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Bremerhaven Cruise Port wraps up 2025 and sets course for 2026
Bremerhaven Cruise Port, under the operation of Global Ports Holding, brought its 2025 cruise season to a close after handling one hundred cruise...
January 7, 2026 - Cruise Industry
First ship of the year signals start of Rhodes cruise season
Rhodes Port received the first cruise vessel of 2026, marking the commencement of another annual cruise season for the island’s harbour and...
January 6, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Port Tampa Bay charts expansion after record cruise and cargo traffic
Port Tampa Bay is preparing for an active operational period following a record-setting calendar year in 2025, during which 1.6+ million cruise...
January 6, 2026 - Cruise Industry
MSC World Europa homeported in Dubai/Arabian Gulf deployment in 2027-2028
MSC Cruises has confirmed that its flagship MSC World Europa will return to the Middle East for the winter 2027-2028 season, redeploying the huge...
January 6, 2026 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line homeports two ships (Prima & Viva) in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s maritime profile in the Caribbean cruise network is poised to expand with NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line’s decision to base two...
January 5, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Symphony calls at Mombasa as Kenya strengthens cruise presence
Kenya’s standing on the African cruise map was further reinforced with the arrival of the luxury cruise vessel Crystal Symphony at Mombasa Port...
January 5, 2026 - Accidents
Aurora Expeditions' founder medevaced from Douglas Mawson ship
Greg Mortimer, the explorer who established Aurora Expeditions in the early 1990s, was recently medevaced by helicopter from the newly commissioned...
January 5, 2026 - Accidents
Virgin's ship Valiant Lady changes itinerary due to Venezuela-USA conflict
Virgin Voyages found itself obliged to alter the planned course of MS Valiant Lady, then bound for Caribbean waters, as rising tensions between...
January 5, 2026 - Accidents
56-yo woman medevaced from MSC Orchestra off Sardinia Island, Italy
A 56-year-old woman of Peruvian nationality was the subject of a medical evacuation from the cruise vessel MSC Orchestra on Wednesday morning...
January 4, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Hawaii’s Green Fee runs aground as cruise tax faces court delay
Hawaii’s closely watched “Green Fee,” a new levy on hotels, short-term rentals, and cruise tourism, encountered a legal setback...
January 4, 2026 - Accidents
Strong Aegean winds trigger sailing ban at Greek ferry ports
Strong southwesterly winds in the central Aegean Sea led Greek maritime authorities to impose a sailing ban from the main passenger ferry ports near...
January 4, 2026 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises opens sales for 2027–2028 Transatlantic repositioning itineraries from Europe to South...
MSC Cruises has opened bookings for its 2027–2028 winter deployment, placing a series of trans-Atlantic repositioning voyages on sale that will...
January 4, 2026 - Accidents
76-yo female passenger medevaced from Viking Sky off Mexico’s Pacific coast
A medical evacuation was carried out from the cruise ship Viking Sky off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán after a 76-year-old...
January 3, 2026 - Accidents
Search suspended after 77-yo passenger goes overboard from HAL's ship Nieuw Statendam
A passenger went overboard from the HAL-Holland America Line ship Nieuw Statendam while the vessel was sailing north of Cuba, prompting an extended...
January 2, 2026 - Accidents
3 passengers medevaced from Mein Schiff 3 south of Madeira
Three passengers were transferred ashore for medical reasons from the cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 during the late hours of January 1st while the vessel...
January 2, 2026