Cruise news (Sochi Russia-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Astoria Grande ship (fka AIDAcara) up for sale at $40-50M
MS Astoria Grande/formerly known as AIDAcara is now listed for sale after 2 years of service in the Russian cruise market. Originally sold by...
October 2, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Sochi Commercial Seaport explores purchase of cargo and passenger ferry for new Sochi-Trabzon route
Yuri Vladimirov (the General Director of Sochi Commercial Seaport Russia) has revealed that the port's management intends to procure a RoPax vessel...
February 23, 2024 - Accidents
Astoria Grande cruise ship forced to leave the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi
On July 27th, the Astoria Grande cruise ship carrying ~800 passengers, including Russians, was compelled to depart from Port Batumi (Georgia) shortly...
July 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
New cruises from Russia’s Sochi to Egypt offered by the Turkish ship Astoria Grande/AIDAcara
Russia’s Sochi Port announced the launch of a new cruise itinerary visiting Alexandria (Egypt), which is expected to increase traffic at the...
February 22, 2023 - Accidents
Astoria Grande ship (fka AIDAcara) collides with breakwater at port Amasra (Turkey)
Passenger ship Astoria Grande (fka AIDAcara) collided with a breakwater at ~9 am local time (~6 am UTC) on Wednesday, January 18th, while trying to...
January 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Turkey’s new Black Sea harbour Amasra-Bartin welcomes first cruise ship
Turkey’s brand new harbor in the Bartin province - Amasra Harbour hosted its first passenger ship on Wednesday, August 3. The construction of...
August 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Russia's Astoria Grande ship (ex AIDAcara) operates Black Sea cruises from Sochi to Istanbul...
Russia is preparing to launch voyages to Turkey this month with the Astoria Grande ship operating in the Black Sea roundtrips from Sochi Russia to...
July 12, 2022 - Accidents
TUI Cruises cancels all of its calls to Russia and Ukraine for 2022
TUI announced the cancellation of its calls to Russia and Ukraine this summer season. All scheduled calls of Schiff 6 to Sankt Petersburg...
March 1, 2022 - Accidents
Windstar Cruises cancels Black Sea sailings, replaces St. Petersburg with a non-Russian port
Windstar Cruises also made adjustments to its itineraries due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The cruise line cancelled all sailings and cruise tours...
February 26, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Atlas Ocean Voyages introduce 2 new itineraries aboard World Navigator
Due to the popularity of its unique all-inclusive Max Shore experiences, Atlas Ocean Voyages (AOV) introduced two new luxe-adventure itineraries...
September 22, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines offers preview to 2022 itineraries
The UK-based Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is offering travellers a preview of its 2022 cruise itinerary program via the early released 29-day "Black Sea...
July 22, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Russia Launches Passenger Line to Crimean Ports
The Russian Ministry of Transport held preliminary talks with Rosmorport and Sovfracht Group to launch regular passenger service to seaports of...
January 30, 2017