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National Geographic introduces 3 AmaWaterways-chartered 2024 European River Cruises
NatGeo-National Geographic announced its 2024 lineup of NatGeo Expeditions river cruises. Unlike Lindblad's partnership with NatGeo, these sailings...
January 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises' ship Deliziosa departs on around-the-world voyage
Costa Cruises' world voyage 2023 will explore 52 destinations on 4 continents in a total of 128 days, crossing 3 oceans, with an unprecedented...
January 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Qatar Tourism and Mwani Qatar expect ~200,000 passengers in the 2022-2023 cruise season
QT-Qatar Tourism and Mwani Qatar announced the return of the 2022-2023 season and forecasted 50+ cruise ships with ~200,000 passengers from now...
January 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Cruises UK to raise prices
Paul Ludlow (P&O Cruises UK’s President) reported that booking levels were more than 100% up in the 2-week period since Christmas versus...
January 9, 2023 - Accidents
Biosecurity New Zealand and Cruise Association address biosecurity concerns over ship cleaning
Biosecurity New Zealand and Cruise Association said they were working together to reduce the number of cruise ships sent for last-minute cleaning...
January 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
30 cruise ships to call at Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) in January 2023
A total of 30 cruise vessels are expected to dock in Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco, Mexico Riviera) during January. 4 of the 30 ships that Puerto...
January 8, 2023 - Cruise Industry
130+ passengers arrive in Macau in first ferry from Hong Kong in 3 years
The first cruiseferry linking Hong Kong and Macau in ~ 3 years left Hong Kong Island’s Sheung Wan terminal at 7:30 am on Sunday, January 8th...
January 8, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises plans pilot using batteries for large ship zero emissions
Costa Cruises is working with Italian energy company Enel Group to explore the electrification of its larger ships as part of an effort to promote...
January 7, 2023 - Accidents
Unexpected waterfall on Royal Caribbean's Harmony OTS after the ship avoids Cuban refugee raft
There was an unexpected waterfall on Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas on January 3rd, after the huge liner took an emergency maneuver in order...
January 7, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Balmoral ship's 78-day South America and Antarctica cruise starts Portsmouth UK's 2023...
2023 will see Portsmouth Port UK (England) host more maiden calls/welcome back cruise companies, as it continues to strengthen its place as the first...
January 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK's newest cruise liner Arvia opens the first call season in Lisbon (Portugal)
P&O UK's Arvia - the UK's second LNG-powered cruise vessel (following the sistership Iona), made her debut in Lisbon (Portugal) on January 3rd on...
January 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL's ships MS Zuiderdam and MS Volendam leave Port Everglades (Florida USA) on roundtrip World...
81000+ bottles of wine will be poured onboard two of HAL-Holland America Line's ships, in celebration of what could possibly be the second-longest...
January 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Port Southampton (England) records 489 cruise ship calls in 2022
The Port of Southampton (England UK) received a total of 489 cruise ship calls in 2022 and in spring, activated shore power at a couple of its cruise...
January 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line sharply increasing service gratuities and WiFi charges
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line - the world's second-largest cruise shipping company (after RCI-Royal Caribbean International) is sharply hiking the...
January 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
MSC Poesia and MSC Magnifica depart from Genoa (Italy) for simultaneous world cruises
The world's 3rd-largest cruise shipowner - MSC Cruises, wished bon voyage to passengers aboard MSC Poesia and MSC Magnifica as the two...
January 6, 2023