Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean unveils new European cruises for summer 2024
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced that its new European vacations for summer 2024 are now open for sale, featuring 7 world-class ships in 9 homeports and...
November 18, 2022
CCL-Carnival brings back mandatory mask wearing for passengers on Australian cruises
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line brought back mandatory mask-wearing for all passengers onboard its Australian voyages. The company's updated COVID policy...
November 18, 2022
Celebrity Cruises unveils ~500 departures for season 2024-2025
Celebrity Cruises announced its most ambitious season of sailings with ~500 departures for the 2024-2025 cruise season. The new sailings feature the...
November 18, 2022
Star Clippers lifts COVID vaccine mandates for cruise passengers
Star Clippers announced a new set of health & safety protocols with regard to the prevention of COVID for their fleet of tall clipper ships. The...
November 18, 2022
Scenic Eclipse is the first cruise ship to return at ports along West Coast Central & South America
Scenic Eclipse was greeted with fanfare upon her arrival at numerous Central and South American ports as she made her way down to Antarctica for the...
November 17, 2022
Dubai Harbour welcomes its first cruise ship, AIDAcosma
Today, November 17, Dubai Harbour (Port Rashid, UAE), the extraordinary seafront district of the port city, welcomed its first cruise ship, AIDAcosma...
November 17, 2022
Fred Olsen’s ship Borealis completes multimillion-pound drydock refurbishment
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Borealis completed multimillion-pound refurbishment at Cammell Laird shipyard close to Liverpool (England...
November 17, 2022
MSC Cruises takes delivery of its new flagship MSC Seascape
MSC Group’s Cruise Division on Wednesday, November 16, officially took delivery from Fincantieri of the new flagship MSC Seascape in the...
November 17, 2022
DCL-Disney Cruise Line acquires unfinished mega-ship Global Dream
The world’s largest by passenger capacity and still unfinished cruise ship Global Dream is joining DCL-Disney Cruise...
November 17, 2022
Japan reopens ports to international cruise ships
Japan will already allow international cruise ships to dock at its ports, Tetsuo Saito (country's transport minister) said on Tuesday, November 15...
November 16, 2022
RCI-Royal Caribbean to build new Terminal G in Miami Florida
In one of the biggest deals for “the cruise capital of the world,” Miami-Dade Commissioners approved a development and lease agreement...
November 16, 2022
CCL-Carnival to increase passenger capacity from homeport Norfolk VA (Half Moone Cruise Center)
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line on November 14, 2022, announced it would more than double its homeporting/departures out of Norfolk (Virginia USA) in 2023...
November 16, 2022
Balearia to build and operate new cruiseferry passenger terminal in Valencia (Spain)
Port Valencia awarded the ferry company Balearia Eurolineas Maritimas the construction and operation rights of the new passenger terminal in Port...
November 16, 2022
Global Ports Holding signs 10-year concession with Prince Rupert Cruise Port (BC Canada)
GPH-Global Ports Holding Plc, the largest independent cruise port operator in the world, announced that it had signed a 10-year concession, with a 10...
November 15, 2022
Heritage Expeditions' new flagship Heritage Adventurer on maiden New Zealand voyage
The New Zealand-based expedition travel company Heritage Expeditions (fleet) welcomed its new flagship Heritage Adventurer for her maiden New Zealand...
November 15, 2022