Cruise Industry
A new Viking Longship for Seine River cruises joins the fleet in 2025
Viking announced it would welcome a newbuild Viking Longship (named Nerthus) purpose-built for Seine River cruising, to its fleet in 2025. Operating...
February 3, 2023
Costa Serena restarts sailing 6 months early with first cruises in Asia
Costa Cruises announced it had formed a partnership with Asian travel organizations to return Costa Serena to service as the first Costa liner in the...
February 3, 2023
CCL-Carnival opens bookings for repositioning cruises Long Beach-Tokyo/Sydney-Singapore
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line opened bookings for sailings which mark 2 first-ever port calls for the company with unique itineraries for voyages between...
February 3, 2023
Regent's Seven Seas Grandeur floated out at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
On January 26th was held the float-out ceremony (at Fincantieri's Ancona yard) for Seven Seas Grandeur - the 3rd newbuild that Fincantieri is...
February 2, 2023
Costa Cruises opens bookings for 2024 itineraries in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe
Costa Cruises announced its itineraries for 2024. The newest edition of the Around the World voyage (December 2024) will also be available in the...
February 2, 2023
Quark introduces new Greenland cruise itinerary based on Ultramarine ship's helicopters
The global leader in polar adventures, Quark Expeditions, announced a new Greenland itinerary constructed around Ultramarine's 2 twin-engine...
February 2, 2023
75-year-old CMV Astoria cruise ship sold for recycling?
The owner of the oldest oceangoing cruise ship in the world denies it is ending a 75-year career. According to a spokesman for Puerto Rico-based The...
February 2, 2023
Port Bilbao (Spain) celebrates record 2022 cruise season with 78 ship calls to Getxo Terminals
With the arrival of Fred Olsen’s ship Borealis on December 17th, 2022, Port Bilbao (Spain) closed a successful cruise season, boasting a record...
February 1, 2023
Oceania Cruises names its second 1,200-passenger Allura class ship "Allura"
Oceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary-/destination-focused cruise line, introduced Allura, naming its second 1,200-passenger Allura Class...
February 1, 2023
Port Los Angeles CA releases draft request for proposals on cruise terminal development
The Port of Los Angeles (Long Beach-San Pedro, California) is inviting comments on a draft RFP (Request for Proposals) for the future development of...
February 1, 2023
"Crystal Cruises" relaunches as "Crystal" in 2023
After being acquired in 2022 by Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group, the former Crystal Cruises company is being relaunched as "Crystal" in 2023...
February 1, 2023
Princess Cruises launches 32 sailings aboard Diamond Princess from Japan (Mar 13-Nov 9, 2023)
Between March 13th-November 9th, Princess Cruises will launch a total of 32 sailings aboard its Diamond Princess ship from Japan. After 3 years of...
January 31, 2023
P&O Australia’s cruise ship Pacific Encounter to be drydock-refurbished in Singapore
P&O Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter on Monday, January 30th, became the fleet's first to visit Darwin since the restart of cruising...
January 31, 2023
Swan Hellenic takes ownership of SH Minerva, cancels 31-night Antarctic cruise
Following negotiations/discussions ongoing since September 2022 (concluded in January 2023), Swan Hellenic and its Irish counsels identified a legal...
January 31, 2023
Greece's largest ports (Heraklion, Igoumenitsa, Pireaus, Thessaloniki) get upgrades using EU funds
4 Greek ports secured EU financing for the implementation of infrastructure upgrades. The major ports in Greece, including Piraeus (Athens...
January 30, 2023