Cruise news (UK-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Falmouth UK visited by MSC Preziosa and Viking Jupiter on the same day
Falmouth (England UK) was visited by 2 cruise vessels on Saturday, October 1 - MSC Cruises' liner MSC Preziosa, and the smaller-sized Viking Cruises...
October 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Marella UK removes pre-cruise COVID testing
Marella Cruises announced the relaxation of the line's travel testing policy and removed pre-cruise COVID testing for international cruising. The...
October 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK announces new Scandinavia & Baltic Sea cruise itineraries for 2024
P&O Cruises put on sale a new collection of holidays for 2024, including a selection of Scandinavia & Baltic Sea itineraries where passengers...
October 1, 2022 - Accidents
Cunard's Queen Victoria cruise ship forced to return to Southampton UK after 'security alert'
A Cunard Line ship was forced to return to homeport Southampton (England UK) after a "security alert". MS Queen Victoria had to turn around on...
September 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VODEO: Artemis Technologies to launch fully electric passenger ferry
Artemis Technologies Ltd (maritime design and applied technologies company) unveiled the design of its 100% electric EF-24 Passenger ship, targeting...
September 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages partners with 3 Sustainable Marine Fuel Providers
Virgin Voyages announced that it had partnered with independent sustainability experts, RSB-Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, along with 3...
September 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK's newest cruise ship Arvia to offer a range of entertainment firsts
P&O UK's newest ship Arvia will offer a range of entertainment firsts, such as WaveLength, an interactive gameshow starring presenter/game show...
September 22, 2022 - Cruise Industry
DeCurtis Experience Platform driving a new kind of cruise experience on Virgin Voyages’ fleet
DeCurtis Corporation (a leading location-and-proximity-based software developer) announced that its DXP/DeCurtis Experience Platform was driving a...
September 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages drops COVID-vaccination mandate for passengers
In line with other major cruise shipping companies, Virgin Voyages will also drop its COVID-vaccination requirement fleetwide. The company's Voyage...
September 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Stornoway’s Deep Water Terminal (Scotland) to commence operations in 2024
Port Stornoway’s (Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland) Deep Water Terminal is expected to be ready ahead of the 2024 cruise season. Work on the...
September 12, 2022 - Accidents
P&O UK's newest cruise ship Arvia suffers minor fire at Meyer Werft's Papenburg yard
P&O UK's newest ship Arvia suffered a minor fire while undergoing the final stage of building at Meyer Werft's shipyard in Papenburg (Lower...
September 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for Cunard Line's new cruise ship Queen Anne
Cunard Line laid the keel for its new cruise ship, the 3000-guest Queen Anne on Thursday, September 8th. The "keel-laying" marks the official first...
September 8, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Disney Magic cruise ship still set to visit Plymouth UK despite World Navigator cancels voyage
The DCL-Disney Cruise Line's boat Disney Magic is still set to call at Plymouth (England UK) despite another large liner canceling her journey...
September 7, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL’s newest cruise ship Carnival Celebration sets sail on first sea trials
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship - Carnival Celebration, set sail on her first sea trials on Monday, September 5, at ~9:00 a.m. local...
September 5, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O offers fly-cruises from UK regional airports
New for 2022 P&O Cruises' ship Azura will offer a Canaries winter program based on fly-cruises from Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands). The...
September 5, 2022