Cruise news (river cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Delta Queen Steamboat Returns to Service
The US House of Representatives decided the fate of Delta Queen Steamboat. Cincinnati's beloved cruise ship may once again sail back home, at...
November 30, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Russia’s First Ocean Cruise Liner to Be Ready for Trials 2019
Russia’s first cruise liner under construction at Lotus Shipyard in Astrakhan is due to be ready for water tests in 2019, President of the USC...
November 16, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Will Delta Queen Sail Again?
Senate votes this week are due to help determine whether the 91-year-old wooden steamboat Delta Queen can be resurrected as an overnight river cruise...
November 13, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Aqua Expeditions to Increase Fleet Size by 150%
The river cruise company Aqua Expeditions announced it was set to increase the size of its fleet by 150% and expand into new geographic destinations...
November 12, 2018 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: American Countess Cut in Half as Part of Planned Lengthening
American Queen Steamboat Company released its new time-lapse video of building progress on American Countess at Louisiana's Gulf Island Shipyard in...
November 7, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Cologne to Get Shore-to-Ship Bunkering Station for LNG
PitPoint-LNG was granted the official permit for the building of a shore-to-ship bunkering station for LNG (liquefied natural gas) in Port Cologne...
November 3, 2018 - Cruise Industry
MS Amalia Rodrigues to Be Christened in Porto 2019
River cruise ship operator CroisiEurope will christen newbuild Amalia Rodrigues in Oporto Portugal on March 20, 2019. Built at the Belgium shipyard...
October 31, 2018 - Cruise Industry
AmaMora Godmother Announced
AmaWaterways announced that co-president of Ensemble Travel Group, Libbie Rice, will serve as Godmother of AmaMora, one of the 3 new ships...
October 27, 2018 - Cruise Industry
National Geographic and Scenic Introduce National Geographic River Cruises
National Geographic and Scenic Cruises teamed up to launch the brand new line of National Geographic River Cruises. The itineraries combine Scenic...
October 23, 2018 - Cruise Industry
American Song Concludes Inaugural Cruise on Mississippi River
American Song arrived in Memphis TN on October 12 after a week-long inaugural cruise up Mississippi River from New Orleans, visiting Oak Alley...
October 23, 2018 - Cruise Industry
CroisiEurope Adds 4th Ship on Rhone River
CroisiEurope is adding a 4th ship to its fleet on Rhone River in 2019, with further details on the new ship to be announced during the coming weeks...
October 20, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Uniworld Unveils Plans For 4 New River Ships
Uniworld announced plans to build 3 new river cruise ships, due to launch 2020. The newbuilds will sail on Nile through North Africa, Mekong in...
October 19, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Godmother to Avalon Envision Revealed
Avalon Waterways announced that the acclaimed author of New York Times-bestselling “Eat Pray Love”, Elizabeth Gilbert, will christen...
October 10, 2018 - Cruise Industry
American Song Begins Inaugural Cruise
Port NOLA New Orleans makes cruise history today, October 6, after the first contemporary riverboat in the United States, American Song, sails her...
October 6, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Avalon Waterways Launches Its Newest Suite Ship
Avalon Waterways is sailing farther into the Far East via increasing its fleet of Suite Ships on Mekong River, with the launch of Avalon Saigon. On...
October 5, 2018