Cruise Industry

HAL-Holland America commemorates 150th Anniversary with extended Legendary Voyages
HAL-Holland America Line, globally recognized as an expert in longer voyages, will commemorate its 150th Anniversary in 2023 with extended Legendary...
March 8, 2023
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line deploys 3 ships to Asia Pacific in 2024-2025
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced a record deployment of 3 ships to the Asia Pacific region in 2024 and 2025. The Norwegian Spirit ship will...
March 8, 2023
Ambassador Cruise Line unveils spring 2023 promos for bookings made by April 3rd
Ambassador Cruise Line UK unveiled free cabin upgrades across a range of itineraries along with an array of new season offers. Ambassador's no-fly...
March 7, 2023
Belfast (Northern Ireland) expects GBP 20M boost in 2023 from 170 cruise ship calls (a record year)
Belfast (Northern Ireland UK) can expect a GBP 20 million boost to its economy in 2023 as it pulls in a total of 170 cruise ship calls over a...
March 7, 2023
MSC Cruises partners with ORCA to prevent marine wildlife collisions
MSC Cruises partnered with Marine Conservation Charity ORCA to deliver a comprehensive ship strike mitigation program for the company's deck officers...
March 7, 2023
Alaskan Dream Cruises opens 2024 reservations at 2023 rates
Indigenously-owned company Alaskan Dream Cruises opened its 2024 itineraries for booking at the 2023's rates. The program includes all of the travel...
March 7, 2023
ACL-American Cruise Lines begins its biggest season ever on the Mississippi
ACL-American Cruise Lines has just commenced the biggest season ever on the Mississippi. In 2023, the company is introducing its new American...
March 6, 2023
Crystal Cruises outsources travel management services to GMT-Global Marine Travel
GMT-Global Marine Travel will provide travel management services to Crystal, relaunching its cruise brand with a couple of ships in the summer of...
March 6, 2023
Auctioned cruise ship World Dream renamed Manara after its sale to Cruise Saudi
Cruise industry sources in Singapore state that the 150,700 GT cruise ship World Dream (2017-built for GHK's Dream Cruises), which was delivered...
March 6, 2023
AIDA Cruises boasts triple call in Port St. John’s (Antigua)
On February 27th, not one but three AIDA ships moored in Port St Johns on the Caribbean island of Antigua, when the Caribbean schedules of the...
March 5, 2023
Scenic announces 2024 European River Cruise Season featuring 2 new itineraries
Scenic Group announced its 2024 European River Cruise offerings featuring a couple of new itineraries: a 10-day Danube in Depth visiting the historic...
March 5, 2023
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line offers twice as many voyages from Norfolk VA in 2023
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced it is doubling down on voyages from Norfolk VA (Virginia USA) and ramping up for year-round operations beginning...
March 5, 2023
Taiwan loosens COVID control measures on international cruise ships
Taiwan further loosened its COVID control protocols on international cruise ships in an attempt to boost tourism, the Maritime and Port Bureau...
March 4, 2023
Fred Olsen unveils new 106-night Wolrd Voyage on MS Bolette ship
Departing from Southampton (England UK) on January 6th, 2025, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines' flagship Bolette is due to follow a similar route to the first...
March 3, 2023Sidney BC-Anacortes WA ferry service terminated until 2030
A ferry connecting a Vancouver Island (BC Canada) town to a city in Washington USA will not return until at least 2030, due to a shipping shortage...
March 3, 2023