Cruise news (new ships-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Celebrity Xcel completes sea trials off Saint-Nazaire
Celebrity Cruises’ newest vessel, Celebrity Xcel, has concluded its initial sea trials, marking a significant milestone in the ship’s...
September 17, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Virgin's newest ship Brilliant Lady homeported in Miami with MerMaiden voyage on Oct 17th
Virgin Voyages will debut its newest vessel Brilliant Lady from Miami on October 17th, 2025 with an 8-night “Miami MerMaiden” sailing...
September 16, 2025 - Cruise Industry
MSC Seascape to present Texas-infused entertainment from Galveston
MSC Cruises has unveiled a tailored entertainment program for MSC Seascape, set to take effect when the ship begins sailing from Galveston in...
September 16, 2025 - Cruise Industry
CLIA report charts fleetwide progress on environmental technologies
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has released its 2025 Environmental Technologies and Practices (ETP) report, covering the oceangoing...
September 14, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for Viking Libra, first hydrogen-powered ship in Viking OCEAN's fleet
Viking Ocean Cruises has reached a key construction milestone with the laying of the keel for Viking Libra at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard in...
September 11, 2025 
DCL-Disney Cruise Line delays Disney Adventure debut after shipbuilding setback
DCL-Disney Cruise Line has announced the postponement of MS Disney Adventure’s maiden voyage, originally scheduled for December 15th, 2025, to...
September 11, 2025- Cruise Industry
SunStone concludes INFINITY ship series with delivery of Douglas Mawson
SunStone Maritime Group A/S has finalized its inaugural Infinity-class series with the delivery of the Douglas Mawson—the 7th and concluding...
September 10, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Riviera Travel's ship Riviera Rose begins Douro River cruises
The UK-based company Riviera Travel (fleet) has introduced the Riviera Rose ship to service on Portugal’s Douro River. The boat’s...
September 9, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for Royal Caribbean’s 4th Icon Class ship at Meyer Turku
On Monday, September 8th, 2025, a significant stage in ship construction was reached at the Meyer Turku yard in Turku, Finland with the laying of the...
September 9, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Emerald Astra to debut May 3, 2026 with Budapest to Bucharest voyage
Emerald Cruises is preparing the Emerald Astra for her inaugural voyage, setting sail on May 3rd, 2026, from Budapest and tracing a river passage...
September 6, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity launches new river ships Compass and Seeker for 2027 season
Celebrity Cruises now turns its prow toward Europe’s inland waterways, introducing a pair of river vessels—the Celebrity Compass and...
September 4, 2025 - Cruise Industry
DCL's largest ship Disney Adventure starts sea trials from Wismar
On the evening of September 1st, 2025, DCL’s newest vessel, Disney Adventure, slipped away from its berth in Wismar, Germany, commencing sea...
September 2, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Viking Gyda riverboat delivered at Viana do Castelo to cruise the Douro
On August 29th, 2025, Viking Group formally received its newest river vessel, the Viking Gyda, constructed specifically for service on Portugal&rsquo...
September 1, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Superyacht Emerald Kaia's inaugural cruise rescheduled for April 2026
Emerald Cruises has announced that its third superyacht, Emerald Kaia, will commence service with an inaugural sailing on April 4th, 2026. The vessel...
August 31, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's newest ship Legend OTS floated out at Meyer Turku
RCI-Royal Caribbean’s newest vessel Legend of the Seas, the third in the ICON-class series, slipped into water for the first time late on...
August 30, 2025