Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages extends the deadline to earn loyalty status
Virgin Voyages extended the deadline to earn loyalty status and sailors now have until March 31st, 2023, to lock in their status through to 2024...
December 30, 2022
Finnlines’ 2nd Superstar ferry Finncanopus launched at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard
Finnlines’ 2nd Superstar ferry Finncanopus was launched at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai on December 30th, the company...
December 30, 2022
Port Galveston (Texas USA) celebrates year’s 1-millionth cruise passenger
Port Galveston (Texas USA), North America's 4th largest (by annual passenger capacity) cruise homeport, celebrated the 1-millionth passenger of 2022...
December 29, 2022
The world's "most luxurious" cruise ship docks in Sydney (NSW Australia) for the first time
The "most luxurious" cruise ship in the world docked in Sydney (NSW Australia) for the first time on Thursday, December 29th, ~3 years after COVID...
December 29, 2022
TT-Line borrows EUR 30M from KfW IPEX-Bank for Green Ship Nils Holgersson ferry
KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH (Germany) revealed it would provide financing in the amount of EUR 30 million for TT-Line’s new dual-fuel cruiseferry Nils...
December 29, 2022
Valletta Cruise Port (Malta) celebrates 20th anniversary
Valletta Cruise Port (Malta Island) is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Stephen Xuereb (COO of Global Ports Holding plc & CEO of Valletta...
December 28, 2022
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line named Emeril Lagasse its Chief Culinary Officer
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced that renowned chef and restauranteur Emeril Lagasse will serve as the company's Chief Culinary Officer. Emeril's...
December 28, 2022
St Kitts receives Silversea's cruise ship Silver Dawn on inaugural port call
St Kitts (Port Basseterre) - one of the most competitive cruise travel destinations, on Wednesday, December 28th, welcomed the ultra-luxury ship...
December 28, 2022
Royal Caribbean's Ovation OTS is the largest cruise ship of the season to arrive in Dunedin NZ
Passengers on the largest cruise ship to call at Port Chalmers-Dunedin (New Zealand) this season sailed docked on early Tuesday, December 27th. RCI...
December 28, 2022
HAL-Holland America sailing special transatlantic cruises for its 150th anniversary
HAL-Holland America is celebrating the end of 2022 with a sale offering savings on fares, free stateroom upgrades, and other perks. The sale, which...
December 27, 2022
Port Goteborg/Gothenburg (Sweden) welcomes 81 cruise ship calls in 2022
A total of 81 cruise ships called at the Port of Gothenburg (Goteborg, Sweden) in 2022. That is 7 calls more than the previous record season of 2014...
December 27, 2022
Phoenix Reisen's ship Artania docks at Salalah Port (Oman) with 900+ passengers
Phoenix Reisen's cruise ship Artania carrying 900+ passengers docked at Port Salalah (Oman's Dhofar Governorate) on Tuesday, December 27th, 2022...
December 27, 2022HAL-Holland America's 2024 Europe season to feature new itineraries & homeports
For HAL-Holland America's 2024 Europe season, the line is adding a number of new itineraries that combine regions, increasing the number of sailings...
December 26, 2022
Uruguay to welcome 241 cruise ship calls this summer
The cruise season in Uruguay is currently in full swing. According to local authorities, a total of 241 calls are expected during the summer months...
December 26, 2022
CCL-Carnival's President to light NYC’s Times Square's New Year’s Eve Ball
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line is expected to usher in 2023 on land/at sea as President Christine Duffy will light the New Year’s Eve Ball in New...
December 26, 2022