Cruise news (money-tagged)
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P&O Cruises adding calls at Port Townsville (QLD Australia) from 2025
P&O Australia announced it is adding calls at Port Townsville (Queensland) from 2025. The Carnival Corporation-owned company announced its...
April 3, 2023 - Cruise Industry
27-year-old company UnCruise Adventures returns to profitability
In a year of recovery for the industry, UnCruise Adventures shared its return to profitability. Most cruise shipping companies are still dealing...
April 2, 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
P&O UK plans extensive drydock refurbishments for ships Arcadia and Aurora
P&O Cruises UK announced plans to revamp its Arcadia and Aurora ships with a multi-million-pound investment. The changes, due to be...
March 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Electric boat manufacturer Candela secures $20M investment to put P-12 Shuttle 'flying ferry' into...
Swedish electric boat manufacturer Candela secured a major GBP16 million (US$20 million) investment that will allow it to put the electric P-12...
March 22, 2023 - Cruise Industry
3 cruise ships return to Muskegon (Michigan) with 19 calls in 2023
Muskegon (Michigan) will be a call port for 3 cruise ships currently scheduled to make a total of 19 stops in 2023, which is 3 more than in 2022. 2...
March 20, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Vancouver BC Canada expects record 331 cruise ship calls in 2023
The arrival of Princess Cruises’ ship Sapphire Princess at the Canada Place Terminal on April 12th will be symbolic of the hoped-for...
March 20, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Large-capacity cruise ship terminal in Port Malacca (Malaysia) unjustified, expert says
The low number of cruise ships calling at Port Malacca (Bandaraya Melaka, aka Kota Melaka, Malaysia) doesn't justify the construction of a large...
March 15, 2023 - Cruise Industry
First zero-emissions fuel cell ferry in the USA arrives in San Francisco CA
A new zero-emissions ferryboat powered by hydrogen fuel cells arrived in San Francisco CA USA, where it will undergo sea trials/preparations to...
March 14, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Resorts World One ship starts maiden voyage from Hong Kong's Kai Tak Terminal
Resorts World Cruises' ship Resorts World One commenced her maiden voyage on Friday, March 10th, from the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal for a weekend high...
March 11, 2023 - Cruise Industry
GPH-Global Ports Holding signs cruise port concessions agreement for Port Alicante (Spain)
Global Ports Holding (GPH) announced that its 80:20 joint venture with “Sepcan” (Servicios Portuarios Canarios) had signed a 15-year...
March 11, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Belfast (Northern Ireland) expects GBP 20M boost in 2023 from 170 cruise ship calls (a record year)
Belfast (Northern Ireland UK) can expect a GBP 20 million boost to its economy in 2023 as it pulls in a total of 170 cruise ship calls over a...
March 7, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Cruises outsources travel management services to GMT-Global Marine Travel
GMT-Global Marine Travel will provide travel management services to Crystal, relaunching its cruise brand with a couple of ships in the summer of...
March 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Auctioned cruise ship World Dream renamed Manara after its sale to Cruise Saudi
Cruise industry sources in Singapore state that the 150,700 GT cruise ship World Dream (2017-built for GHK's Dream Cruises), which was delivered...
March 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Ferries takes delivery of the first of 2 new “fusion class” ferries for its Dover-Calais route
Dover-based ferry company P&O Ferries took delivery of the first of 2 new “fusion class” ships for its Dover (England UK)-Calais...
March 2, 2023