Cruise news (money-tagged)
- Accidents
MSC compensates Uniworld River Cruises EUR 2,4 million for 2019 Venice accident
On June 2, 2019, a huge runaway MSC Cruises ship ran into a smaller boat in Venice Italy, injuring people on the dockside. The 66...
October 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Seattle WA concludes 2021 Alaskan cruise season with NCL's ship Norwegian Encore
Port Seattle (Washington) concluded its 2021 cruise season on Saturday, October 23, with the departure of NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian...
October 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Australians to cruise overseas but not from Australia
Australians could soon find themselves in the position of being able to fly overseas to go cruising but be unable to sail from their own country...
October 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Bangladesh to build international standard cruise ships
The government of Bangladesh has taken initiatives to build international standard cruise vessels with the aim to launch them within 2 years...
September 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: The Regent Suite on Seven Seas Grandeur
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises released further details of the latest 4,443 ft2/413 m2, US$11,000-a-night “Regent Suite”, the pinnacle...
September 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Group to build and operate new cruise terminal in Port Ravenna, Italy
Ravenna Port Authority has been awarded the tender for the building of a new cruise ship terminal and the concession of its cruise operations in...
September 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises outsourced retail business to Harding UK
The Carnival Corporation-owned premium travel brand Princess Cruises is stepping back from retailing and handing over its shopping operations to...
September 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
UK's "greenest cruise terminal" officially opens in Port Southampton
A new cruise ship terminal at Port Southampton (England), claimed to be the greenest in the UK, was officially opened. The GBP 55 million (EUR 64,5M...
September 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Container shipping company CMA-CGM invests EUR 25M into Brittany Ferries
The world's third-largest container shipping company CMA-CGM Group announced it is taking e a “quasi-equity” stake in Brittany...
September 14, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises ship Experience sold to an undisclosed buyer
Piraeus Greece-based company Celestyal Cruises sold a ship it had acquired from Carnival Corporation's subsidiary Costa Cruises in July 2020...
September 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Kusadası Turkey welcomes first cruise ship after 16-month closure
The Aegean Sea resort town Kusadasi (port to Ephesus, Turkey) welcomed on Thursday, September 2, its first cruise ship following a 16-month pause due...
September 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Sitka Assembly approves 20-year land lease for development for cruise passengers
The Sitka Assembly authorized a 20-year lease of land to Alaska Native corporation for development for cruise passengers. The Assembly (voting 5-2...
September 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
First cruise ship to dock in Colombia is Windstar's Star Breeze
After remaining shut down during the past 17 months because of the COVID crisis, the historic port of Cartagena, the main tourist destination in...
August 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Groundbreaking ceremony to begin an upgrade of Samoa's Port Apia
The Samoa Government and ADB-Asian Development Bank held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially start an upgrade of the country's international...
August 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Valencia starts work on new cruise passenger terminal project
The new public passenger terminal starts to take its first steps with the procedure for the works for the “refurbishment of the site of the...
August 19, 2021