Cruise news (money-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean increasing onboard gratuities
Starting September 7, RCI-Royal Caribbean will increase the onboard gratuities that passengers will pay for the service they receive from crew...
August 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Contract for Storylines' residential ship MV Narrative signed with Brodosplit
Brodosplit Shipyard (in Split Croatia) has signed a US$1.5 billion shipbuilding contract with Storylines for the residence cruise ship MV Narrative...
August 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's booking activity nearly doubles 2019
After announcing on Friday, August 12, that it was revising pre-cruise COVID vaccination and testing requirements that would allow more...
August 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages unveils $550 million in new capital raise
Virgin Voyages announced it had closed on USD 550 million (~GBP 455M) in new capital raise in order to support its growth. The new funding was led...
August 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
USA's CDC stops monitoring COVID outbreaks on cruise ships
The USA's agency CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) discontinued a program that tracked cases of COVID aboard cruise vessels in the...
August 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
GPH-Global Ports Holding receives acceptance for the concessions of 3 Canary Islands cruise ports
GPH-Global Ports Holding announced that GPCI-Global Ports Canary Islands, which is an 80:20 joint venture between the Holding and local partner...
August 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's new $125 million cruise terminal in Galveston TX nears completion
RCI-Royal Caribbean International unveiled the progress on its USD 125 million cruise ship terminal in Galveston TX. The 161300 ft2 facility is...
August 9, 2022 - Accidents
11 Diamond Princess ship cruises canceled due to crew shortages
Princess Cruises announced the cancellation of 11 voyages aboard Diamond Princess due to crew shortages. In a statement, the company said that over...
August 9, 2022 - Cruise Industry
DCL-Disney Cruise Line extending final payment deadline
DCL-Disney Cruise Line is once again extending its final payment deadline and relaxing its cancellation fee schedule, this time for passengers booked...
August 6, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation upgrades global fleet with “Service Power Packages” (fuel/energy-saving...
Carnival Corporation - the world's largest cruise shipowner) announced the rollout of technology upgrades (“Service Power Packages&rdquo...
August 5, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation to commence dredging in East Grand Bahama for a mega cruise port
The world's largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corporation expects to start dredging in East Grand Bahama for a new cruise port in the next 60-90 days...
August 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
New Zealand's border fully reopens allowing cruise ships to return
At midnight on Sunday, July 31, New Zealand's border will finally fully open to all visitors, thus providing the much-needed economic boost to the...
July 31, 2022 - Accidents
German police investigating 2 fires on P&O Arvia ship at Meyer Werft Papenburg Yard
The German police are currently investigating 2 fires that broke out on the P&O UK's cruise ship Arvia, which is under construction at Meyer...
July 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port of Cork (Cobh, Ireland) returns to cruising
Ireland was finally able to reopen for cruise shipping with the arrival of Viking OCEAN's ship Viking Venus to Dun Laoghaire Harbour (Dublin) on...
July 26, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Kristiansund (Norway) welcomes record cruise ship numbers and ~29,000 passengers
Kristiansund (Norway) welcomes record cruise ship numbers. In 2022, the port is expecting a total of 38 calls and a maximum of ~29,000 passengers...
July 26, 2022