Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's ship Allure OTS to sail short cruises from Florida year-round
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced that one of its huge Oasis-class ships would sail short cruises year-round beginning later in 2023. None of the line's...
February 18, 2023
Ulstein signs with CMHI Haimen (China) shipbuilding contract for a SunStone INFINITY cruise ship
The Miami-based expedition cruise shipowner SunStone Ships Inc is going for another cruise ship in its INFINITY class designed by Ulstein Design &...
February 18, 2023
Port Seattle WA to welcome 291 cruises and 1.4M revenue passengers (April-October 2023)
Full and part-time, flexible-schedule jobs are offered starting this April when the 2023 cruise season is back to the Port of Seattle (Washington USA...
February 18, 2023
Poseidon Expeditions opens bookings for 2024-2025 Arctic & Antarctic Seasons
The small cruise ship line Poseidon Expeditions specializing in high-latitude polar voyages opened bookings for Arctic season May-September 2024 and...
February 17, 2023
Methanol producer Proman and Costa Group join forces towards cruise industry's decarbonisation
Costa Group (part of Carnival Corporation) and Europe’s leading cruise operator managing the brands AIDA and Costa, signed with Proman...
February 17, 2023
Ambassador Cruise Line launches 120-day Orca World Cruise
Ambassador Cruise Line renewed its partnership with the charity dedicated to marine conservation, ORCA. The UK-based company announced that the 120...
February 17, 2023
PortMiami to build the world’s largest shore power system for cruise ships
Еngineering and manufacturing company PowerCon (Denmark) has been subcontracted to deliver 5 shore power systems for cruise ships at PortMiami...
February 17, 2023
Former Holland America's ships ms Veendam and ms Ryndam renamed Victoria Majestic and Victoria...
The river cruise company Victoria Cruise Lines (China) announced it is entering the ocean cruise market with a couple of former HAL-Holland America...
February 16, 2023
Bookings open for the MSC World Cruise 2025 (ship Magnifica)
MSC Cruises opened bookings for the MSC World Cruise 2025 with a new itinerary aboard the MSC Magnifica ship. Passengers can embark on the voyage of...
February 16, 2023
First steel cut for RCI-Royal Caribbean's second Icon Class ship
RCI-Royal Caribbean marked the initial milestone – the first cut of steel – for the 2nd ship in its revolutionary Icon Class. An...
February 16, 2023
Emerald Cruises to homeport its superyachts Azzura and Sakara in the Caribbean for 2023-2024 winter...
Emerald Cruises announced it will homeport its 2 new 100-passenger yachts, Azzura and Sakara, in the Caribbean for the 2023 & 2024 winter seasons...
February 15, 2023
Ultra-luxury superyacht Scenic Eclipse 2 enters final building phase
Scenic Cruises announced that its new ultra-luxury superyacht - Scenic Eclipse 2, is now entering the final phase of build with sea trials/final...
February 15, 2023
Tallink has no plans to restore Latvia-Sweden ferry route Riga-Stockholm
Estonian ferry company Tallink announced that there were no plans to restore ferry services between Riga (Latvia) and Stockholm (Sweden). Katri...
February 15, 2023
Cruise ships are no longer welcomed by Port Monterey (California USA)
The city council in Monterey (California USA) voted last week to terminate passenger landing services for incoming cruise ships. The council sent a...
February 15, 2023
Fleetwide event marks CCL-Carnival’s largest Vow Renewal at Sea
Thousands of couples symbolically renewed their vows this Valentine’s Day, while sailing on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line voyages, during special...
February 15, 2023