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Montreal Boasts Record Cruise Season
Port Montreal has welcomed a total of 114,517 cruise passengers and crew during 2017 season, which is up 33% in comparison with 2016. 21 ships...
November 12, 2017
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Viking Cruises Reveals First Commercial Cruise Ship Call at Port St Maarten
Viking OCEAN confirmed that Viking Sea would be the first commercial cruise vessel to visit post-Irma Port St Maarten on Monday, December 4...
November 12, 2017
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Carnival Cruise Line Announces Agreement with Shell
Carnival Cruise Line revealed it had signed an agreement with Shell (Shell NA LNG, LLC) to be its supplier of marine LNG (liquefied natural gas) to...
November 12, 2017
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Ovation of the Seas Arrives at Hualien Port
Asia's largest cruise ship, Ovation of the Seas, arrived at Hualien Port today, November 11, bringing more than 3,700 international tourists to...
November 11, 2017
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Royal Caribbean Unveils New Amenities for Independence of the Seas
Royal Caribbean is to launch a fish & chips restaurant onboard Independence of the Seas when the ship returns to Southampton in May next year...
November 11, 2017
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Tallinn Boasts Record Cruise Season 2017
During 2017 cruise season cruise ships visited Tallinn 311 times and brought the record-breaking number of 564,280 cruisers to the port city...
November 11, 2017
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Iran Plans to Organize Cruise Tours for Tourists
Ali-Asghar Moonesan, head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, & Tourism Organization (ICHTO), announced plans had been drawn up to...
November 11, 2017
Cruise Industry
Carnival Completes Upgrade of Port Everglades Terminal
Carnival Corp. & plc announced it had completed a multi-million-dollar redesign and upgrade of Port Everglades's Cruise Terminal 2 in Fort...
November 11, 2017
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Dubai Targets Increase in Cruisers From India
Dubai stepped up efforts to cement the position of the emirate as the region's cruise hub and attract more cruisers, especially from India and Europe...
November 10, 2017
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Celebrity Cruises Ship Hit by Norovirus
A Celebrity Cruises ship plagued with norovirus berthed in Port of Tauranga yesterday, November 9. Celebrity Solstice arrived at 7:15 a.m. as part...
November 10, 2017
Accidents
Passenger Medevaced From Grandeur of the Seas
Rescue crews from 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base have assisted in evacuating a passenger suffering from appendicitis on Royal Caribbean...
November 10, 2017
Accidents
Royal Caribbean Announces Fleetwide Tech Innovations
Royal Caribbean announced technological innovations which aim to make things simpler for passengers going on a cruise. A new smartphone app is at...
November 10, 2017
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Spectrum of the Seas Keel Laid
The keel laying of Spectrum of the Seas was celebrated yesterday, November 8, In Papenburg, Germany. The keel-laying of Royal Caribbean's ship marked...
November 9, 2017
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Oceania Regatta Experiences Power Loss
Yesterday, November 8, at approx 2:00 a.m. local time in Honolulu, HI (7:00 a.m. in Miami, FL) Oceania Regatta experienced failure of her power...
November 9, 2017
Accidents
Royal Caribbean Unveils New Ship Deployments 2019-2020
Royal Caribbean announced its plans for 2019-2020 cruises with itinerary changes. Royal Caribbean will have two of its newly refit Voyager-class...
November 9, 2017
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