Cruise Industry
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group extending the suspension of ex-USA cruises until June 30
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group announced it is extending the suspension of some cruises, including all sailings from the United States through June 30...
April 9, 2021
Virgin Voyages restarts with ex-UK cruises on Scarlet Lady on August 6
Virgin Voyages is the latest cruise company moving sailings abroad as the timeline to resume operation in United States' waters remains unclear. In...
April 8, 2021
Riviera River Cruises requires full COVID-19 vaccination or negative test
UK-based company Riviera River Cruises - Scylla's main riverboat charterer - announced that all passengers boarding its ships when European river...
April 8, 2021
Viking Ocean restarts with cruises around Bermuda and Iceland in June
Viking OCEAN announced it would continue restarting limited operations with sailings around Bermuda and Iceland beginning in June. As a result...
April 8, 2021
SunStone Ships launches Sylvia Earle and lays keel of Ocean Odyssey
SunStone Ships launched its Sylvia Earle expedition class “Infinity” ship at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) facility in Haimen...
April 8, 2021
Seabourn restarts with Mediterranean cruises roundtrip from Athens on July 3
The ultra-luxury cruise line, Seabourn, together with the Government of Greece is currently developing plans to restart operations in the...
April 7, 2021
Crystal Expedition Cruises announced inaugural deployment of Crystal Endeavor
Crystal Cruises announced it will deploy its newest and most expensive vessel, Crystal Endeavor, on her first Crystal Expedition Cruise, a 10-day...
April 7, 2021
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line removes its ships from US homeports?
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line "may have no choice" but to move its liners out of the USA (canceling homeporting) to resume passenger shipping operations...
April 7, 2021
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line returns to cruising in Europe and the Caribbean
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced its highly anticipated return to service, revealing new itineraries sailing Europe and the Caribbean beginning on...
April 6, 2021
SunStone’s Ocean Explorer and Ocean Victory nearing completion from CMHI yard
SunStone’s Ocean Victory is ship number 3 in the line’s INFINITY series, while Ocean Explorer is number 4. When signing up for the first...
April 6, 2021
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings resumes ex-USA shipping operations in July
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), the cruise shipowner of NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania and RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises, sent a letter...
April 6, 2021CLIA statement reiterating call for lifting CDC’s Conditional Sailing Order
CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association), which represents 95% of global ocean-going cruise capacity and the biggest network of travel agents...
April 6, 2021
Viking River Cruises newest riverboats Viking Gymir and Viking Egdir delivered
The German shipbuilding company Neptun Werft (Rostock) on March 25 delivered a couple of river cruise vessels to the shipping company Viking River...
April 6, 2021
Antigua Cruise Port finalizes negotiations P&O UK to homeport MS Arvia cruise ship
Antigua Cruise Port finalized negotiations P&O Cruises to homeport its Arvia ship, which is currently under construction in Germany and is...
April 5, 2021
Name Southampton UK’s new cruise ship terminal to win a 7-night voyage
With the construction of the 5th cruise ship terminal of Port Southampton UK well underway, ABP is now inviting readers to get involved with naming...
April 5, 2021