Crusie news (tagged with cruise industry market)

Judge Limits Use of Fees Collected from Cruise Passengers by Juneau
The use of fees that are collected from cruise passengers by City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska must be connected to the cruise ship, federal judge...
December 9, 2018
Cruise Industry
PortMiami Kicks Off 2018-2019 Cruise Season
PortMiami is kicking off 2018-2019 cruise season via welcoming an estimated 52,000 cruise ship passengers on Sunday, December 9. This sets a one-day...
December 9, 2018
Cruise Industry
Port of Bergen Granted 50 Million NOK for Shore Power Facilities
The state-owned grant scheme Enova announced it grants 50 million NOK funding as investment support in order to establish shore power facility for...
December 8, 2018
Cruise Industry
Port of Galveston and Royal Caribbean Sign MOU for 3rd Cruise Terminal
The Port of Galveston is now moving ahead on its plans to develop a 3rd cruise terminal. The port and Royal Caribbean today (December 5) will sign a...
December 5, 2018
Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation to Operate Canary Islands' Newest Cruise Terminal
Carnival Corporation announced it had reached an agreement with Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to become the operator of Canary Islands...
December 4, 2018
Cruise Industry
Mobile Extends Its Contract with Carnival
Alabama's only cruise ship will go on docking at Port Mobile. According to Mayor Sandy Stimpson, the port city had extended the contract...
November 29, 2018
Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Announces New Upgrade Policy
The “RoyalUp” program of Royal Caribbean is a mirror-image of Norwegian Cruise Line's “Upgrade Advantage”. A letter that was...
November 28, 2018
Cruise Industry
MSC Acquires Significant Interest In Trieste's Cruise Terminal
MSC Cruises announced it had acquired a significant interest in TAMI (Trieste Adriatic Marine Initiatives S.r.l.), a strategic holding company...
November 26, 2018
Cruise Industry
Sea Master Yachts Develops New Expedition Cruise Ship Conceptual Design
Sea Master Consulting & Engineering entered into agreement with naval architect and designer Jesus Franco for setting up of a new and dynamic...
November 26, 2018
Cruise Industry
Montreal Welcomes More Than 100,000 Passengers in 2018
During 2018 cruise season, port of Montreal welcomed a total of 101,504 domestic and international passengers, surpassing the 100,000-guest mark for...
November 18, 2018
Cruise Industry
Russia’s First Ocean Cruise Liner to Be Ready for Trials 2019
Russia’s first cruise liner under construction at Lotus Shipyard in Astrakhan is due to be ready for water tests in 2019, President of the USC...
November 16, 2018
Cruise Industry
American Queen Steamboat Company to Purchase Victory Cruise Lines
American Queen Steamboat Company revealed a definitive agreement to acquire ms Victory I and sistership ms Victory II from Sunstone Ships, as well as...
November 15, 2018
Cruise Industry
Port of Cork to Receive Second Cobh Cruise Berth
Port of Cork is currently exploring the option of a 2nd cruise terminal in Cobh given the continued increase in the number of vessels arriving in...
November 10, 2018
Cruise Industry
Carnival and Royal Caribbean Turn Routes to Istanbul's Yenikapı
World's largest cruise companies - Carnival and Royal Caribbean - turned their routes to Port Yenikapı (Istanbul) - major cargo and...
November 7, 2018
Cruise Industry
St Maarten Kicks Off 2018-2019 High Cruise Season
St Maarten port is kicking off 2018-2019 high cruise season in November, with a number of multiple-ship days on its agenda. The first 6-ship day is...
November 5, 2018
Cruise Industry
Greece-Cyprus Ferry Link Study Approved
The cabinet of Greece decided on November 1 to conduct a new study into the efficiency of setting up ferry service connecting Greece and Cyprus...
November 4, 2018
Cruise Industry
Port of Seattle Tops 1 Million Cruise Passengers Again
The Port of Seattle, which is celebrating 20 years serving cruise industry, welcomed a total of 1,114,888 revenue cruise passengers through its...
November 3, 2018
Cruise Industry
China to Build 15 Cruise Ships per Year by 2030?
Shanghai-based Chinese shipyards could deliver as many as fifteen new cruise vessels annually by 2030, in case all planning falls into pace, said to...
October 31, 2018
Cruise Industry
PortMiami Sets Records for Cargo and Cruise Passengers
PortMiami reported a record year (for both cargo and passenger shipping) via collaboration with its business partners. The seaport, popular as the...
October 26, 2018
Cruise Industry
Bahamas No Longer Pay Cruise Companies to Bring Passengers
Bahamas Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar revealed that in the past, Bahamian government had spent up to US$12 million per year on incentives paid to...
October 26, 2018
Cruise Industry
1 Millionth Passenger Welcomed by Dream Cruises
Dream Cruises welcomed line's 1 millionth passenger with an official celebration at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal upon disembarkation...
October 21, 2018
Cruise Industry
Cypriot President Gets Involved in Restoring Ferry Service to Greece
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades personally got involved in backing efforts by a couple of DISY MPs to reinstate commercial ferry service between...
October 20, 2018
Cruise Industry
Port of Vancouver Ends Largest Cruise Season
2018 cruise season of port Vancouver wraps up on Friday, October 19, when Emerald Princess leaves Canada Place and sails down the Pacific coast to LA...
October 19, 2018
Cruise Industry
Cruise Company to Build Another Dock at Cozumel?
A study is conducted for the potential addition of another cruise ship dock at Cozumel because of the continued increase in passenger numbers...
October 16, 2018
Cruise Industry
Shetland Reports Record-Breaking Cruise Season
Shetland reported a record-breaking year for cruise ship visitors. Over 90,000 cruise passengers arrived in 2018, which is a 78% increase. It was...
October 14, 2018
Cruise Industry
Genting Cruise Lines Signs MoU with PERSERO
Genting Cruise Lines, division of Genting Hong Kong (GHK), comprising of Crystal Cruises, Dream Cruises and Star Cruises, has signed a new MoU...
October 13, 2018
Cruise Industry
Victoria Marks End of Record Cruise Season
The final cruise ship visit to Ogden Point Cruise Terminal, Victoria BC will be on Sunday, October 14, marking the end to port’s record...
October 12, 2018
Cruise Industry
Millionth Cruise Passenger Welcomed at Philipsburg
It was a double celebration for Philipsburg, Port St Maarten Island on Thursday, October 11, as it welcomed the inaugural visit of Carnival Horizon...
October 12, 2018
Cruise Industry
Cruise Passenger Arrivals on the Rise in Antigua and Barbuda
Cruise passenger arrivals continue to rise in Antigua and Barbuda, part of an effort to turn the Eastern Caribbean country into one of the leading...
October 8, 2018
Cruise Industry
Last Cruise Ship of 2018 Season Departs Seattle October 10
Nowadays, Seattle makes up a half billion dollar cruise industry. Twenty years ago, when cruise was a novelty in the port city, the inaugural...
October 7, 2018
Cruise Industry