Cruise Industry
Oasis of the Seas to Homeport in New York City 2020
New York City area is due to become the home to one of the largest cruise ships in the world. Royal Caribbean revealed that its 18-deck Oasis of the...
December 13, 2018
China to Become the Largest Cruise Market in the World
China is expected to become world's largest cruise market over the next 20 years, due to moves designed to strengthen marine-based tourism by the...
December 12, 2018
VIDEO: World’s First LNG Cruise Ship Delivered by MEYER WERFT
Today, December 12, in Bremerhaven, MEYER WERFT handed over the first LNG (liquid natural gas) cruise ship in the world to AIDA Cruises. The biggest...
December 12, 2018
Colombo Port Reports Remarkable Increase in Cruise Ship Arrivals
A remarkable increase in the number of the cruise ships calling at Port of Colombo was reported this year. According to Sri Lanka Ports Authority's...
December 12, 2018
Carnival's AirShip Returns for a Journey Across California
As part of the year-long celebrations for Carnival Panorama that is due to debut on the west coast, Carnival announced that line's AirShip is...
December 12, 2018
Port of Galveston Welcomes 10 Millionth Cruise Passenger
Port of Galveston welcomed its 10 millionth cruise passenger to embark from port’s terminal on Sunday, December 9. The port started cruise...
December 11, 2018
MSC Cruises Ship Begins Cuba Service from Florida
MSC Armonia arrived in Miami FL Monday morning, December 10, to begin 7-day Caribbean cruises with a couple of days in Havana, Cuba. The MSC Cruises...
December 11, 2018
MSC Cruises Unveils World Cruise 2021
MSC Cruises unveiled its epic World Cruise 2021 aboard MSC Poesia, with ports of call across the Caribbean, South America, USA, Australia, New...
December 10, 2018
Hurtigruten Launches Second Hybrid-Driven Cruise Ship
Sunday afternoon, December 9, Hurtigruten launched its new expedition ship MS Fridtjof Nansen at Ulsteinvik-based Kleven Shipyard. The hybrid-powered...
December 10, 2018
Judge Limits Use of Fees Collected from Cruise Passengers by Juneau
The use of fees that are collected from cruise passengers by City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska must be connected to the cruise ship, federal judge...
December 9, 2018
PortMiami Kicks Off 2018-2019 Cruise Season
PortMiami is kicking off 2018-2019 cruise season via welcoming an estimated 52,000 cruise ship passengers on Sunday, December 9. This sets a one-day...
December 9, 2018
Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises Unveils 2021 Deployment for Crystal Esprit
Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises announced the complete 2021 deployment for its Crystal Esprit. 45 voyages will combine line’s signature...
December 9, 2018
Port of Bergen Granted 50 Million NOK for Shore Power Facilities
The state-owned grant scheme Enova announced it grants 50 million NOK funding as investment support in order to establish shore power facility for...
December 8, 2018
Royal Caribbean to Cease DreamWorks Programming
Royal Caribbean announced it will cease offering DreamWorks programming onboard its ships for voyages that depart on/after April 1, 2019. The cruise...
December 8, 2018
Costa Venezia to Be Christened in Trieste, March 1, 2019
The official christening ceremony for Costa Venezia is due to be held in Trieste, Italy on March 1, 2019. The new cruise ship, which is currently...
December 8, 2018