Cruise news (Russia-tagged)

Kazakhstan opens new ferry route with Iran
Kazakhstan opened a new sea ferry route connecting Port Kuryk with Port Anzali (Iran). The first vessel on the new route was MS Sergei Rachmaninov...
November 28, 2020
Cruise Industry
Oceania Cruises introduces “2022 Europe and North America Collection”
The premium travel brand Oceania Cruises released its Europe and North America 2022 itineraries for preview before opening for sale on November 11...
November 8, 2020
Cruise Industry
Vodohod signs strategic partnership agreement to provide direct presence in Asia
Vodohod Russian River Cruises signed on Wednesday, October 21, a strategic partnership agreement with Tam Wing Kun Holdings Ltd to provide the...
October 23, 2020
Cruise Industry
Russian river cruise operator Vodohod joins CLIA Europe
Russian river cruise operator Vodohod partnered with CLIA to build brand popularity across Europe. The new partnership brings Vodohod into the wider...
October 3, 2020
Cruise Industry
Quark Expeditions introduces 17 cruises for the Arctic 2022 season
The leader in Polar Adventures, Quark Expeditions, released details of its Arctic 2022 season line-up of cruises that are designed to immerse...
September 6, 2020
Cruise Industry
Vodohod’s first Project PV300 river ship departs on maiden cruise
Project PV300 built by United Shipbuilding Corporation's Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (Sormovsky-Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) and recently delivered to...
August 28, 2020
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry