Cruise Industry
Norwegian Cruise Line Increases Gratuities
Norwegian Cruise Line increases the automatic gratuities charged to passenger accounts. The new rates take effect on April 1, 2018. The cruise...
March 22, 2018
CMV Announces Name of New Ship
The latest addition to the fleet of Cruise & Maritime Voyages/CMV will be named "Vasco da Gama" following the vote by trade partners and...
March 22, 2018
Bookings Open for Ponant's Antarctic Cruises 2019-2020
Today, March 22, the only French-owned cruise line and world leader in expedition cruising to the polar regions, Ponant, opened bookings for over 22...
March 22, 2018
Celebrity Adds More Ben Fogle Excursions
Celebrity Cruises expanded its “adrenaline-charged” excursions program created via partnership with popular TV presenter Ben Fogle...
March 21, 2018
Cunard Announces Lineup of Experts for Transatlantic Space Week Cruise
Cunard Line announced the lineup of speakers for their 2nd annual Transatlantic Space Week cruise. The unique 9-night voyage onboard RMS Queen Mary 2...
March 21, 2018
TUI Announces Fleet Expansion and Modernisation
The Executive Board of TUI Group has decided to increase TUI Cruises' capacities. Because of the continued increase in demand, the group has...
March 21, 2018
Damen to Build Two Ferries with Full Electric Propulsion for Ontario
Damen Shipyards reported the Government of Ontario had accepted its proposal to build 2 ferries featuring full electric propulsion. Damen is...
March 21, 2018
Royal Caribbean Ends Operations for SkySea Cruise Line
Royal Caribbean and Ctrip announced that they were ending operations for SkySea Cruise Line later in 2018. SkySea Cruise Line was the first smart...
March 20, 2018
Record Number of Cruise Passengers Visit Greenock 2018
A record number of cruise passengers will arrive in Greenock (Glasgow, Scotland) during 2018. Over 120,000 people are expected at Ocean Terminal...
March 20, 2018
Crystal Releases 2018-2019 River Cruise Atlas
Crystal River Cruises, which in spring 2018 rounds out its fleet to 5 ships via the debut of Crystal Ravel and Crystal Debussy, released its 2018...
March 20, 2018
Hanseatic Inspiration to Be Named in Antwerp
Hapag-Lloyd will hold the naming ceremony for its 2nd expedition ship, Hanseatic Inspiration, on October 13, 2019 against the backdrop of Belgian...
March 19, 2018
Kagoshima Islands Linked by Ferry
Amami-Oshima and Yakushima, two of the most popular tourist islands in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture, are already more easily accessible together. In...
March 19, 2018
Carnival's Faster to the Fun Price Raised
When sailing onboard most of Carnival Cruise Line's ships, passengers can still purchase Faster To The Fun package. However, on many of those vessels...
March 19, 2018
Construction Begins on China's First Polar Expedition Cruise Ship
China has started building its first ever polar expedition cruise ship, according to state news agency Xinhua. The country looks to shipping lanes...
March 19, 2018
National Geographic Endurance Keel Laid
A major milestone in the construction of the most sophisticated expedition ship in the world was marked on Saturday, March 17, via the keel laying at...
March 18, 2018