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Royal Caribbean’s ship Symphony OTS saves 22 Cuban refugees on a raft between Cuba and Florida USA
RCI-Royal Caribbean’s ship Symphony of the Seas saved 22 people floating on a raft between Key West (Florida USA) and Cuba. The Cubans were...
December 21, 2022 - Cruise Industry
India and Sri Lanka to start a passenger ferry service in January 2023
India and Sri Lanka will start a passenger ferry service in January 2023 between Kankesanthurai/KKS (Northern Province Sri Lanka's Jaffna district...
December 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
SES enables next-generation global connectivity to Princess Cruises
SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, announced that the first couple of O3b mPOWER satellites had been successfully launched...
December 20, 2022 - Accidents
Ambassador Cruise Line UK cancels Christmas voyage due to lifeboat issue on MS Ambience ship
Ambassador Cruise Line was forced to cancel a second voyage on MS Ambience ship due to a lifeboat issue. The vessel remained docked in homeport...
December 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group announces strategic partnership with iCON Infrastructure
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group announced that it had entered into a new partnership with the iCON Infrastructure Partners VI fund, advised by iCON...
December 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Variety Cruises is the only cruise company to visit Makatea Island (Tuamotus French Polynesia)
Variety Cruises announced dates for its Tahiti Cruise on January 13th, 2023. There will be 2 options: one for 8 days or 11 days. Variety is the...
December 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line is the new company to enter South African waters
Although MSC Cruises has long had a monopoly on South Africa's mainstream cruising market, they are about to get competition from NCL-Norwegian...
December 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Ruby Princess ship makes Princess Cruises’ first voyage from Texas USA in 6 years
Ruby Princess set sail from Galveston (Texas USA) Sunday afternoon, December 18th, on an 11-day roundtrip to Mexico and the Caribbean, marking...
December 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK's cruise ship Arvia sails into Southampton ahead of inaugural Canaries voyage
The latest luxury ship built for P&O Cruises UK arrived in homeport Southampton (England) ahead of her maiden voyage to the Canary Islands...
December 19, 2022 - Accidents
17 injured after ferry boat explodes in Yangon (Myanmar)
A bomb went off at 6:45 pm on Sunday, December 18th, onboard the “Cherry” ferry transporting commuters between Dala Township and downtown...
December 19, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port Belfast (Northern Ireland UK) celebrating successful cruise season
As the last ship of the cruise season arrived in Belfast (Northern Ireland) on November 14th, 2022, Cruise Belfast, the partnership between Visit...
December 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises' flagship Toscana calls for the first time at Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal
Costa Crises' latest flagship Costa Toscana, which entered service last March, called on December 16th for the first time at the Dubai Harbour Cruise...
December 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
International cruise shipping restarts in Japan after ~3-year COVID-related pause
International cruise shipping restarted in Japan on Thursday, December 15th, after an almost 3-year suspension due to the COVID crisis. Operations...
December 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
PONANT welcomes Le Laperouse ship into Sydney Harbour ahead of 2023 cruise season
The French ultra-luxury travel company PONANT announced the return of Le Laperouse ship to Sydney Harbour (NSW Australia) on December 15th after 3...
December 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Construction of Tallink MySTAR ferry timelapse
Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions/RMC released the timelapse of its 2-year-long construction of the cruiseferry Tallink MySTAR...
December 17, 2022