Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
VIDEO: RCI-Royal Caribbean launching new video series about Icon OTS
"Making an Icon" is the new video series that RCI-Royal Caribbean International will produce to provide details and insight into the Icon of the Seas...
August 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's new $125 million cruise terminal in Galveston TX nears completion
RCI-Royal Caribbean International unveiled the progress on its USD 125 million cruise ship terminal in Galveston TX. The 161300 ft2 facility is...
August 9, 2022 - Cruise Industry
3609 Jamaican crew recently hired by Royal Caribbean Group
A total of 3609 Jamaicans were hired from the recent cruise ship recruitment and ~400 applicants were rejected on medical grounds. Jamaica's...
July 31, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean redeploys cruise ships in 2023-2024 due to IMO's speed restrictions
RCI-Royal Caribbean moved elsewhere 4 additional cruise ships scheduled to sail in 2023. Passengers booked on Brilliance of the Seas for her summer...
July 31, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line removes pre-embarkation COVID testing on voyages 5 nights/fewer
The largest cruise companies in the world announced this week that they are easing COVID testing requirements on some voyages that last less...
July 30, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean removes pre-embarkation COVID testing
Royal Caribbean announced on Thursday, July 28, that it is no longer requiring vaccinated passengers to take a COVID test before embarking on cruises...
July 29, 2022 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels Serenade of the Seas' Europe/Baltic cruises in 2023 summer
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced it is canceling the European season of Serenade of the Seas previously scheduled for summer 2023. Serenade OTS...
July 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
600+ crew from Trinidad & Tobago hired by RCG-Royal Caribbean Group
600+ Trinidad and Tobago nationals will take to the sea for the first time as employees/crew of RCG-Royal Caribbean Group. Just more than a month...
July 16, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) welcomes Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Spectrum OTS
The arrival of a cruise liner out of Singapore to Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) after 2 years was welcomed by cruise industry players in...
July 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Pulau Penang Island (Georgetown, Malaysia) primed for cruising rebound with the arrival of Genting...
Pulau Penang Island (Georgetown, Malaysia Penang) is primed for a cruising rebound with the arrival of a 2nd cruise ship at the SPCT-Swettenham Pier...
July 6, 2022 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean updates Quantum OTS engine trouble impacting Alaskan cruises
RCI-Royal Caribbean updated the situation with its Quantum of the Seas ship needing to slow her speed and skip Alaska glacier visits. Passengers...
July 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for RCI-Royal Caribbean's first LNG-powered Oasis Class ship "Utopia of The Seas"
On Friday, July 1, a keel-laying ceremony for the first LNG-powered cruise ship of the industry-defining Oasis Class took place at the Chantiers...
July 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean's President's Cruise 2023 (ship Allure OTS)
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced it is going to Texas for the company's next President's Cruise. While on the "2022 President's Cruise", Michael Bayley...
June 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises' entire fleet is back in service
Celebrity Cruises will celebrate its complete 15-ship fleet comeback when Celebrity Infinity sets sail for the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale...
June 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri started the construction of TUI's LNG-powered ships Schiff 8 and Schiff 9
The steel cutting of the first of 2 new-concept LNG-powered ships for TUI Cruises took place on Wednesday (June 22) in the presence of Wybcke Meier...
June 23, 2022