Cruise news (Visby Sweden-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
BIRKA GOTLAND ship celebrates first year milestone with record passenger traffic
The Swedish cruiser BIRKA GOTLAND marks its first anniversary of service. Over the past year, the vessel has operated to seven Baltic Sea ports and...
April 6, 2025 - Cruise Industry
CMP-Copenhagen Malmo Port eyes 1M passengers in 2025
Copenhagen Malmo Port (CMP) recorded substantial cruise activity in 2024, nearing 1 million passengers, and projects exceeding this figure in 2025...
January 26, 2025 - Cruise Industry
MS Birka Gotland ship carried 160,000 passengers in 2024 summer
During the summer of 2024, ~160,000 passengers sailed on the Baltic Sea’s newest cruise vessel - MS Birka Gotland. Operating throughout June...
September 8, 2024 - Cruise Industry
DFDS Seaways sells historic Oslo-Copenhagen route to Gotlandsbolaget
Denmark’s renowned ferry operator, DFDS Seaways, has announced the sale of one of its longest-running routes, a service that has been...
June 11, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines returns to Dover for summer sailings
The UK-based Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is set to resume operations in Dover England, offering a series of summer cruises to various enticing...
January 30, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Tallink's ferry VICTORIA I to serve as second ship on the Tallinn-Stockholm route
Tallink has revealed its plans to deploy the VICTORIA I ferry as a supplementary vessel on the Tallinn-Stockholm (Estonia-Sweden) route during the...
January 28, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Viking Line and Gotlandsbolaget launch joint venture: Birka Gotland to debut in Spring 2024
In August 2023, Viking Line and Gotlandsbolaget/Destination Gotland (1998-founded, headquartered in Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden), both...
January 4, 2024 - Cruise Industry
CMP expects record winter cruise activity in Visby and Copenhagen, setting new milestones for the...
CMP/Copenhagen Malmo Port foresees a remarkable surge in cruise calls and guests during the off-season months from November 2023 to January 2024...
December 8, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Gotlandsbolaget buys 2004-built cruise ship Birka Stockholm for €38 million
The ferry company Gotlandsbolaget/Destination Gotland (1998-founded, headquartered in Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden) paid EUR 38 million for the 2004...
March 29, 2023 - Cruise Industry
SeaDream Cruises launches 2025 Caribbean, Mediterranean, Scandinavia/Northern Europe itineraries
SeaDream Yacht Club announced the opening of 2025 Caribbean, Mediterranean, Scandinavia & Northern Europe cruises on its newly renovated, 56...
January 23, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK announces new Scandinavia & Baltic Sea cruise itineraries 2024
P&O Cruises UK announced a new series of Scandinavia and Baltic Sea itineraries scheduled for 2024 summer and fall. The 14- and 16-day long...
October 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises launches new itineraries (ships AIDAdiva, AIDAmar, AIDAnova) in summer 2023
For summer 2023 season, AIDA Cruises is launching new itineraries for the ships AIDAnova, AIDAmar, and AIDAdiva. A variety of northern travel...
August 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' ship Grandiosa switching 2022 Baltic Cruises with the Norwegian Fjords
MSC Cruises’ ship MSC Grandiosa will be fully dedicated to the Norwegian Fjords for the summer 2022 season. The MSC liner is now offering 7...
March 18, 2022 - Accidents
TUI Cruises cancels all of its calls to Russia and Ukraine for 2022
TUI announced the cancellation of its calls to Russia and Ukraine this summer season. All scheduled calls of Schiff 6 to Sankt Petersburg...
March 1, 2022 - Cruise Industry
AIDAdiva starts short cruises from Warnemünde-Rostock (Germany) on October 16
On Wednesday morning, October 13, AIDA's ship AIDAdiva entered Port Warnemunde-Rostock (Germany). It is the first call of AIDAdiva for the season...
October 14, 2021