Cruise news (Sydney Australia-tagged)
- Accidents
Fire breaks out on P&O Australia's ship Pacific Adventure with 4000+ onboard
A ship fire prompted the evacuation of numerous cruise tourists from their cabins. The accident occurred at ~3:15 am NSW time (~17:15 UTC) on Sunday...
May 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America opens bookings for 2025 Grand World Voyage & Grand Voyage: Pole to Pole
After a successful pre-booking period, HAL-Holland America officially commenced public bookings on May 24th for its 2 newest Grand Voyages. These...
May 26, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Cruises announces 4 "Grand Journey" extended voyages for 2024
The relaunched Crystal Cruises has unveiled 4 "Grand Journey" extended voyages scheduled for 2024, featuring a prominent 68-night itinerary from...
May 24, 2023 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean opens bookings for 2024-2025 Australia & New Zealand cruises
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced the opening of bookings for its 2024-2025 cruise season in Australia and New Zealand. The popular ships Quantum of the...
May 11, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America's first 'Pole-to-Pole' World Cruise (2025) meets a simultaneous 124-day Grand...
HAL-Holland America Line scheduled its 133-day "Pole-to-Pole World Voyage" (roundtrip from Florida USA) in 2025, alongside a simultaneous 124-day...
April 21, 2023 - Cruise Industry
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises unveils 5 new Grand Voyages for 2025-2026
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises unveiled 5 new Grand Voyages for the line's 2025-2026 collection. The sailings onboard 4 ships of The World’s...
April 20, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises unveils Epic 116-day World Cruise 2025
Princess Cruises has announced its longest voyage to date for 2025, a 116-day World Cruise covering over 33,500 nautical miles and visiting 51...
April 7, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises announces Australia & New Zealand 2024-2025 schedule
Princess Cruises announced its 2024-2025 sailing schedule for Australia and New Zealand, including the longest world voyage ever to sail from...
March 22, 2023 - Cruise Industry
CLIA Awards celebrating cruise industry renaissance in Australia & New Zealand
CLIA Australasia held its 20th Cruise Industry Awards in Sydney (NSW Australia), where ~500 people gathered to celebrate the role of ship travel in...
March 15, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America commemorates 150th Anniversary with extended Legendary Voyages
HAL-Holland America Line, globally recognized as an expert in longer voyages, will commemorate its 150th Anniversary in 2023 with extended Legendary...
March 8, 2023 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line deploys 3 ships to Asia Pacific in 2024-2025
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced a record deployment of 3 ships to the Asia Pacific region in 2024 and 2025. The Norwegian Spirit ship will...
March 8, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Cunard Line unveils 2025 Winter Program
The Carnival Corporation-owned Cunard Line announced its Winter 2025 program, offering 133+ voyages, with calls at 159 destinations around the globe...
March 3, 2023 - Accidents
Fire breaks out on Viking Orion cruise ship docked in Sydney (NSW Australia)
Due to a small cabin fire, around 850 people (~600 passengers plus ~250 crew) were evacuated from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship docked at White Bay...
February 3, 2023 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival opens bookings for repositioning cruises Long Beach-Tokyo/Sydney-Singapore
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line opened bookings for sailings which mark 2 first-ever port calls for the company with unique itineraries for voyages between...
February 3, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Silversea Silver Shadow ship's World Cruise 2023 departs from Sydney (NSW Australia)
Silversea’s World Cruise 2023 set sail from Sydney (NSW Australia) on Tuesday, January 10th, marking the first time the leading ultra-luxury...
January 11, 2023