Cruise Industry
Bookings Open for First Ship in MSC Meraviglia Plus Class
MSC Cruises announced that sales for MSC Grandiosa are already open. For the inaugural season of Grandiosa, the first MSC Cruises Meraviglia-Plus...
March 6, 2018
Disney Cruise Line Adds New Itineraries in Summer 2019
In summer 2019, Disney Cruise Line offers new itineraries and 7 new ports in Europe, of which a first-ever roundtrip from Civitavecchia-Rome and...
March 5, 2018
Record Number of Cruise Passengers Visit Belfast
A record number of cruise ships are scheduled to dock in Belfast in 2018, up by 25% despite the port city's continued absence of a dedicated cruise...
March 5, 2018
Celestyal Cruises Unveiles New 2019-2020 Itineraries
Celestyal Cruises announced an extended 2019 and new 2020 itineraries. Next year, Celestyal Cruises will extend the season into December and sail...
March 5, 2018
Brisbane’s New Cruise Terminal Close to Green Light
Plans for Brisbane to build a US$158 million cruise ship terminal could be given the go ahead in case the ACCC (Australian Competitions &...
March 4, 2018
Costa Venezia to Sail in the Footsteps of Marco Polo
Costa Cruises started selling tickets for the inaugural voyage of Costa Venezia, the new ship of the Italian company currently being built at...
March 4, 2018
Cunard Unveils New Australian Partnerships
Luxury cruise line Cunard is about to take on an Aussie flavour, announcing a series of partnerships with leading companies from Australia ahead of...
March 4, 2018
Aurora Expeditions Announces Greg Mortimer's Inaugural Polar Season
Australia’s leading expedition cruise company, Aurora Expeditions, announced the inaugural 2019-2020 polar season of its new world-class...
March 4, 2018
Silversea Introduces 3 New Tale Tellers For World Cruise 2019
Silversea revealed the identities of 3 new Tale Tellers for company’s World Cruise 2019 who will each illustrate one of the 9 segments of the...
March 3, 2018
Stena Line Adds Batteries to Stena Jutlandica
The first Stena Line zero-emissions ferry powered by batteries could start operation this year via batteries supplied by Callenberg Technology...
March 3, 2018
Construction Begins on Spirit of Discovery
Construction work started in Papenburg on the first new cruise ship for the British company, Saga Cruises. On February 28, Meyer Werft began its...
March 2, 2018
Godmother to Carnival Horizon Revealed
Grammy award-winning musical artist, TV and film actress, author and entrepreneur Queen Latifah has been named the godmother to Carnival’s...
March 2, 2018
P&O Australia Adds Comedy to Event Activities at Sea
P&O Cruises is providing event organisers and delegates the chance to share laughs with a record number of 3-and-4-night comedy cruises in 2018...
March 2, 2018
More Than 100,000 Cruise Passengers Visit Liverpool in 2018
Liverpool Cruise Terminal is due to play host to 57 cruise ships in 2018, carrying over 100,000 international passengers and crew into the port city...
March 2, 2018
Petersburg Starts Charging Cruise Fee 2019
Petersburg AK will start charging a US$5-per-head fee for cruise passengers in 2019. The borough assembly of Petersburg gave final approval to the...
March 1, 2018