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Engine room fire breaks out on NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape
A small fire broke out in the engine room on the NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape Thursday morning, May 12, after the ship departed...
May 14, 2022 - Accidents
Crew found dead onboard cruise ship Aegean Goddess at Port Heraklion (Crete Greece)
A male crew was found dead Thursday afternoon, May 12, onboard the cruise ship Aegean Goddess (formerly named "Pacific Aria" for P&O Australia...
May 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady ship to be calling at Gibraltar Port 5 times in 2022
HM Government of Gibraltar announced the arrival of the Valiant Lady ship on her first inaugural call. The Virgin Voyages newbuild will be calling...
May 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Cruise ships to be allowed back to New Zealand ports on July 31
After the COVID lockout of 2+ years, New Zealand will fully open its borders starting from 11:59 p.m. on July 31, 2022, with cruise ships allowed to...
May 13, 2022 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean's Radiance OTS hits Sitka Sound cruise terminal's mooring dolphin
The newly expanded Sitka Sound cruise terminal welcomed its first 7 sailings last week, commencing what is expected to be a record-breaking year in...
May 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MS Margaritaville Paradise (fka Grand Classica) departs on maiden voyage
MS Margaritaville Paradise (fka Grand Classica) is ready for her maiden voyage. The Margaritaville at Sea (Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line) cruise ship...
May 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking OCEAN's newest cruise ship Viking Mars delivered by Fincantieri Ancona (Italy)
Viking Mars - the newest Viking OCEAN ship that Fincantieri is building was delivered on Thursday, May 12, at the shipyard in Ancona (Italy). The...
May 12, 2022 - Accidents
Havila Kystruten cancels Havila Capella's roundtrip from Bergen on May 15
In a decision made by Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 26th, it became known they had granted Havila Voyages an exemption from the...
May 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ships to be back to full capacity by summer 2022
The cruise shipping industry is slowly moving back towards normal numbers by getting more ships back into service and more guests onboard. Full...
May 12, 2022 - Accidents
Sunstone Ships' Ocean Discoverer will not be built by China Merchants Heavy Industry
The Miami-based expedition cruise shipowner SunStone Ships Inc has decided to move to a new class of newbuilds after the contracted Chinese...
May 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Godmother announced for Celebrity Cruises' newest ship Celebrity Beyond
The 19-time world champion and 7-time Olympic medallist, gymnast Simone Biles, is to serve as godmother for Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship...
May 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Keel laid for MSC Group's Explora Journeys second ship EXPLORA 2
MSC Group's Explora Journeys marked the keel laying for the 2nd of 4 ships, EXPLORA 2, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia (near...
May 11, 2022 - Accidents
Celebrity Cruises cancels 2 Alaska sailings aboard Celebrity Eclipse
Celebrity Cruises canceled an additional voyage for its Celebrity Eclipse ship. The reason for the cancellations is that sea life has attached...
May 11, 2022 - Accidents
11 injured after Viking Aegir strikes railway bridge in Slovakia
11 people were slightly injured in a night accident of the river cruise ship Viking Aegir on the Danube, which crashed into the pillar of a railway...
May 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MS Oosterdam becomes 9th cruise ship to sail again for HAL-Holland America
HAL-Holland America welcomed its 9th ship back into service on Sunday, May 8, as ms Oosterdam embarked passengers in Trieste (Italy), for the first...
May 10, 2022