Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
ALMACO delivers refrigeration machinery system for Royal Caribbean’s newest ship Legend OTS
ALMACO Group has completed the delivery of a refrigeration machinery system for RCI-Royal Caribbean International’s newest vessel, Legend of...
August 21, 2026 
Passenger medevaced from Royal Caribbean's ship Ovation OTS off BC Canada
A passenger aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean’s ship Ovation of the Seas was medically evacuated by helicopter on August 9th while the vessel was...
August 20, 2026- Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean expands Australia 2027-2028 schedule with Ovation OTS
RCI-Royal Caribbean is expanding its Australia and Asia-Pacific deployment for the 2027-2028 summer season, with the newly refurbished Ovation of the...
August 13, 2026 
Gangway falls into water during Royal Caribbean Wonder OTS departure from CocoCay
Passengers aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean International's Wonder of the Seas witnessed an operational incident as the ship departed CocoCay (Bahamas) on...
August 5, 2026- Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises raises automatic daily gratuities across all stateroom categories
Celebrity Cruises has increased its automatic daily gratuities for all guests, with the revised rates taking effect immediately from July 29th, 2026...
July 30, 2026 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean extends Labadee (Haiti) suspension through June 2027
RCI-Royal Caribbean has extended the suspension of cruise calls to its private destination of Labadee, Haiti, through June 2027, continuing a pause...
July 23, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean’s Legend OTS started operations as the world’s largest cruise ship
RCI-Royal Caribbean International has introduced Legend of the Seas, the third vessel in its ICON series and the world's largest cruise ship...
July 14, 2026 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels Spectrum OTS Shanghai departure as Typhoon Bavi closes port
RCI-Royal Caribbean International has cancelled the scheduled July 11th departure of Spectrum of the Seas from Shanghai after Super Typhoon Bavi...
July 14, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Adora Cruises (China) restores Japanese port calls with Adora Magic City ship
Adora Cruises (China) returns to Japan this summer with Adora Magic City, following a first half of 2026 during which the company concentrated its...
July 10, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Italian court annuls Royal Caribbean Group's €600M cruise port plan
A regional administrative court in Lazio has annulled the environmental approval granted for the proposed Fiumicino-Isola Sacra tourist and cruise...
July 7, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's Hero OTS reaches major construction milestone with AquaDome installation
RCI-Royal Caribbean International's Hero of the Seas has achieved a significant construction milestone at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland with...
July 1, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for Royal Caribbean’s 7th Oasis-class ship at Saint-Nazaire
Just one day after taking delivery of the new ICON-class vessel Legend of the Seas, RCI-Royal Caribbean marked another significant milestone in its...
June 15, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's newest ICON ship Legend OTS delivered by Meyer Turku
On June 10th, RCI-Royal Caribbean took delivery of Legend of the Seas, the third ICON-class vessel, from Meyer Turku (Finland). The handover marks...
June 11, 2026 - Cruise Industry
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group celebrates opening of new Seward cruise terminal
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group has marked the opening of the Dale R. and Carol Ann Lindsey Alaska Railroad Terminal in Seward, Alaska, with an official...
June 10, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Supreme Court reinstates Havana Docks litigation against major cruise lines over Cuban port use
The United States Supreme Court has allowed a long-running maritime dispute involving cruise shipping companies and Cuban port infrastructure to...
May 27, 2026