Cruise news (Russia-tagged)

Heritage Expeditions introduces new cruise inspired by the first transit of the Northern Sea Route
Pioneering small ship expedition cruise company Heritage Expeditions (under-charter ship operator) released a new voyage named “In the...
August 10, 2020
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Emerald Waterways opens bookings for 2021 Russian River Cruises
The premium brand Emerald Waterways opened bookings for its 2021 Russian river cruise season. Voyages will feature a newly chartered...
July 27, 2020
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Vodohod’s Mustay Karim cruise ship to be delivered by July 10
Russia's largest cruise company and tour agency Vodohod expects its newbuild cruise ship MS Mustai Karim (currently under construction at Nizhny...
June 22, 2020
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Princess Anastasia ferry provides berthing amid Coronavirus outbreak at Novatek's Belokamenka yard
The cruiseferry Princess Anastasia arrived at a new shipyard facility outside Port Murmansk (Arctic Russia) in order to provide extra housing for...
May 8, 2020
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Production of Vodohod Russia's first expedition cruise ship starts at Helsinki Shipyard
The production of the first of the two luxury expedition cruise ships ordered from Helsinki Shipyard Oy started on April 27, 2020. Steel-cutting...
April 29, 2020
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St Petersburg Russia’s Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard to build 2 new-class riverboats
Russia's Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard concluded an agreement with State Transport Leasing Company for the building of two "Project A45-90.2" passenger...
April 21, 2020
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Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours Introduces New Russian High Arctic Cruise
Scenic Cruises released a new itinerary to the Russian High Arctic and Novaya Zemlya. "Franz Josef Adventure" is an 18-day cruisetour roundtrip...
February 18, 2020
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Poseidon Expeditions Unveils Summer 2021 Cruising to the North Pole
Three departures of Poseidon Expeditions' “Top of the World” journey are scheduled in July and August 2021 aboard the 128-passenger...
February 17, 2020
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Saint Petersburg Consolidates Passenger Terminal Operations
The St Petersburg government took the decision to establish Marine Facade as a unified operator for all of its cruise passenger terminals. In 2020...
February 17, 2020
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Passenger Port of St. Petersburg Sums Up the 2019 Navigation
Port Saint Petersburg Russia announced it had finished the 2019 navigation on October 21, with the departure of the German liner AIDAaura. During the...
December 8, 2019
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VIDEO: MS Mustai Karim Completes Sea Trials
United Shipbuilding Corporation’s (USC) Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard successfully completed sea trials on the new Russian sea-and-river cruise...
November 27, 2019
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Port of Odessa Welcomes First Cruise Ship in 2 Years
Phoenix Reisen’s cruise ship MS Amera (fka Prinsendam) became the first vessel to visit Port Odessa Ukraine in over 2 years. The vessel's...
November 5, 2019
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Visa-Free Travel to Russian Arctic Proposed in Attempt to Boost Tourism
Currently, tourists tend to choose to travel to Iceland or Norway in order to get a taste of the Arctic. The establishment of a special customs zone...
September 29, 2019
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ANEX Tour to Purchase Saga Sapphire
One of the leading tour operators in central and eastern Europe, ANEX Tour, is entering into cruise shipping business via acquiring the Saga Sapphire...
August 8, 2019
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Arctic Expedition Cruises to Become a Trend for Russia
According to Alexei Rakhmanov, president of USC-United Shipbuilding Corporation (Russia's largest state-own shipbuilding company), expedition cruises...
July 13, 2019
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