Cruise news (small cruise lines-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Riviera Travel UK expands to Asia with Riviera Alba on the Mekong in 2027
Riviera Travel UK (fleet) has confirmed its entry into the Asian market with the launch of Riviera Alba, a purpose-built river vessel scheduled to...
September 28, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Aranoa joins Aranui fleet to expand French Polynesia cargo-passenger cruises
Aranui Cruises will introduce its second passenger-freighter vessel, Aranoa, in 2027. The new ship will join the fleetmate Aranui 5 to enable year...
September 21, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Polar Latitudes Expeditions and Albatros Expeditions announce merger
Polar Latitudes Expeditions and Albatros Expeditions have confirmed a merger that will unite their operations under a single brand, scheduled to...
September 17, 2025 - Cruise Industry
G Adventures unveils Ocean Adventurer as refurbished expedition vessel
G Adventures has relaunched its former Ocean Adventurer (under charter from SunStone Ships Inc) to operate as MS Expedition for the upcoming...
September 15, 2025 - Cruise Industry
NYK Cruises announces early 2026 voyages for Asuka III
NYK Cruises/fleet has released the early 2026 schedule for Asuka III, its first new passenger vessel in more than three decades. The Japan-flagged...
September 9, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Coral Expeditions (Australia) expands operations with 2026–2027 international cruises
Coral Expeditions has introduced a suite of new international expedition voyages for the 2026–2027 season, deploying its fleet of Australian...
August 22, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Terra Nova Expeditions to launch Antarctic voyages aboard refurbished RMS St Helena
Australian entrepreneur Greg Carter, known for co-founding Chimu Adventures and serving on the Mawson’s Huts Foundation board, has established...
August 2, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Orient Express Corinthian ship scheduled for Caribbean debut in Fall 2026
Accor Cruises' brand Orient Express has unveiled the launch of its first superyacht, Orient Express Corinthian, scheduled to commence operations in...
July 26, 2025 - Accidents
Pro-Palestinian demonstration on Syros forces Crown Iris to skip port call
A group of around 150–300 pro-Palestinian residents on Syros Island (Greece) halted the arrival of the Israeli-operated cruise vessel Crown...
July 24, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Tianjin Orient’s ship MS Dream restarts cruises following drydock refurbishment
MS Dream, a 77,000-ton cruise vessel owned by Tianjin Orient International Cruise Line, has emerged from an 11-day drydocking for maintenance at the...
July 20, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Malaysia to host Chinese cruise ship Piano Land in 2025
Malaysia is set to welcome its first-ever homeporting of a Chinese cruise ship, with Piano Land scheduled to begin operations from Penang and Port...
July 6, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Orient Express Corinthian floats out at Saint‑Nazaire (France)
The ultra-luxury superyacht Orient Express Corinthian (OE Corinthian) was floated out on June 16th at Chantiers de l’Atlantique (fka STX France...
June 21, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Asuka Cruises schedules nearly 50 voyages aboard new and classic vessels
Asuka Cruises, NYK Line's subsidiary and Japan’s premier luxury ship travel brand, has plotted an ambitious schedule of nearly 50 voyages for...
June 18, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Aqua Mare sets standard for small‑ship Galápagos cruising
The Aqua Mare luxury yacht of the Aqua Expeditions/fleet is now based year-round in the Galápagos Islands. With a capacity for 16 guests...
June 15, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Variety Cruises (Greece) completed fleetwide refurbishments ahead of 2025 season
The Greek company and travel brand Variety Cruises has completed a comprehensive 7-month (~EUR 1 million) fleetwide refurbishment project (based in...
June 13, 2025