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Costa Cruises has announced changes to its cruise itineraries for new ships Costa Firenze and Costa Toscana as parent company Carnival Corporation moves to delay new ship deliveries, impacting scheduled Dubai cruise […]
TUI Cruises has announced that a second cruise ship, Mein Schiff 1, will join Mein Schiff 2 cruising from Germany in late July as the line joins AIDA Cruises in preparing to […]
Royal Caribbean Cruises has increased its two-thirds ownership of Silversea Cruises to full ownership of the luxury line.
Carnival Corporation will “aggressively shed less efficient ships”, retiring around 9% of its capacity across all nine cruise brands by the end of the year, according to CEO Arnold Donald.
Princess Cruises has announced that its new ship Enchanted Princess has completed her sea trials, ahead of an expected delivery later this year.
Carnival Cruise Line has confirmed that the delivery of its new mega-ship Mardi Gras will be delayed until February 2021, instead of November this year as previously announced.
After announcing that it is extending its global suspension of cruises until at least the end of September, and selling at least six cruise ships this year, Carnival has now confirmed that […]
Odyssey of the Seas, the new Quantum-Ultra class cruise ship from Royal Caribbean, and the first scheduled to cruise in North America, won’t be delivered until April, 2021, according to the line.
Spirit of Adventure, the second newbuild for British cruise line Saga Cruises, will not be delivered until October, the cruise line has announced.
MSC Cruises has marked the first major milestone in the construction of its new mega-ship MSC World Europa, with the laying of her keel and a traditional coin ceremony at the Chantiers […]
