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MS Europa 2 ship initiates Nanaimo’s 2025 cruise season
Port Nanaimo on Vancouver Island (BC Canada) commenced its 2025 cruise season with the arrival of MS Europa 2, an ultra-luxury vessel operated by...
April 27, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Mano Cruises (Israel) launched Eastern Mediterranean 2025 season (Crown Iris ship)
Mano Cruises has officially commenced its 2025 season in the Eastern Mediterranean with the Crown Iris. After completing its winter layup, the 1500...
April 26, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Ege Port Kusadası completes the first phase of its solar energy investment project
Ege Port Kusadası (Turkey), operated by Global Ports Holding/GPH (the world’s largest cruise port operator) has completed the first phase of...
April 26, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Star Voyager to homeport in Hong Kong for 2025 summer season
Star Cruises has announced that the Star Voyager will homeport in Hong Kong from June 27 to August 31, 2025. This deployment marks the return of the...
April 26, 2025 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America Line announces 2027 Grand Voyages
HAL-Holland America Line has published the itineraries for its 2027 Grand Voyages, offering travelers the opportunity to either complete a 129-day...
April 26, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Port NOLA sets new monthly cruise passenger record in March 2025
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) reported a record-breaking 165,000 cruise passenger movements in March 2025, surpassing its previous high of...
April 25, 2025 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America returns to Dover UK in 2025 (ship MS Nieuw Statendam)
HAL-Holland America Line has commenced its first UK-based season in over a decade, with the Pinnacle-class vessel Nieuw Statendam embarking on a 14...
April 25, 2025 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean issues health advisory following Legionnaires’ disease case on Symphony OTS
RCI-Royal Caribbean International has issued a health advisory to guests scheduled to sail aboard the Symphony of the Seas on April 30, 2025, after...
April 25, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Seabourn announces 2026–2027 itineraries across Asia and the Caribbean
Seabourn has unveiled its 2026–2027 fall, winter, and spring deployment, featuring 31 voyages across 73 destinations in 30 countries between...
April 25, 2025 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises to develop a second/artificial Bahamian island (Little Cay) near Ocean Cay
MSC Cruises is advancing its private island offerings in the Caribbean by developing a second exclusive destination in the Bahamas, provisionally...
April 24, 2025 - Accidents
Incident aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Liberty OTS results in passenger arrests
During a 4-night voyage to the Bahamas aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean's vessel Liberty of the Seas, an altercation occurred involving passengers and a...
April 24, 2025 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America’s ms Oosterdam emerges from dry dock with major upgrades
In a display of maritime renewal befitting her storied voyages, ms Oosterdam, one of HAL-Holland America Line’s VISTA-class vessels, has...
April 24, 2025 - Accidents
30-yo crew medevaced from the National Geographic Venture off Coos Bay, Oregon
In the early hours of Easter Sunday, April 20, a medical emergency unfolded aboard the National Geographic Venture, a cruise ship operated by...
April 24, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Major drydock refurbishment of MS The World ship at Navantia Shipyard (Cadiz)
The residential cruise vessel MS The World has entered drydock at the Navantia Shipyard (Cadiz, Spain), for a scheduled 6-week refit valued at over...
April 23, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Inaugural sailing of Star Voyager ship marks new era for Thailand's cruise tourism
Building on more than three decades of regional maritime operations, Star Cruises commences a new chapter with the arrival of its Star Voyager ship...
April 23, 2025