Cruise Industry
Small Boat Owners Blockade Valletta Docking Quay
The Valletta docking quay of Grand Harbour ferry service operating between Cospicua and Valletta was blockaded this evening, October 7, by rival...
October 8, 2017
Celestyal Cruises Returns to Cuba Despite Travel Warning
Despite the last Cuba travel warning, Celestyal Cruises announced it returns to the country starting October 20. The cruise line emphasized that...
October 8, 2017
New Cruise Terminal to Open in Copenhagen 2020
The Board of CMP (Copenhagen Malmo Port), has given the go-ahead to construct a new cruise ship terminal in Copenhagen. The new terminal will be...
October 7, 2017
Celebrity Plans $400 Million Fleetwide Renovation
Celebrity Cruises plans spending around US$400 million over 5 years on renovating its cruise ships so they will look more like Celebrity Edge...
October 7, 2017
Viking River Cruises Grows Fleet
Viking River Cruises revealed plans to launch 7 new ships in 2019. Viking will launch 6 of its Longship class of river boats on Rhine, Main...
October 7, 2017
Windstar Cancels Caribbean Cruises
Windstar cancelled a series of Caribbean voyages it had scheduled for Star Breeze in February and March. The ship will instead stay in Costa Rica and...
October 6, 2017
Carnival Continues Cruises to Cuba
Carnival Cruise Line will continue with cruises to Cuba despite the State Department travel warning last week. The company said in a statement that...
October 6, 2017
Mein Schiff 2 Keel Laid
The keel of TUI Cruises' new Mein Schiff 2 was laid today, October 5, at Meyer Turku shipyard. The production milestone marks the start of the hull...
October 5, 2017
Carnival Elation Gets a Massive Renovation
Carnival Cruise Line revealed details about Elation's drydock at Grand Bahamas Shipyard in Freeport, Bahamas. The massive makeover saw the...
October 5, 2017
Viking Cruises Develops the First Cruise Ship Powered by Liquid Hydrogen, Changes Name of Newbuild
Viking Cruises is working on a project to develop a ship fuelled by liquid hydrogen which could become the first cruise ship in the world with zero...
October 5, 2017
Cruise Ships Avoid Barcelona
Cruise passengers hoping to sail to port of Barcelona have been disappointed after a couple of ships were diverted from the region, due to...
October 5, 2017
Port Tortola Reopens in November
Port Tortola, British Virgin Islands, is currently on course to partially re-open November 1, 2017, after the Caribbean territory was devastated by...
October 4, 2017
Norwegian Cruise Line Brings 4,000 Passenger Ship to New Orleans 2018
Norwegian Cruise Line is expected to bring a new 4,000-guest cruise ship to New Orleans in 2018. Starting November 2018, Norwegian Breakaway will...
October 4, 2017
Record Number of Cruise Ships to Dock in Albany
A record number of cruise ships will dock in Port Albany WA this season, with Sea Princess due to arrive on Friday, October 6. The 16 ships will...
October 4, 2017
MedallionNet Sets New Standard for WIFI Service at Sea
Carnival Corporation launched MedallionNet connectivity service which is enabled by SES Networks, saying it will deliver the “best wifi...
October 3, 2017