Cruise Industry
Cruise ship dismantling business booming in Turkey due to COVID-19 pandemic
Business is currently booming at a sea dock in Turkey, where 5 cruise liners are being dismantled for scrap metal after the pandemic nearly destroyed...
October 4, 2020
Swan Hellenic signs with Tam Wing Kun Holdings to provide direct presence in Asia
Swan Hellenic announced it had signed a partnership agreement with Tam Wing Kun Holdings Ltd to provide a direct presence in Asia. Tam Wing Kun...
October 3, 2020
Lindblad Expeditions announces first ever cruises to Japan
Lindblad Expeditions announced that it will explore the region of Japan on a couple of new adventurous itineraries in 2021. Scheduled aboard the 102...
October 3, 2020
Russian river cruise operator Vodohod joins CLIA Europe
Russian river cruise operator Vodohod partnered with CLIA to build brand popularity across Europe. The new partnership brings Vodohod into the wider...
October 3, 2020- Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises introduces summer 2021 roundtrip departures from Los Angeles
Princess Cruises announced a new (company's first) summer season with homeporting in Los Angeles (Long Beach CA) in 2021. Offering various voyages...
October 3, 2020 
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines introduces new World Cruise aboard Borealis
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines announced a new World Cruise aboard its new cruise ship Borealis, with the chance to set sail from either Southampton or...
October 2, 2020
Costa Smeralda resumes sailings on October 10 from Savona, Italy
Following Costa Deliziosa and Costa Diadema, from October 10, Costa Smeralda will also restart cruise shipping. For Smeralda, Costa Cruises...
October 2, 2020
Royal Caribbean Group extends its Cruise with Confidence program
RCCL-Royal Caribbean Group announced the extension of its "Cruise with Confidence" booking program. For all bookings made by November 30, 2020...
October 2, 2020
Marella Cruises retires Marella Dream
Marella Cruises announced the retirement of the chartered from Costa Cruises ship Marella Dream. The 34-yo vessel leaves the fleet after 10 years of...
October 2, 2020
Holland America Line's new ship Rotterdam launched at Fincantieri Marghera shipyard
HAL-Holland America Line's MS Nieuw Rotterdam - the new ship currently under construction at Fincantieri Marghera (Venice) shipyard - was...
October 1, 2020
Carnival Cruise Line cancels cruises from all USA homeports except Port Canaveral and Miami
Following the CDC's decision to extend the "no-sail" order for cruise shipping, CCL-Carnival Cruise Line is notifying customers and travel agents...
October 1, 2020
Fred. Olsen’s Boudicca and Black Watch to serve as accommodation vessels
Fred Olsen Cruise Line’s ships Boudicca and Black Watch (both recently replaced by the two ex-Holland America ships - Bolette and Borealis...
October 1, 2020
Spirit of Adventure handed over to Saga Cruises by shipbuilder Meyer Werft
The latest addition to Saga Cruises' fleet - MS Spirit of Adventure, was handed over on Wednesday, September 30, in Emden Germany, by shipbuilder...
October 1, 2020
VIDEO: Enchanted Princess delivered by Fincantieri in Monfalcone, Italy
A live video message was sent by Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to celebrate the official delivery at Monfalcone shipyard of Enchanted...
October 1, 2020
Virgin Voyages cancels all scheduled November 2020 sailings
Virgin Voyages cancelled all of its scheduled cruises for November 2020. In a letter to travel agents, the line said that as they continued to...
September 30, 2020