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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
Port Stockholm (Sweden) receives green light for EU grant funding application
Ports of Stockholm (Sweden) can jointly apply, together with 8 other Baltic Sea ports, for EU grant funding for pilot studies in order to develop the...
January 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Meyer Turku shipyard grows business network and turnover 2018-2021
A study on the economic impact of Meyer Turku shipyard/its supplier network found that the network had expanded/its turnover increased between 2018...
January 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Cunard Line celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first World Voyage in Southampton...
Cunard Line celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first world voyage in Southampton (England UK) as its Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria ships...
January 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America returns to Asia with MS Westerdam ship
HAL-Holland America is back with sailings in Asia with its ms Westerdam ship. In her first Asian visit since the 2020 shutdown, ms Westerdam was...
January 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival’s 2nd-oldest ship Elation headed to 3-week drydock
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s second-oldest ship Carnival Elation is scheduled for a 3-week drydock at the end of the week. The boat is currently...
January 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Mississippi RIver's largest cruise ship ever debuts in June 2023
The largest cruise ship to ever sail on the Mississippi River is scheduled to set sail after June 2023. Viking Mississippi is a large riverboat that...
January 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferry Sunflower Kurenai is already in operation
MOL-Mitsui OSK Lines' first dual-fuel ferry in Japan is already in operation. It is Sunflower Kurenai, presented to the world at the beginning of...
January 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Dammam's King Abdulaziz Port (Saudi Arabia) welcomes first cruise ship
The Saudi Red Sea Authority, Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), and Cruise Saudi this month welcomed MSC World Europa, the inaugural call of the first...
January 17, 2023 - Accidents
MV Ganga Vilas gets stuck in Bihar's Chhapra on 3rd day of the world's longest luxury river cruise?
The world's longest luxury river cruise aboard the boat MV Ganga Vilas which on Friday, January 13th, commenced a 3200 km maiden voyage, was...
January 17, 2023 - Accidents
MSC Meraviglia encounters boat in distress and rescues 24 migrants at sea
An MSC Cruises ship bound for Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) encountered a boat in distress on Saturday, January 14th and rescued all 24 occupants...
January 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises Toscana ship arrives at Doha Port (Qatar) for the very first time
Costa's flagship Costa Toscana arrived at Doha Port (Qatar) on Sunday, January 15th, as a part of her first maiden tour of the Arabian Gulf...
January 16, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Stena Line's newest cruiseferry Stena Ebba to boost capacity on the Karlskrona-Gdynia/Sweden-Poland...
Stena Ebba ferry was named during an official ceremony where godmother Ulrica Messing, governor of Sweden's Blekinge region, smashed a bottle of...
January 16, 2023 - Accidents
Port Timaru (New Zealand) to host another unexpected cruise ship due to NZ's biofouling laws
The second visit of Seabourn' ship Seabourn Odyssey to Timaru (New Zealand) on Monday, January 16th, could be followed by a larger cruise ship call...
January 16, 2023 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean's ship Liberty OTS rescues 17 Cuban migrants on makeshift boat
RCI-Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Liberty of the Seas rescued 17 Cuban migrants after they were spotted on a small makeshift boat on Saturday...
January 16, 2023