Cruise Industry
French company Ponant Cruises has 8 ships back cruising
The premium French brand Ponant Cruises recently announced that it had 8 ships back sailing, with 4 of them offering itineraries within France. These...
July 29, 2020
SIEM Group Norway acquires cruiseferry HONFLEUR from FSG shipyard
Kristiansand Norway-based company Siem Offshore AS acquired the cruiseferry HONFLEUR from the German shipbuilder FSG (Flensburger Schiffbau...
July 29, 2020
Dream Cruises introduces new Flexi-Feast dining concept
Dream Cruises became the first international cruise company to resume sailings via the deployment of Explorer Dream in Taiwan, where the ship...
July 29, 2020
Germany's FTI Cruises shut down, future of MS Berlin uncertain
FTI Group (Bavarian travel company) shut down its cruise branch "FTI Cruises". The company's only cruise ship (MS Berlin) now faces an uncertain...
July 28, 2020
6 Greek ports open to cruise ships on August 1
Harry Theoharis (Greece's Tourism Minister) on July 28 announced that 6 domestic seaports will open to cruise ships on August 1. The announcement...
July 28, 2020
Saga Cruises sold its Saga Sapphire ship to Anex Tour Turkey
The UK-based cruise shipping company that specializes in services for the over 50s - SAGA Cruises, announced it had completed the previously...
July 28, 2020
Emerald Waterways opens bookings for 2021 Russian River Cruises
The premium brand Emerald Waterways opened bookings for its 2021 Russian river cruise season. Voyages will feature a newly chartered...
July 27, 2020
TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 2 sets sail amid the Coronavirus pandemic
The TUI Cruises ship Mein Schiff 2 set sail for a weekend roundtrip (cruise to nowhere) in the North Sea late Friday night, July 24. The liner is...
July 27, 2020
Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven invests in 8 shore electricity facilities
Unlike many other cruise ports, Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven (Bremen, Germany) was not put on absolute lockdown during the pandemic and was...
July 27, 2020
ICS-International Cruise Summit 2020 to take place in Madrid Spain
The next edition of the International Cruise Summit (ICS) will take place in Madrid Spain on December 1 and 2, 2020. This year, ICS is the place...
July 27, 2020The world's first cruise ship to resume operations sets sail from Keelung Taiwan
A cruise liner carrying 1200 passengers departed from Port Keelung (Taipei City, Taiwan) on Sunday, July 26, on the first commercial sea tour since...
July 26, 2020
Port Valencia gets ready for the “new normality”
The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) is currently working in coordination with all agents in the cruise sector in order to prepare for the "new...
July 26, 2020
Brittany Ferries increases services from Cork and Rosslare in 2021
The French company Brittany Ferries will enhance its schedule of cargo and passenger shipping services out of Ireland from March 2021, in response to...
July 26, 2020
Crystal Cruises commemorates 30th anniversary
On July 24, Crystal Cruises commemorated its 30th anniversary of luxury cruising. The company's Crystal Harmony sailed from San Francisco CA to...
July 26, 2020
21,000+ cruise ship crew repatriated through Bridgetown Barbados
Barbados moved 21,000+ stranded cruise ship crew members and some passengers over the past 3-4 months of the pandemic. The repatriations were...
July 26, 2020