Cruise news (Stockholm Sweden-tagged)

Viking announces new 2023 departure for its ‘Baltic Jewels and The Midnight Sun’ itinerary
Viking Ocean Cruises released a new 2023 departure for one of the company's most popular itineraries - the 29-day "Baltic Jewels and The Midnight Sun...
September 23, 2020
Cruise Industry
Viking Line's Amorella ferry runs aground in Aland Islands archipelago
A Baltic Sea passenger ferry with about 300 people onboard has run aground in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden on Sunday...
September 20, 2020
Accidents
TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 are back in Germany
TUI Cruises-operated liners Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 sailed back to Germany and are currently scheduled to leave again Friday evening...
September 4, 2020
Cruise Industry
Norwegian Cruise Line to sail 7 ships in Europe 2021-2022
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line introduced a collection of new European itineraries for 2021-2022, with passengers able to choose from 7 liners deployed in...
August 29, 2020
Cruise Industry
Estonian-based Tallink Grupp suspends route between Turku, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia
Estonian-based shipping company Tallink Grupp announced it is suspending its route between Turku, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia due to a COVID-related...
August 25, 2020
Cruise Industry
Tallink Silja temporarily suspends sailings between Stockholm and Turku
Shipping company Tallink Silja announced on Monday, August 3, that it planned to temporarily suspend ticket sales for sailings between Stockholm...
August 4, 2020
Cruise Industry
49-year-old Birka Cruises goes out of business laying off 500 people
Birka Cruises (subsidiary of Eckero Group) announced it goes out of business laying off 500+ employees. Established in 1971 and operating as Sweden...
July 6, 2020
Cruise Industry
Tallink launches regular ferry route between Helsinki and Riga
Tallink Grupp announced it had started operating a temporary regular ferry route between Helsinki Finland and Riga Latvia from June 26 through August...
June 10, 2020
Cruise Industry
TALLINK-SILJA LINE cruiseferries resume passenger shipping on the Riga-Stockholm route
Estonian ferry operator TALLINK-SILJA LINE announced it would resume passenger shipping on the Riga (Latvia)-Stockholm (Sweden) route with just one...
May 9, 2020
Cruise Industry
European cruise ports beginning to open giving hope of recovery amid Coronavirus crisis
European cruise ports are beginning to open, giving hope of recovery. A survey of a total of 113 seaports (produced by two trade associations...
May 2, 2020
Cruise Industry
Russia-Operated Ferry Runs Aground Near Stockholm
The Princess Anastasia ferry (operated by MOBY LINES) ran aground on Wednesday, November 6, off the coast of Sweden near Stockholm. The Swedish Coast...
November 8, 2019
Accidents
Bookings Open for Ponant's 2020 Europe and Asia Collection
Ponant opened bookings for the 2020 Quintessential Collection, offering a number of itineraries that explore Europe and Asia. This follows...
August 22, 2019
Cruise Industry
French Court Rejects Compensation Claim Over Estonian Ferry Disaster
A Paris City court has rejected a compensation claim on Friday, July 19, related to the 1994 sinking of the cruiseferry MS Estonia (launched in 1980...
July 20, 2019
Accidents
Construction Begins on New Viking LNG-Fuelled Cruise Ship
Viking Line announced that building of its new passenger cruise ship had commenced at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd shipyard (China). The LNG...
September 6, 2018
Cruise Industry
Stockholm Boasts Record Cruise Ship Passenger Numbers
Port of Stockholm 2017 cruise season set a new record, with passenger numbers reaching a total of 600 000 cruisers, an increase of 22% on 2016. ...
October 16, 2017
Cruise Industry