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Silversea Cruises unveils name of its first Project Evolution ship, Silver Nova
Silversea Cruises unveiled the name of its first ship, Silver Nova, which is developed as part of the line's innovative newbuild project popular as...
December 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry

Costa Cruises takes delivery of its newest ship, Costa Toscana, at Meyer Turku
On Thursday, December 2, at Meyer Werft's shipyard in Turku Finland, Costa Cruises took delivery of its newest ship - Costa Toscana, the most...
December 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry

MSC Virtuosa returns for MSC Cruises' biggest ever UK season
MSC Cruises revealed it would bring MSC Virtuosa back to homeport Southampton (England UK) in summer 2022 before the company deploys another liner...
December 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry

Carnival Corporation’s North American brands to maintain travel advisors’ commission
Carnival Corporation’s North American brands will maintain travel advisors’ current commission tiers that are earned through 2023. The 5...
December 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry

Royal Caribbean opens bookings for 2023 Alaska cruises
RCI-Royal Caribbean International released its Alaskan cruises for season 2023. The company plans to send 4 ships to Alaska matching the number of...
December 2, 2021 - Accidents

Hapag-Lloyd's cruise ship MS Europa docks in Cape Town (South Africa) amidst COVID Omicron concerns
The TUI Group-owned ms Europa (operated by TUI's subsidiary Hapag-Lloyd) docked in Cape Town (South Africa) on Tuesday, November 30. The ship's...
December 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry

Celestyal Cruises' majority stake taken by Searchlight Capital Partners
Searchlight Capital Partners (USA-based private equity investor) has taken an undisclosed stake in the Greek company Celestyal Cruises (part of Louis...
December 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry

MSC Orchestra heading to Durban (South Africa) despite COVID's Omicron variant
MSC Cruises is going ahead with South African itineraries, despite travel bans in the country due to the COVID Omicron variant. MSC Orchestra is...
December 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry

Costa neoRomantica cruise ship sold for scrapping at Gadani Pakistan
The former Costa Cruises' ship Costa NeoRomantica, which was sold to Celestyal Cruises in July 2020 as part of Carnival Corporation's sell-off of 19...
December 1, 2021 - Accidents

CCL cancels 2 upcoming cruises on Carnival Horizon due to technical issues
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced the cancellation of two upcoming December sailings on Carnival Horizon, citing technical issues the liner is...
December 1, 2021 - Accidents

NCL cancels 5 South Africa cruises on Norwegian Jade
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line canceled 5 sailings in response to the new COVID Omicron, while other cruise shipping companies said they were monitoring...
November 30, 2021 - Accidents

P&O Cruises Australia cancels further voyages until March 3, 2022
P&O Australia canceled further sailings through March 3, 2022, because of the uncertainty over when the Australian governments would allow the...
November 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry

CLIA expands Cruise360 Australasia Conference in Sydney 2022 with additional tickets
CLIA-Cruise Lines International Association increased the scale of the Cruise360 Australasia Conference in Sydney 2022, releasing additional tickets...
November 30, 2021 - Accidents

Havila Voyages delays first round-trip cruise of Havila Capella
On November 24, Havila Capella arrived in homeport Bergen (Norway) as the first of the 4 new Norwegian coastal cruiseferries. However, the date for...
November 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry

Sophia Loren christens MSC Cruises' new flagship MSC Virtuosa in Dubai
MSC Cruises on Saturday, November 27, celebrated the christening in Dubai (Port Rashid-Dubai Harbour, UAE) of its new flagship, MSC Virtuosa, just...
November 29, 2021