It’s being reported that the largest cruise ship has been forced to sail at reduced speeds for some time now. The 225,282gt ship is suffering from pod problems according to Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez. She states that while the pod is…
Norwegian Cruise Line and Nintendo of America announced that they are expanding their partnership to offer Wii U ™ video game systems and Wii U games fleetwide. As part of the partnership expansion, the line will feature Nintendo’s newest video…
This morning 9 cruise ships sailed into and berthed at the Port of Miami. This will be the busiest day of the 2013-2014 season and one of the busiest days in a long time. Below is a collection of…
Peter Knego of MaritimeMatters is reporting that the Pacific Princess is now having another listing problem. Last month the Pacific Princess was reflaoted upright after almost capsizing after arriving at the scrap yard in Turkey. Now, shes developing a list…
Royal Caribbean announced that they will once again have a prominent float in the annual turkey day tradition. via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International and Macy’s today revealed the first look at the cruise line’s new float, which will set…
In this AIS Screenshot, the Disney Magic had to divert to Miami to pick up a ” spare part” in a technical port call. Meaning she docked for a very short time and pax weren’t allowed off. Cruise Currents…
TUI cruises Mein Schiff 3 has been officially floated out today in Turku, Finland. Shes scheduled to sail out of the yard this summer. The even was overshadowed by the struggles of STX Finland which recently announced its plan to restructure…
Back in August, Norwegian Cruise Line announced that they were going to be altering their newest ships Inaugural festivities. Today it was announced that Bud Light, more specifically Anheuser-Busch inBev, are the charterers of the ship. They will transform her into…
Any reason Viking, one of the leaders in life boats/life rafts, uses a Costa ship in their marketing and promotional shots?
Reuters and the AP are reporting that Venetian officials have officially banned large ships [defined as over 96,000gt] starting next November. The actual details are far less harsh. Ships over that amount can still dock in Venice, they just cannot…