Cruise Industry
Viking opens bookings for Mississippi River cruises
Viking opened bookings for company's new Mississippi River cruises (in the USA) planned for 2022. The first custom-designed and USA-built vessel...
April 19, 2020
Royal Caribbean announces job cuts due to the Coronavirus pandemic
The world's second-largest global cruise shipowner RCCL (Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd) is preparing to announce furloughs and layoffs. RCCL's...
April 18, 2020
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises bringing fleet back home
The fleet of the luxury company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is heading back to its homeport Hamburg Germany. The ship HANSEATIC Nature (2019-built) is the...
April 17, 2020
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line re-categorizing Mini-Suites to Club Balcony Suite
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced it is re-categorizing fleetwide the Mini-Suite staterooms, also renaming them and adding free perks. NCL’s...
April 17, 2020Royal Caribbean resumes cruise shipping operations on June 12
RCI-Royal Caribbean is joining Carnival Corporation and delaying the reopening of cruise shipping operations by another month. The...
April 17, 2020
Fred. Olsen launches ‘Virtual Cruising’ programme
Fred Olsen Cruise Line launched the program ‘Virtual Cruising’ in order to advertise small-ship cruises targeting travellers who are...
April 16, 2020
Coronavirus-free cruise ship AIDAprima leaves Port Rashid (Dubai)
A German cruise ship that was forced to dock in Dubai at the outset of the Coronavirus pandemic thanked the port city as she prepared to set sail for...
April 16, 2020
Ponant's Le Laperouse finds sanctuary off New Caledonia
The French cruise ship Le Laperouse anchored off New Caledonia after abandoning her 11-day sailing in New Zealand due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19...
April 15, 2020
World’s first methanol-fuelled cruiseferry Stena Germanica turns five
Wartsila (marine engine builder), Methanex Corporation (Canada-based methanol supplier and distributor) and Stena Line (shipowner) marked the 5-year...
April 15, 2020
Cruise lines offer cheap deals for 2021
Cruises have a rough time as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to severely impact the global tourism industry. All major cruise lines have been...
April 15, 2020
Enchanted Princess ship's delivery delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic
The delivery of the Princess Cruises' newbuild Enchanted Princess has been delayed due to Fincantieri's shipyards closures as a result of the global...
April 15, 2020
CMV cruise ship sails back to UK after repatriation
A ship, which cruised from Thailand almost a month ago on a repatriation sailing, was due back in the UK on Tuesday, April 14. CMV-Cruise and...
April 14, 2020
Carnival Spirit offering Southeast Alaska cruise despite state's “no sail” order
Despite the CDC's no-sail order, Carnival Cruise Line is currently offering a 7-day Southeast Alaska roundtrip cruise from Seattle WA on Carnival...
April 14, 2020
Two cruise ships to arrive in Honolulu Harbor
Another cruise ship reached Honolulu Harbor Monday morning, April 13, and 4 passengers (2 couples, Oahu residents) were disembarked. According to...
April 13, 2020
Carnival Cruise Line cancels all itineraries/departures through and including June 26
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line extended its fleetwide suspension in passenger shipping operations and cancelled all scheduled itineraries through and...
April 13, 2020