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Aqua Blu Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Indonesia
The luxury cruise ship AQUA BLU with dozens of travelers ran aground onto a reef off Wayag Island (Raja Ampat, West Papua Indonesia), on ...
December 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Ships Head to Expo 2020 Dubai
The next World Expo is to be held in Dubai next winter and passengers on board MSC Cruises’ ships deployed in the Gulf, MSC Seaview and MSC...
December 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Norway to Impose Size Limitation on Cruise Ships Sailing to Svalbard
Norway's Government announced it is considering imposing a vessel size limitation on passenger ships cruising to Svalbard. An extension of the...
December 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises Selects OneSpaWorld as Exclusive Spa Partner
OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd., pre-eminent global provider of health & wellness services and products onboard cruise ships as well as in destination...
December 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Puerto Plata Cruise Terminal to Be Operational in 2020
Dominican Port Authority, the Ministry of Tourism, and the company Puerto Plata Port Investment, which is the winner of the tender for the building...
December 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Crystal Sails Back to Holy Land
For the past years, the authorities in Egypt made efforts to improve tourism and offer quality services for travellers in order to return to the...
December 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Offers First-Ever Season from Port Piraeus
MSC will offer its first-ever homeporting season from Piraeus-Athens Greece in summer 2021 as well as make a welcome return to Turkey via embarkation...
December 21, 2019 - Accidents
Two CCL-Carnival Ships Collide in Cozumel
Passengers watched in shock as a couple of Carnival cruise ships collided near Cozumel Mexico on Friday, December 20. The collision was caught...
December 20, 2019 - Accidents
8 Carnival Mardi Gras ship cruises cancelled due to delayed delivery
On December 20, 2019, Carnival Cruise Line officially announced that Mardi Gras ship's delivery in 2020 will be delayed by Meyer Werft (shipbuilder...
December 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Majestic Princess to Be Homeported in Taiwan 2020
Princess Cruises announced that Majestic Princess will be homeporting for a 6-month season in Taipei (Keelung), Taiwan next year. This is the longest...
December 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Ponant Signs with VARD for Two New Cruise Ships
In the context of the agreement for two new expedition ships, the company PONANT and Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary VARD signed the...
December 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Global Ports Holding Signs Management Service Agreement for Ha Long Cruise Port
The largest independent cruise port operator in the world, Global Ports Holding Plc, announced it had signed a 15-year management service agreement...
December 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Odyssey of the Seas Getting Ready for First Mediterranean Season
Royal Caribbean’s newest liner - Odyssey of the Seas, is the first Quantum Ultra Class vessel to be homeported in Civitavecchia-Rome. In summer...
December 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
First Steel Cut for Oceanwide Expeditions' MV Janssonius
As it was previously announced in July, Oceanwide Expeditions ordered a new Polar Class 6 vessel MV Janssonius. The new ship will feature the...
December 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Costa Smeralda Completes First LNG Refueling in Barcelona
The new Costa Cruises flagship, Costa Smeralda, completed her first LNG (liquefied natural gas) refueling in the port of Barcelona. The tanker ship...
December 19, 2019