Cruise news (refurbishment-tagged)

VIVA Cruises expands cruise offerings for 2021
Following a successful restart of its European itineraries after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, the river cruise company VIVA Cruises announced...
September 23, 2020
Cruise Industry
4 Carnival Cruise Line ships will not return to service until March 2021
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced the sale of Carnival Imagination and Carnival Fascination, which had previously been put on long-term layup and...
September 19, 2020
Cruise Industry
MS Berlin handed over to Dreamliner Cruises
Dreamliner Cruises - brand and subsidiary owned by Royalton Investment, is taking over the MS Berlin cruise ship from FTI Cruises with immediate...
September 16, 2020
Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas homeported in Hong Kong 2021-2022
For 2x months (December 2021 through January 2022), RCI-Royal Caribbean’s liner Spectrum of the Seas (max passenger capacity 4819) is to be...
July 21, 2020
Cruise Industry
Windstar Cruises retrofits its fleet for health and safety
In order to address health concerns brought on by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the premium travel brand Windstar Cruises committed to a...
July 19, 2020
Cruise Industry
Holland America sold the cruise ships Amsterdam and Rotterdam to Fred Olsen
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is introducing two new fleetmates as the UK-based company plans to strengthen its brand and evolve to sailing on the other...
July 16, 2020
Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival's latest cruise itinerary updates
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced that its newest vessel - Mardi Gras - starts operations in February 2021 (instead of November 2020) due to delay...
July 8, 2020
Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages' Scarlet Lady arrives at Fincantieri shipyard for routine maintenance
On Monday, July 6, Virgin Voyages' Scarlet Lady arrived at the port of Genoa, Italy, where she will spend the next 20 days at Fincantieri shipyard...
July 7, 2020
Cruise Industry
Construction starts on two new E-Flexer cruiseferries for Stena Line
China’s CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard started building two new E-Flexer cruiseferries for STENA LINE, both scheduled for deliveries in 2022. ...
July 1, 2020
Cruise Industry
SAGA Cruises sells Saga Sapphire ship to ANEX Tour Turkey
The cruise experts in services for the over 50s, SAGA Cruises, today announced the completion of the previously agreed sale of its Saga Sapphire ship...
June 18, 2020
Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean delays Royal Amplified drydock refurbishments until further notice
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced that due to financial loses caused by the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, upcoming major drydock refurbishment...
June 10, 2020
Cruise Industry
227 Indian crew from Carnival Victory arrive in Mumbai
227 Indian crew from the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Victory (Radiance) disembarked on Friday, June 5, at Port Cadiz Spain, and took on...
June 7, 2020
Cruise Industry
Coronavirus-hit Costa Atlantica leaves Nagasaki, Japan
The CSSC Carnival China Cruise Shipping-owned liner Costa Atlantica left Port Nagasaki Japan on Sunday, May 31, after all its tested negative for...
May 31, 2020
Accidents
P&O Cruises Iona ship to enter drydock in Rotterdam
P&O Cruises' newest ship - MS Iona - will be relocated from Germany to Holland (Rotterdam) for inspection work. The newbuild (by Meyer Werft) was...
May 29, 2020
Cruise Industry
RCI Allure of the Seas begins refurbishment in Cadiz, Spain
RCI-Royal Caribbean's liner Allure of the Seas arrived at Navantia Shipyard (in Cadiz Spain) on Friday (May 22) to start a delayed and revised...
May 24, 2020
Cruise Industry