Cruise Industry
Paul Gauguin Cruises becomes a member of CLIA Australasia
The Tahiti-based (now Ponant-owned) small ship company Paul Gauguin Cruises/PGC joined CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) Australasia to...
September 19, 2020
Princess Cruises sold the sisterships Sea Princess and Sun Princess
Princess Cruises sold two of its ships as part of Carnival Corporation's plan to sell 18 liners from its fleet in 2020 amid the pandemic. In an...
September 18, 2020
New itineraries announced for Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady ship
Virgin Voyages announced new itineraries for MS Valiant Lady. Virgin’s newest vessel cruises in the Caribbean in fall 2021. The offered...
September 18, 2020
Hurtigruten cancels all 2020 cruises
Hurtigruten canceled its remaining cruises scheduled for 2020 due to the rise in COVID cases in Europe and the Americas, the company announced on...
September 18, 2020
First steel cut for Seabourn Cruises' second expedition ship
T. Mariotti shipyard cut the first steel for Seabourn's newest expedition cruise ship during an official ceremony at San Giorgo di Nogare, Italy...
September 18, 2020
Greece's largest port, Piraeus-Athens welcomes first cruise ship
TUI's liner Mein Schiff 6 was welcomed at Port Piraeus-Athens as sailings restarted in Greece after a half-year suspension due to the pandemic...
September 18, 2020
P&O Cruises cancels all itineraries scheduled for 2020
P&O Cruises UK confirmed an extension to the company's suspension of passenger shipping operations, with all voyages cancelled until early 2021...
September 18, 2020
Fred Olsen’s cruise ship Borealis homeported in Liverpool UK in 2021
Voyages for Fred Olsen's second (ex-Holland America) cruise ship Borealis (fka MS Rotterdam) went on sale, with the inaugural program 2021 including...
September 17, 2020
France provides EUR 30 Million to aid ferry companies
France's Government will reimburse EUR 30 million (USD 35,5 million) in payroll costs to French ferry shipping companies that were severely hit by...
September 17, 2020
Costa Cruises' ship Costa Smeralda prepares for a October 10 restart
Wednesday morning, September 16, Costa Cruises' flagship and the group's first LNG-powered ship, Costa Smeralda, entered Port Savona Italy...
September 17, 2020
Carnival Corporation's Germany-based AIDA expands cruise offerings to Italy
The Carnival Corporation-owned AIDA Cruises (Germany's largest cruise company) will expand its itinerary program in fall 2020 with new voyages...
September 17, 2020
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line to restart operations on select sailings in November 2020
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced it is planning to restart operations on select sailings in November, including some that depart from Miami...
September 16, 2020
MS Berlin handed over to Dreamliner Cruises
Dreamliner Cruises - a brand and subsidiary owned by Royalton Investment Holding (UK), is taking over the MS Berlin from FTI Cruises (Germany) with...
September 16, 2020
Marella Cruises announces winter 2021-2022 itinerary program
TUI's UK-based brand Marella Cruises' winter 2021 itinerary program has gone on sale from September 10. The company revealed details of new...
September 16, 2020
Carnival Corporation to sell five more cruise ships
Carnival Corporation on Tuesday, September 15, announced that its 9 brands were in the process of removing at least 18 ships from their fleets...
September 16, 2020