Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of the World's Largest Cruise Ship
Royal Caribbean on Friday morning, March 23, took delivery of the new world's largest cruise ship, 228,081 GT Symphony of the Seas from the STX...
March 24, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Ends Operations for SkySea Cruise Line
Royal Caribbean and Ctrip announced that they were ending operations for SkySea Cruise Line later in 2018. SkySea Cruise Line was the first smart...
March 20, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Announces Ex-UK Sailings 2019
Royal Caribbean released details of line's 2019 ex-UK cruises for Explorer of the Seas and Independence of the Seas. Both liners will operate a...
March 16, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Launches $900 Million Refurbishment Program
RCCL announced it had budgeted US$900 million for new refurbishment program which covers 10 cruise ships over the next 4 years. The program of Royal...
March 16, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Royal Caribbean Unveils Massive Expansion for CocoCay
Royal Caribbean announced new private island collection. Line's Perfect Day Island Collection is due to launch via a $200 million refurbishment...
March 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
SES Boosts Cruise Ship Connectivity Via Satellites
SES expanded its constellation of MEO (medium Earth orbit) satellites via the launch of 4 more on Soyuz rocket. The satellites join twelve existing...
March 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Redeploys Jewel of the Seas to Miami 2019
Royal Caribbean redeploys Jewel of the Seas to PortMiami, starting January 2019. The cruise line has begun informing passengers that were booked on...
March 8, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Port of Penang to Expand Container Handling Capacity and Cruise Operations
Penang Port allocated RM180 million capex (capital expenditure) in 2018, mainly for operations at NBCT (North Butterworth Container Terminal). ...
February 27, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: What's New About Symphony Of The Seas
Symphony of the Seas is the second of two identical "Oasis 3" class cruise ships (the new “world’s largest” liners), together with...
February 23, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Symphony of the Seas Completes Sea Trials
STX France shipyard announced that the first sea trials of Symphony of the Seas had been successful. The sea trials took place from February 15...
February 19, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Speedcast Boasts Expanded Relationship with Royal Caribbean
Speedcast International Ltd, provider of highly reliable, fully managed, remote communication & IT solutions, announced it had extended its...
February 16, 2018 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean Ship Diverts Due to Sick Passenger
On Tuesday, February 6, Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas which was sailing from St Kitts to Bayonne, New Jersey, had to divert to Bermuda to...
February 9, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Cuts Plastic
Royal Caribbean vowed to cut single-use plastic on line's voyages. According to Royal Caribbean’s President and CEO, Michael Bayley, the...
February 5, 2018 - Accidents
NYPD Rescues Passenger From Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
The NYPD Aviation Unit have come to the rescue of a cruise passenger onboard Anthem of the Seas Friday afternoon, January 19. The unit has been...
January 20, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Launches Personality Quiz
Royal Caribbean teamed up with personality research company, CPP–The Myers-Briggs Company in creating a way for cruisers to navigate the...
January 20, 2018