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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 - Cruise Industry
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 - Accidents
Carnival Updates Itineraries Due to Tropical Storm Nate
As Tropical Storm Nate swirls off the Central American coast, cruise lines are updating their itineraries. Carnival Cruise Line made the...
October 6, 2017 - Cruise Industry
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 - Accidents
Passenger Remanded After Drugs Found on NorthLink Ferry
A 25-year-old man who was found on the NorthLink ferry ship Hrossey with GBP 2,500 worth of cannabis was remanded in custody before sentencing later...
October 6, 2017 - Cruise Industry
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 - Cruise Industry
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 - Cruise Industry
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 - Cruise Industry
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 Industry
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 - Accidents
Man Arrested After Rape Aboard a Ferry
A man was arrested in the morning of September 30, 2017, aboard TALLINK's Baltic Princess ferry by a Värtahamnen's police officer. The man was...
October 5, 2017 - Cruise Industry
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 - Cruise Industry
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 - Accidents
Passenger Medevaced From Carnival Cruise Ship
A rescue helicopter has medevaced a 76-year-old woman from the deck of a Carnival Cruise Line's ship off the NSW coastline. The Westpac helicopter...
October 4, 2017 - Cruise Industry
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