Cruise Industry
Maritime Safety investigation into Carnival Encounter in Darwin Harbour
Investigators from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) boarded the cruise ship Carnival Encounter while the vessel was alongside in...
February 10, 2026
StarDream Cruises' ship Star Voyager schedule from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in 2026 summer
StarDream Cruises' vessel Star Voyager is scheduled to resume service between May 22nd and June 26th The schedule includes a series of roundtrips...
February 10, 2026
Keel of Oceania Sonata laid at Fincantieri yard in Marghera
At the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy, the keel for Oceania Sonata was formally laid, marking a key stage in the vessel’s construction...
February 10, 2026
Adora Magic City records 1-millionth embarkation in Shanghai cruise sector
Adora Cruises has recorded the embarkation of the one-millionth passenger aboard Adora Magic City, the first large China-made cruise vessel. The...
February 9, 2026
HAL-Holland America Line announces fleet deployment schedules for winter 2027–2028
HAL-Holland America Line has released its schedule for nearly three dozen voyages in the 2027–2028 season, allocating capacity across Hawaii...
February 9, 2026
MSC Cruises schedules Winter 2027-2028 Northern Europe and Mediterranean itineraries
MSC Cruises has opened reservations for its winter 2027-2028 itineraries covering routes in northern Europe and the Mediterranean. To incentivise...
February 8, 2026
RCI-Royal Caribbean resumes scheduled cruise ship visits to Jamaica
The resumption of RCI-Royal Caribbean sailings to Jamaica denotes a practical shift in Caribbean cruise operations. Following months of interruption...
February 8, 2026
Seabourn Venture boasts new southern milestones during Antarctica Exploration voyage
During the 12-day Antarctica Exploration voyage from January 28th to February 9th, 2026, Seabourn Venture established a series of new southern...
February 8, 2026
Azamara Ashore relaunched to extend exploration beyond the quays
Azamara Cruises has reinstated its Azamara Ashore land program to extend the scope of its Destination Immersion® concept beyond seagoing voyages...
February 7, 2026
Carnival Corporation secures fleetwide Evac system maintenance pact
Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipowner, has concluded a global service agreement with Evac Group that will cover...
February 7, 2026
MV Ortelius advances polar cruise record in the Weddell Sea
In early February 2026, the ice-strengthened expedition vessel Ortelius established a new benchmark for the southernmost latitude attained by a non...
February 7, 2026
Small-ship company Alaskan Dream Cruises ceased operations after 15 years
Alaskan Dream Cruises (fleet), a Sitka-based small-ship tour operator that had provided multi-night voyages through Southeast Alaska’s Inside...
February 7, 2026
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 anchors beside RMS Queen Mary ship after Panama transit
In a rare convergence of maritime lineage, the Cunard flagship RMS Queen Mary 2 anchored off Long Beach/LA on February 2nd, to come alongside the...
February 6, 2026
CCL's ship Carnival Miracle homeported in Baltimore (2027)
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line scheduled new fleet deployments for 2027–2028 that will see altered homeport arrangements in several USA ports and...
February 6, 2026
AROYA Cruises’ first Arabian Gulf season set to sail
Cruise Saudi's travel brand AROYA Cruises has finalized plans for its inaugural Arabian Gulf season, slated to sail from February 21st through...
February 6, 2026