Cruise Industry

VIDEO: NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line reveals the 100 ‘Giving Joy’ Campaign Winners
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced the 100 winners of its 2022 “Norwegian’s Giving Joy” contest, the line’s annual...
July 15, 2022
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line to reach normal staffing levels by the end of July
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's brand ambassador, John Heald, provided updates on the various issues the line has been dealing with in regard to staffing...
July 15, 2022
Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) welcomes Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Spectrum OTS
The arrival of a cruise liner out of Singapore to Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) after 2 years was welcomed by cruise industry players in...
July 15, 2022
GPH-Global Ports Holding terminates takeover talks with MSC Group
GPH-Global Ports Holding Plc is an Istanbul Turkey-based company currently ranked the world's largest cruise port operator and also manages under...
July 14, 2022
Ponant’s icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot takes passengers to the North Pole for the first time
On July 13, 2022, at 6 pm (CET), the world’s only luxury icebreaker - Le Commandant Charcot, reached the geographic North Pole. This is a...
July 14, 2022
AIDAnova is the largest cruise ship to call at Kalundborg (Zealand Island, Denmark)
Port Kalundborg (Zealand Island, Denmark) operated by GPH-Global Ports Holding (world's largest cruise port operator) welcomed its largest cruise...
July 14, 2022
Port of Quebec (Canada) expands cruise ship capacity with new terminal
To meet the growing demand for Quebec City as a cruise destination, the Port of Quebec (Canada) now has a modern cruise ship terminal. The official...
July 13, 2022
Carnival Corporation released 2021 Sustainability Report
The world’s largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corporation, on Wednesday (July 13th), released its 12th annual sustainability report detailing...
July 13, 2022
Keel laid for Regent Seven Seas Cruises' 3rd ship Seven Seas Grandeur
The keel-laying ceremony was held on Wednesday, July 13th, at the Ancona shipyard for the Seven Seas Grandeur ship, the third luxury ship that...
July 13, 2022
Family-run passenger ferry business John O'Groats Ferries (Scotland) up for sale
A family-run passenger ferry business shuttling between John O'Groats (Caithness, northeast of Canisbay) and Orkney was put up for sale. John...
July 13, 2022
Lindblad unveils 2 new cruise itineraries for Sea Cloud sailship
Lindblad Expeditions announced 2 new itineraries for the 58-passenger sailship Sea Cloud. On the new voyages, tourists will discover the Adriatic...
July 12, 2022
Princess Cruises launches new summer season of roundtrips from LA in 2023
Princess Cruises is the destination leader on the West Coast USA and the travel brand with the longest history operating from Port Los Angeles (Long...
July 12, 2022
Saronic Ferries partners with C-Job Naval Architects for the first all-electric ro-pax ship in...
Saronic Ferries (Greece) announced a partnership with C-Job Naval Architects (naval engineering firm) for the design of what will be the first all...
July 12, 2022
Russia's Astoria Grande ship (ex AIDAcara) operates Black Sea cruises from Sochi to Istanbul...
Russia is preparing to launch voyages to Turkey this month with the Astoria Grande ship operating in the Black Sea roundtrips from Sochi Russia to...
July 12, 2022
Swan Hellenic's 2nd cruise ship SH Vega christened at Helsinki Shipyard
On Monday, July 11, Swan Hellenic announced that the christening ceremony of its 2nd ice-class cultural expedition ship, SH Vega, had taken place at...
July 11, 2022