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2 cruise passengers die in Quark Expeditions' Zodiac boat accident in Antarctica
A couple of passengers aboard a cruise ship chartered by Quark Expeditions died after a zodiac boat overturned during a trip close to Elephant Island...
November 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean unveils new European cruises for summer 2024
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced that its new European vacations for summer 2024 are now open for sale, featuring 7 world-class ships in 9 homeports and...
November 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival brings back mandatory mask wearing for passengers on Australian cruises
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line brought back mandatory mask-wearing for all passengers onboard its Australian voyages. The company's updated COVID policy...
November 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises unveils ~500 departures for season 2024-2025
Celebrity Cruises announced its most ambitious season of sailings with ~500 departures for the 2024-2025 cruise season. The new sailings feature the...
November 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Star Clippers lifts COVID vaccine mandates for cruise passengers
Star Clippers announced a new set of health & safety protocols with regard to the prevention of COVID for their fleet of tall clipper ships. The...
November 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Scenic Eclipse is the first cruise ship to return at ports along West Coast Central & South America
Scenic Eclipse was greeted with fanfare upon her arrival at numerous Central and South American ports as she made her way down to Antarctica for the...
November 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Dubai Harbour welcomes its first cruise ship, AIDAcosma
Today, November 17, Dubai Harbour (Port Rashid, UAE), the extraordinary seafront district of the port city, welcomed its first cruise ship, AIDAcosma...
November 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen’s ship Borealis completes multimillion-pound drydock refurbishment
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Borealis completed multimillion-pound refurbishment at Cammell Laird shipyard close to Liverpool (England...
November 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises takes delivery of its new flagship MSC Seascape
MSC Group’s Cruise Division on Wednesday, November 16, officially took delivery from Fincantieri of the new flagship MSC Seascape in the...
November 17, 2022 - Accidents
VIDEO: Indonesian ferry Mutiara Timur I with 271 people onboard catches fire near Bali
A passenger ferry with 271 people onboard caught fire on Wednesday, November 16, off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. There were no...
November 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
DCL-Disney Cruise Line acquires unfinished mega-ship Global Dream
The world’s largest by passenger capacity and still unfinished cruise ship Global Dream is joining DCL-Disney Cruise...
November 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Japan reopens ports to international cruise ships
Japan will already allow international cruise ships to dock at its ports, Tetsuo Saito (country's transport minister) said on Tuesday, November 15...
November 16, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean to build new Terminal G in Miami Florida
In one of the biggest deals for “the cruise capital of the world,” Miami-Dade Commissioners approved a development and lease agreement...
November 16, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival to increase passenger capacity from homeport Norfolk VA (Half Moone Cruise Center)
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line on November 14, 2022, announced it would more than double its homeporting/departures out of Norfolk (Virginia USA) in 2023...
November 16, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Balearia to build and operate new cruiseferry passenger terminal in Valencia (Spain)
Port Valencia awarded the ferry company Balearia Eurolineas Maritimas the construction and operation rights of the new passenger terminal in Port...
November 16, 2022