Cruise news (money-tagged)
- Accidents
Silversea and RCG-Royal Caribbean sue the new Crystal Cruises over sales hire
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group and its subsidiary Silversea are suing the new Crystal Cruises' Senior VP of Global Sales (Matias Andres Lira) and...
September 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port Barcelona (Spain) speeds up the supply of clean energy to cruise ships
Port Barcelona, Barcelona Cruise Port, Carnival Corporation, RCG-Royal Caribbean Group, NCLH-Norwegian, MSC, Virgin, and Viking signed an agreement...
September 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port San Diego CA starts busiest cruise season (2022-23) since 2010
The new cruise season of Port San Diego (California USA) is about to set sail and is poised to be the busiest since 2009-2010, with a total of 140...
September 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Havila signs with lenders for refinancing of its cruise fleet
Havila Kystruten (parent company of Havila Voyages) signed term sheets with lenders for the cruise fleet's refinancing and set dates for the start of...
September 16, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Ports of Stockholm (Sweden) to build a hydrogen fuelling station at Norvik Port
Sweden's Ports of Stockholm is beginning a hydrogen fuelling station procurement for Norvik Port. Hydrogen fuel is part of the environmental target...
September 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
GHK/Genting Hong Kong's Star Cruises Asia selling Star Market to Resorts World for $3.5M
The former cruise shipowner (now under the control of liquidators) GHK-Genting Hong Kong announced that its subsidiary and travel brand Star Cruises...
September 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port Torshavn (Faroes) invests EUR 67,2 million in 3 quays and a passenger terminal
Port Torshavn (Streymoy Island, Faroes) is investing ~DKK 500 million (EUR 67,2M) in developing 4 further quays and building a passenger terminal...
September 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Stornoway’s Deep Water Terminal (Scotland) to commence operations in 2024
Port Stornoway’s (Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland) Deep Water Terminal is expected to be ready ahead of the 2024 cruise season. Work on the...
September 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri to build 4 further ships for Viking Cruises
In the context of the announcement for 6 options dated March 2018, Viking Cruises and Fincantieri put into effect the contracts for the 3rd and 4th...
September 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Major cruise lines visiting Juneau (Alaska) sign an agreement with the port city
All of the major cruise shipping companies that visit seasonally Port Juneau (Alaska) signed an agreement with the city (Alaska's first of its kind...
September 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
UK's Portland Port invests £26 million in major berth development
UK's Portland Port is embarking on its largest improvement project to date, investing GBP 26 million in a major berth development. The Isle of...
September 3, 2022 - Accidents
Police arrested 3 passengers for scamming casino on Royal Caribbean’s ship Wonder OTS in Barcelona
Spain’s Civil Guard arrested two British and one French nationals in mid-August, after RCI-Royal Caribbean’s ship Wonder of the Seas...
September 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Ambassador Ambition arrives in Glasgow (Scotland) to house Ukrainian refugees
A second cruise ship that will house Ukrainian refugees arrived in Glasgow-Greenock (Clydeport, Scotland). Ambassador Cruise Line's MS Ambition ship...
September 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MS The World cruise ship calls at Greenock/Glasgow (Scotland)
The currently largest residential cruise ship MS The World arrived on Sunday, August 28th, at one of Scotland's largest cruise ports. The 644-ft...
August 31, 2022 - Cruise Industry
UK's Liverpool Cruise Terminal boasts busiest season to date
As ships docking in Liverpool (England UK) return to pre-COVID capacity, tourism numbers are on the up and 100+ operations are expected into...
August 31, 2022