Cruise news (UK-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Boudicca Undergoes Extensive Refit
Fred Olsen’s cruise ship Boudicca is undergoing an extensive refit from Saturday, March 17, at Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg. The cruise...
March 18, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Announces Ex-UK Sailings 2019
Royal Caribbean released details of line's 2019 ex-UK cruises for Explorer of the Seas and Independence of the Seas. Both liners will operate a...
March 16, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Announces 2019-2020 Deployment
Fred Olsen's fleet of 4 ships will visit a total of 219 destinations in 75 different countries around the world, covering 79 regions of scenic...
March 10, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Pacific Eden Joins CMV Expanding Fleet
CMV Travel & Leisure Group announced the acquisition of Pacific Eden from P&O Australia. The new name of Eden will be announced on...
March 9, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Record Number of Cruise Passengers Visit Belfast
A record number of cruise ships are scheduled to dock in Belfast in 2018, up by 25% despite the port city's continued absence of a dedicated cruise...
March 5, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Silversea Introduces 3 New Tale Tellers For World Cruise 2019
Silversea revealed the identities of 3 new Tale Tellers for company’s World Cruise 2019 who will each illustrate one of the 9 segments of the...
March 3, 2018 - Cruise Industry
100,000+ Cruise Passengers Visit Liverpool in 2018
Liverpool Cruise Terminal is due to play host to 57 cruise ships in 2018, carrying over 100,000 international passengers and crew into the port city...
March 2, 2018 - Cruise Industry
GBP 150 million Ferry Berth to Be Built at Tilbury Port
A £150 million river berth is to be constructed for ferries sailing from the United Kingdom to mainland Europe, it was announced. P&O...
February 26, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Balmoral Kicks Off the Longest Season of Rouen
Rouen’s season started in the middle of January with a visit by the Fred Olsen's cruise ship mv Balmoral and continues through December...
February 26, 2018 - Accidents
70 KG Cannabis Discovered on Isle of Man Ferry
A man was charged with drug offences as cannabis with sa treet value of GBP 440,000 was found in a vehicle on Isle of Man ferry. The man, 30-year-old...
February 24, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Another P&O Cruises Ship Becomes Exclusively for Adults
P&O Cruises announced that its Aurora ship will return from refit in March 2019 as adult-only. From April 8, next year, Aurora joins Arcadia and...
February 22, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Southampton Ferry 'Dancing Man' Nominated for Tourism Award
Incredible Jim "the Dancing Man" O'Reilly was nominated for 2018 VisitEngland Tourism Superstar. Jim is one of the ten finalists in ALL OF ENGLAND...
February 20, 2018 - Accidents
Double-Booking in Havana Triggers Changes on Marella Transatlantic Cruise
TUI's UK brand Marella Cruises told hundreds of passengers booked on a Transatlantic crossing in April (repositioning cruise from Jamaica to Mallorca...
February 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Godmother of MS Robert Burns Unveiled
Riviera Travel UK's MS Robert Burns will be named by Gloria Bohan, Omega World Travel founder at an official ceremony in Vienna on April 3, 2018...
February 15, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Announces ‘You Choose Your Cruise’ Baltic Sailing
Passengers on the Fred Olsen’s ship Braemar this Spring will have the chance to ‘steer the ship’, on line's innovative 15-day...
February 13, 2018