaw
Pandaw announced the opening of a twice-weekly sailing from September this year onwards onboard RV Indochina Pandaw. During the past years, the...
July 30, 2019 - Cruise Industry
CroisiEurope Ships on River Seine Convert to Using GTL Fuel
CroisiEurope’s 3 riverboats on France’s Seine River - Renoir, Botticelli, and Seine Princess - have converted to using GTL (gas to...
July 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
River Cruise Lines Change Itineraries Due to Low Water Levels
The heatwave in Europe hit record-breaking highs, with temperatures up to 41C (Lyon), 33C (Budapest, Hungary) and 33C (in parts of Germany). ...
July 24, 2019 - Cruise Industry
More River Cruise Ships Come to La Crosse?
More river cruise ships could visit La Crosse (Wisconsin USA) as city's board of public works approved a study to look into the possibility to add...
July 23, 2019 - Cruise Industry
American Harmony Passes Sea Trials
American Cruise Lines’ newest riverboat, American Harmony, has successfully passed sea trials, received her Coast Guard certification and...
July 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: AmaMora Christened on the Rhine
The award-winning luxury river cruise line AmaWaterways celebrated on Friday, July 19, the christening of its newest riverboat, AmaMora (156...
July 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
AmaMagna Officially Named in Austria
AmaWaterways christened its revolutionary newbuild riverboat - AmaMagna - in Grein, Austria on Thursday, July 11. The official ceremony saw...
July 12, 2019 - Cruise Industry
American Queen Steamboat Company Introduces “Racing on the River”
AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company announced its newest themed cruise onboard American Duchess, “Racing on the River”, cruising from...
June 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
U River Cruises Unveils New Itineraries for 2020
U River Cruises (Uniworld) unveiled new itineraries and the relaunch of The B ship (fka River Baroness) for 2020. U’s 7-night itineraries...
June 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Uniworld to Welcome Five New Ships in 2020
Next year, Uniworld River Cruises is due to welcome 3 new boats to its European fleet (to operate from homeports Bordeaux France, Venice Italy and...
June 27, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Rainforest Cruises Announces the Addition of Mekong Jewel
Rainforest Cruises (luxury travel brand) introduced the new river cruiser - RV Mekong Jewel, which is due to sail on Mekong River through Vietnam and...
June 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Victory Cruise Lines Announces 2020 Itineraries
Victory Cruise Lines, which is committed to small-ship cruising on the Great Lakes and along the North American coasts, announced their 2020 cruise...
June 17, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Bruges to Limit Cruise Ship Passengers
Its exquisite architecture and winding waterways have attracted travelers for over a hundred years but currently, the riverport city Bruges Belgium...
June 16, 2019 - Accidents
Viking Var Hits Danube River Lock in Germany
On June 5, 2019, the Viking longship Var hit a Danube River lock in Germany. The accident resulted in shutting down to all shipping traffic a section...
June 13, 2019 - Cruise Industry
American Harmony to Receive Final Touches
American Cruise Lines announced that at 5 am (Friday morning, June 7) its 2nd new modern riverboat - American Harmony, moved under its own...
June 10, 2019 - Cruise Industry
AmaMora Debuts on the Rhine River
Completing its inaugural season, AmaWaterways celebrated the debut of company's newest riverboat - AmaMora - on Rhine River on June 3...
June 8, 2019 - Accidents
Police Take Ukrainian Cruise Ship Captain into Custody
Hungarian police late Thursday announced it had taken into custody the captain of a Viking cruise ship involved in an accident on the Danube River in...
May 31, 2019 - Accidents
VIDEO: 7 Dead, 21 Missing After Danube Cruise Collision
A ship owned by Viking River Cruises crashed into and sank a small tour boat during a storm in Budapest, Hungary last night, May 29...
May 30, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Mozart to Be Transferred to Genting
Crystal River Cruises announced that its Crystal Mozart will be leaving the fleet as of the start of the 2020 season next spring. The company...
May 18, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Scenic Cruises Announces New 2020 Itineraries
Scenic Cruises announced its 2020 Europe River Cruise Collection that is now available for booking. Travelers booking early are able to...
May 16, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Ferry Link to Be Established Between Hungary and Slovakia
A ferryboat link is planned to be established under an EU-funded project to serve as a new border crossing between Slovakia and Hungary within a...
May 16, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Fort Madison Council Considers Building River Dock for Viking Cruises
Fort Madison officials announced they are considering the building of a new Mississippi River dock, in order to serve as a river cruise stop. Fort...
May 12, 2019 - Cruise Industry
AmaMagna Welcomes Her First Passengers
AmaWaterways released the first internal images of the line's revolutionary new riverboat - AmaMagna, on her inaugural cruise from Vilshofen to...
May 9, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Bordeaux Air Draught Allows Larger Ships Up River
In late 2018 were finalized the works on matching the height of the powerlines to two bridges in Bordeaux France (Gironde River cruise port...
May 4, 2019