Cruise news (money-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Port Bodrum Turkey welcomes 2021's first cruise ship
Turkey welcomed the first cruise ship of season 2021 in a development that comes after the COVID restrictions brought travel to a halt. Viking Ocean...
March 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Lindblad Expeditions acquires DuVine Cycling and Off the Beaten Path
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, a global provider of adventure travel experiences and expedition cruises announced that it had acquired majority...
March 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
$600 million rescue package for the German shipbuilder MV Werften
Urgent talks are currently underway between MV Werften and its owners Genting Hong Kong (GHK) with the German federal and state government for...
February 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation to sell $1 billion in stocks due to the Coronavirus crisis
With passenger shipping operations still paused fleetwide, Carnival Corporation (world's largest cruise shipowner) announced Monday afternoon...
February 23, 2021 - Accidents
Ketchikan projecting multimillion-dollar deficit due to another cancelled Alaskan cruise season
Faced with the probability of another cancelled cruise season, Ketchikan’s borough revealed it was projecting a multimillion-dollar deficit...
February 17, 2021 - Cruise Industry
CMV Astoria ship auctioned for EUR 10 million
The world's oldest operational cruise ship - CMV Astoria (fka Azores), is currently listed for sale. The vessel will be auctioned at a minimum...
February 16, 2021 - Accidents
Port Halifax NS Canada bracing for another cancelled cruise season
The tourism industry in Halifax (Nova Scotia Canada) is bracing for another cancelled cruise season after the country's federal government announced...
February 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
CLIA responds to Canada's cruise ship ban through Feb 2022
CLIA-NWC (Cruise Lines International Association-North West and Canada), the cruise industry's representitive in Canada, announced it was surprised...
February 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Seattle cruise season at risk after Canada banned cruise ships through 2022
Seattle WA's cruise season 2021 was put at risk on Thursday, February 4, after Canada’s Minister of Transport announced the extension of the...
February 7, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Stornoway's new deepwater cruise terminal to be operational in 2023
SPA-Stornoway Port Authority received an investment of GBP 48,6 million (EUR 55.4 M/ ~USD 66,75 M) for the building of a new deepwater cruise...
February 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises introduces sports betting on MedallionClass ships
Princess Cruises introduced Ocean Sportsbook - a real-time sports betting option available on all MedallionClass liners. The new option gives...
February 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Canaveral officials: cruises restart in July
According to Port Canaveral officials, some sailings might return in July. At a meeting on Wednesday, January 27, Port Canaveral CEO Captain John...
January 31, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Saudi Arabia's new Jeddah-based cruise company
Saudi Arabia launched a company in order to establish the cruise sector in the country as well as to generate 50,000+ jobs in the tourism industry...
January 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Canaveral commissioners reduce budget due to extended pause in sailings
An extended pause in ship cruises led to Port Canaveral commissioners to reduce the port's budget and ~USD 17 million were moved out of the reserve...
January 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
3 Isle of Wight ferry companies to share a GBP 6.5 million government grant
Three Isle of Wight England ferry companies will be able to share a GBP 6,5 million (~EUR 7,3M / USD 8,8M) UK government grant to maintain services...
January 16, 2021