Cruise news (UK-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Brittany Ferries Cancels Irish Sailings
A total of 5,000 cruiseferry passengers are now facing travel disruption after Brittany Ferries was forced to cancel several sailings between Ireland...
May 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
P&O Ferries Seeking GBP 33 Million in Damages
After Whitehall gave GBP 33 million to Eurotunnel in March 2019 after the Department for Transport failed to conduct a proper tender process for...
May 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Portland Port Welcomes Hanseatic Nature on Her Inaugural Visit
On Sunday, May 26, Portland Port welcomed a new state of the art luxury expedition cruise ship on an inaugural visit, Hanseatic Nature. As one of the...
May 27, 2019 - Accidents
Passenger Medevaced from Celebrity Reflection in Ireland
Drogheda Coast Guard called out to prepare a landing zone in Drogheda, Ireland for Rescue 116 coastguard helicopter Sunday evening, May 26. Rescue...
May 27, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Withdraws Plans for EUR 30 Million Cruise Berth
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council decidеd to withdraw controversial plans for a ЕUR 30 million cruise berth in the south Dublin Harbour. An Bord...
May 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Scarlet Lady Stopping at Dover and Liverpool in 2020
The first cruise ship of the new line from Richard Branson, Virgin Voyages, will call at two U.K. ports prior to her arrival in Miami FL for her...
May 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Scarlet Lady to Visit Multiple Ports in the UK 2020
Virgin Voyages confirmed that its first cruise ship Scarlet Lady will sail to the UK and hinted that the vessel will visit more than one seaport...
May 18, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Portland Port UK to Welcome 8 AIDA Cruises Ships in 2019
On Friday, May 17, Portland UK again welcomed a ship of AIDA Cruises. On her inaugural call, AIDAura was welcomed to the port. Launched in 2003, the...
May 18, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Partners with ORCA on Inaugural Whale-Watching Cruise
Fred Olsen Cruise Line announced it had teamed up with ORCA (marine wildlife charity) for an inaugural Iceland cruise onboard mv Boudicca in summer...
May 17, 2019 - Cruise Industry
The Inaugural Cruise of Seabourn Venture to Depart from London
Seabourn released the debut programme of its newbuild expedition ship Seabourn Venture ahead of its launch in 2021. The "Northern Isles and the...
May 12, 2019 - Accidents
Passenger Overboard From MS Amsterdam
A female passenger has gone overboard in the Atlantic ocean after she went missing from a Holland America cruise ship crossing from Ireland to...
May 9, 2019 - Accidents
Ferry Passenger Rescued After Falling Overboard Near Oban
A ferryboat passenger has been rescued from Firth of Lorne between Mull Island and Oban due to the quick actions of CalMac crew. The accident began...
May 4, 2019 - Cruise Industry
UK Cancels No-Deal Brexit Ferry Contracts
UK's Department for Transport cancels contracts to provide extra ferry services following Brexit. Ending the contracts with DFDS and Brittany...
May 1, 2019 - Accidents
Drugs Worth GBP 50,000 Seized at Ferry Terminal in Aberdeen
Two Glaswegians were charged in connection with a GBP 50,000 haul of heroin after a series of drug busts in Port Aberdeen over the weekend. The drugs...
April 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Ferry Company Sues British Government
The UK-based ferry company P&O Ferries is suing the British government over the decision to hand over GBP 33 million of public money to a Channel...
April 27, 2019