Cruise news (UK-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
USA to relax travel restrictions for COVID-vaccinated foreign tourists in November
In November 2021, the USA will ease travel restrictions for COVID-vaccinated international travelers, including those from the UK and the EU/European...
September 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Oceania opens sales for inaugural season of Vista with record single-day bookings
The NCLH-owned Oceania Cruises announced a single-day booking record that beat the company's previous record from March 2021 by ~60%. While the...
September 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard wins P&O Cruises and Virgin Voyages work
Harland & Wolff shipyard team provided its first-ever major general maintenance support to Virgin Voyages' ship Scarlet Lady. The team provided...
September 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Riviera River Cruises UK restarts in additional European destinations
The UK-based tour agency/brand Riviera Travel (fleet, Scylla's main riverboat charterer) announced that itineraries in additional European...
September 17, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises outsourced retail business to Harding UK
The Carnival Corporation-owned premium travel brand Princess Cruises is stepping back from retailing and handing over its shopping operations to...
September 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
UK's "greenest cruise terminal" officially opens in Port Southampton
A new cruise ship terminal at Port Southampton (England), claimed to be the greenest in the UK, was officially opened. The GBP 55 million (EUR 64,5M...
September 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: P&O Cruises UK's new TV campaign "What a night"
A new TV advert ‘What a night’ premiered on September 13 across national broadcasting channels as P&O celebrates international...
September 14, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Container shipping company CMA-CGM invests EUR 25M into Brittany Ferries
The world's third-largest container shipping company CMA-CGM Group announced it is taking e a “quasi-equity” stake in Brittany...
September 14, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen launches 2023-2024 Grand Voyages for Borealis ship
The year 2023 marks the 150th Anniversary of the publication of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel “Around the World in Eighty Days...
September 12, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Cruising restarts in Port Le Havre (Paris, France) with TUI UK's ship Marella Explorer 2
On September 8, Port Le Havre (Paris, France) welcomed cruise ships back to the city with the arrival of Marella Cruises' ship Marella Explorer 2 on...
September 12, 2021 - Accidents
Elderly passenger with COVID dies after cruising on MSC Virtuosa
An MSC Cruises' ship on which a man in his 70s died at the Isle of Portland (Weymouth, Dorset England) last week was expected to dock in Southampton...
September 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Oceania Cruises Vista ship's inaugural itineraries 2023
On September 9th, the NCLH-owned premium travel brand Oceania Cruises announced the inaugural itineraries on the fleet's newest ship Vista. The...
September 10, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Silversea Cruises restarts in Antarctica from Punta Arenas, Chile
The ultra-premium brand Silversea Cruises reached an agreement with Chilean authorities for homeporting in Punta Arenas for winter 2021-2022 season...
September 8, 2021 - Accidents
COVID outbreak on MSC Cruises' ship Virtuosa in the UK
Suspected COVID cases were identified onboard MSC Cruises' ship MSC Virtuosa which was today docked on Liverpool (England) waterfront. Some...
September 7, 2021 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from Disney Magic cruise ship in the English Channel
On Friday night, September 3, the Tynemouth Royal National Lifeboat Institution rescue boat carried out a medevac for an injured cruise passenger...
September 6, 2021