Cruise news (UK-tagged)
- Accidents
TUI UK cancels Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship’s upcoming Caribbean voyage due to technical issue
Marella Cruises' parent company TUI UK canceled Marella Discovery 2 ship’s upcoming voyage due to a technical issue in the catering facilities...
January 31, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Swan Hellenic takes ownership of SH Minerva, cancels 31-night Antarctic cruise
Following negotiations/discussions ongoing since September 2022 (concluded in January 2023), Swan Hellenic and its Irish counsels identified a legal...
January 31, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Ireland's Port of Cork Company introduces 2023 cruise schedule
The Port of Cork Company (PoCC) announced it looked forward to welcoming the return of cruise ships this spring, as it introduced its schedule for...
January 30, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Arvia is the largest cruise ship to ever dock in Antigua & Barbuda
Atigua and Barbuda welcomed P&O Cruises UK's ship Arvia for her homeporting operations with 4,500+ passengers. The vessel, which is...
January 29, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Aberdeen's newly-expanded harbour to welcome 25+ cruise ship calls
Port Aberdeen (Scotland) is set for a major tourist boost with its newly-expanded harbour due to welcome more than 25 cruise ship visits in the...
January 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Port Southampton (England UK) updates air quality strategy
The UK's largest leading port operator ABP (Associated British Ports) published an update to its Southampton Air Quality Strategy, Cleaner Air for...
January 24, 2023 - Cruise Industry
AIDAprima ship leaving Southampton UK for European cruise
AIDA's flagship departed from Southampton (England UK) at 8:30 pm on Monday, January 23rd. AIDAprima ship uses a unique system forming small air...
January 24, 2023 - Accidents
Dover-Calais ferry services suspended due to strike in France
Ferry services to/from Calais (France) were suspended due to a national strike in France. P&O Ferries said it had produced an optimized sailing...
January 20, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MS Balmoral cruise ship marks the start of Fred Olsen’s 2023 grand voyages
Fred. Olsen's ship ms Balmoral is the first of the fleet’s 3 ships to set sail on a 2023 grand voyage. The vessel recently arrived in Bermuda...
January 19, 2023 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Cunard Line celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first World Voyage in Southampton...
Cunard Line celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first world voyage in Southampton (England UK) as its Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria ships...
January 18, 2023 - Accidents
Ukrainian refugees living on Glasgow-docked cruise ship MS Ambition to be rehomed
Ukrainian refugees living on a cruise ship moored in Clydeport (Greenock/Glasgow, Scotland) are to be rehomed as the contract of the Scottish...
January 14, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Shirley Robertson to christen Ambassador Cruise Line’s ship Ambition
Shirley Ann Robertson (1968-born), former sailing champion and double Summer Olympic Gold medalist (Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004), will christen...
January 12, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Cruises UK to raise prices
Paul Ludlow (P&O Cruises UK’s President) reported that booking levels were more than 100% up in the 2-week period since Christmas versus...
January 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Balmoral ship's 78-day South America and Antarctica cruise starts Portsmouth UK's 2023...
2023 will see Portsmouth Port UK (England) host more maiden calls/welcome back cruise companies, as it continues to strengthen its place as the first...
January 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Port Southampton (England) records 489 cruise ship calls in 2022
The Port of Southampton (England UK) received a total of 489 cruise ship calls in 2022 and in spring, activated shore power at a couple of its cruise...
January 6, 2023