Cruise Industry
Prince Rupert port (BC Canada) to ban cruise ships from dumping contaminated wastewater
A second West Coast Canadian port proposed a ban on cruise vessels dumping contaminated/acidic wastewater while in port/docked. Port Prince Rupert...
January 12, 2023
Paul Gauguin unveils 2024 South Pacific cruises (French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji)
The PONANT-owned subsidiary and travel brand Paul Gauguin Cruises released its 2024 brochure/itinerary program, featuring the all-inclusive voyages...
January 12, 2023
ACL-American Cruise Lines to introduce 3 new riverboats in 2023
ACL-American Cruise Lines revealed it will introduce 3 new riverboats in 2023, along with 10 brand new itineraries that will venture into ports the...
January 11, 2023- Cruise Industry
Silversea Silver Shadow ship's World Cruise 2023 departs from Sydney (NSW Australia)
Silversea’s World Cruise 2023 set sail from Sydney (NSW Australia) on Tuesday, January 10th, marking the first time the leading ultra-luxury...
January 11, 2023 
Riverside Collection Cruises acquires the remaining 4 Crystal riverboats
Riverside Collection Cruises, which bought Crystal Mozart in November 2022, has purchased the remaining 4 riverboats of Crystal Cruises. In addition...
January 11, 2023
Godmother Nicole Stott names Viking OCEAN’s newest ship Neptune in Los Angeles USA
Viking Cruises named its newest ocean ship, Viking Neptune, with a celebration on Sunday, January 8th, in Los Angeles CA. As part of the event, the...
January 11, 2023
Carnival cruise brands AIDA and Costa switch their LNG-powered ships to diesel fuel
Carnival Corporation's European-based cruise brands, AIDA and Costa, switched their low-emission LNG-powered ships to diesel fuel because of the high...
January 10, 2023
National Geographic introduces 3 AmaWaterways-chartered 2024 European River Cruises
NatGeo-National Geographic announced its 2024 lineup of NatGeo Expeditions river cruises. Unlike Lindblad's partnership with NatGeo, these sailings...
January 9, 2023
Costa Cruises' ship Deliziosa departs on around-the-world voyage
Costa Cruises' world voyage 2023 will explore 52 destinations on 4 continents in a total of 128 days, crossing 3 oceans, with an unprecedented...
January 9, 2023
Qatar Tourism and Mwani Qatar expect ~200,000 passengers in the 2022-2023 cruise season
QT-Qatar Tourism and Mwani Qatar announced the return of the 2022-2023 season and forecasted 50+ cruise ships with ~200,000 passengers from now...
January 9, 2023
P&O Cruises UK to raise prices
Paul Ludlow (P&O Cruises UK’s President) reported that booking levels were more than 100% up in the 2-week period since Christmas versus...
January 9, 2023
30 cruise ships to call at Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) in January 2023
A total of 30 cruise vessels are expected to dock in Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco, Mexico Riviera) during January. 4 of the 30 ships that Puerto...
January 8, 2023
130+ passengers arrive in Macau in first ferry from Hong Kong in 3 years
The first cruiseferry linking Hong Kong and Macau in ~ 3 years left Hong Kong Island’s Sheung Wan terminal at 7:30 am on Sunday, January 8th...
January 8, 2023
Costa Cruises plans pilot using batteries for large ship zero emissions
Costa Cruises is working with Italian energy company Enel Group to explore the electrification of its larger ships as part of an effort to promote...
January 7, 2023
Fred Olsen Balmoral ship's 78-day South America and Antarctica cruise starts Portsmouth UK's 2023...
2023 will see Portsmouth Port UK (England) host more maiden calls/welcome back cruise companies, as it continues to strengthen its place as the first...
January 6, 2023