Cruise Industry
P&O UK announces new Scandinavia & Baltic Sea cruise itineraries 2024
P&O Cruises UK announced a new series of Scandinavia and Baltic Sea itineraries scheduled for 2024 summer and fall. The 14- and 16-day long...
October 12, 2022
Alaska's Huna Totem Corp. breaks ground on $80M cruise dock in Whittier AK
On Monday, October 10, Alaska Native village company Huna Totem Corp. broke ground on a new US$80 million infrastructure development project for a...
October 12, 2022
Seychelles' 2022-2023 cruise season starts with MS Europa 2 ship
Seychelles' cruise season 2022-2023 will commence with the arrival of Hapag-Lloyd's ship MS Europa 2 expected in Port Victoria (Mahe Island) on...
October 12, 2022
Azamara's fleet (4 Renaissance-class cruise ships) for the first time ever meets in Koper (Slovenia)
The ultra-premium cruise company and travel brand Azamara celebrated a rare occurrence on October 8th in Slovenia's principal seaport - Koper, where...
October 12, 2022
MSC Opera chartered as a hotel ship in Doha during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
A 3rd cruise ship has been hired by World Cup organizers in Qatar on Monday, October 10, to operate as a soccer fan hotel docked at the Port of Doha...
October 11, 2022
NCL's newest ship Norwegian Prima completes first USA cruise from NYC
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced the completion of the first U.S. voyage of Norwegian Prima, which sailed roundtrip from Cape Liberty Bayonne NJ...
October 11, 2022
Carnival Ecstasy ship departs on final voyage
Carnival Ecstasy commenced her final voyage on Monday, October 10. The 31-year-old boat that has carried ~5.5 million tourists on "fun ship...
October 11, 2022
Atlas Ocean Voyages takes delivery of 200-passenger expedition ship World Traveller
AOV-Atlas Ocean Voyages announced that it had taken delivery of the 200-passenger expedition ship World Traveller, which is due to be officially...
October 11, 2022
Greece-Turkey ferry service launched between Thessaloniki and Izmir
The 2011-initiated project for cruiseferry services between Turkey and Greece (İzmir and Thessaloniki) was finally completed...
October 10, 2022
NCL Norwegian deal with NYC for cruise ship charter/migrant housing unlikely
NYC's Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to house migrants at an NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line ship docked off Staten Island fizzled because it was too...
October 10, 2022
Oceania Cruises introduces innovative mixology program aboard Vista ship debuting May 2023
Oceania Cruises recently introduced an elevated, innovative bar program onboard the 1,200-passenger Vista ship debuting on May 20, 2023. Oceania...
October 8, 2022
Unfinished mega-ship Global Dream to join DCL-Disney Cruise Line
The world’s largest by passenger capacity and still unfinished cruise ship Global Dream could be joining DCL-Disney Cruise Line's fleet in 2024...
October 8, 2022
MSC Cruises to homeport its MSC Seashore ship to Port Canaveral in 2023
MSC Cruises announced it will homeport one of the fleet's biggest ships to Port Canaveral/Orlando (Florida USA) in 2023, providing new opportunities...
October 8, 2022
Panama Canal marks the start of 2022-2023 cruise ship season
On October 4, the Panama Canal announced the transit of CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s ship Carnival Spirit, thus marking the start of cruise...
October 7, 2022
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line launches Children’s Space Program
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced a partnership with the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in order to design a children’s space program...
October 7, 2022