Cruise news (Yokohama Japan-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Cruise ship arrivals in Japan near pre-COVID levels
Foreign-operated cruise ship arrivals to Japan are set to near the level before the COVID crisis when their dockings to the country restart in March...
February 27, 2023 - Cruise Industry
2024 Japan cruise season features Royal Princess' debut in the region
Princess Cruises released the 2024 Japan season. New for 2024, the Royal Princess ship makes her debut in Japan and marks the first Royal-Class liner...
February 22, 2023 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line introduces 31-day Transpacific voyage on Carnival Luminosa
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line introduced a once-in-a-lifetime 31-day journey on Carnival Luminosa that will take passengers to 3 continents, sailing from...
February 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival opens bookings for repositioning cruises Long Beach-Tokyo/Sydney-Singapore
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line opened bookings for sailings which mark 2 first-ever port calls for the company with unique itineraries for voyages between...
February 3, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises launches 32 sailings aboard Diamond Princess from Japan (Mar 13-Nov 9, 2023)
Between March 13th-November 9th, Princess Cruises will launch a total of 32 sailings aboard its Diamond Princess ship from Japan. After 3 years of...
January 31, 2023 - Cruise Industry
International cruise shipping restarts in Japan after ~3-year COVID-related pause
International cruise shipping restarted in Japan on Thursday, December 15th, after an almost 3-year suspension due to the COVID crisis. Operations...
December 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises to begin homeport sailing in Japan on March 15, 2023
After the recent decision by the government of Japan to allow the return of international cruise ships to the country, Princess Cruises announced it...
December 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Holland America’s ship ms Westerdam restarts cruising in Japan
For the first time in 2 and a half years, cruising is resuming in Japan after on November 15th, the government announced that it had again opened up...
December 1, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises unveils ~500 departures for season 2024-2025
Celebrity Cruises announced its most ambitious season of sailings with ~500 departures for the 2024-2025 cruise season. The new sailings feature the...
November 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Oceania announces 2024-2025 World & Grand Voyages
Oceania Cruises announced its most expansive, and immersive series of World & Grand Voyages for 2025. The company reprised its popular Around...
September 9, 2022 - Accidents
Celebrity Cruises cancels Solstice ship's Asian deployment 2022-2023
Celebrity Cruises made a decision to cancel the entire winter 2022-2023 season of Celebrity Solstice in Asia due to uncertainty remaining in the...
April 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Cruise ships are back in Japan with COVID safety measures
Japan's cruise business is getting back on track as ships gradually resume sailings with COVID safety measures in place after canceled voyages due to...
November 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Bellissima ship cruises in Saudi Arabia and Red Sea in 2021-2022 from Jeddah
The world's third-largest cruise shipowner MSC announced that its Bellissima liner would extend the Saudi Arabia and Red Sea deployment for winter...
September 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
3 HAL-Holland America ships restart in Spring 2022
By late spring 2022, HAL-Holland America Line will have its entire fleet back into service with the restart of three more vessels. MS Noordam is...
September 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises Japan 2023 itineraries
The Carnival Corporation-owned brand Princess Cruises announced its 2023 Japan cruises and cruisetours season. On sale September 1, a wealth of...
September 2, 2021