THIRD UPDATE: Here’s Carnival’s statement as to what actually happened onboard the Dream: While at dock in St. Maarten yesterday, the ship’s engineering team conducted a regularly scheduled test of the ship’s emergency diesel generator. A malfunction occurred which has…
The Tuesdays at Cruise Shipping (and before that Seatrade) Miami are the biggest. It all kicks off with the State of the Industry conference. Heads of all the major lines are on stage at once. Can’t think of many other…
…what a strange tweet to have your Business Development Director tweet out. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/CarnivalDREW/status/311370995720142848″]
Celebrity has sold the 2 other sips in the venerable Century Class. The Mercury and Galaxy now sail for TUI Cruises as Mein Schiff 1&2. However the Century is still lingering around in the fleet. At 20,000tonnes less than the…
The 1965 built, and former Soviet liner, Marco Polo ran aground in Norway last night. The Cruise & Maritime Voyages ship hit a rock that “damaged its hull.” The damage was minor however she required a return to port. After…
According to CIN and their 2013 Cruise Industry News Annual Report, they state that with the delivery of MSC Preziosa, the line will over take NCL as the #3 line. The line will carry over 1.45 million passengers on their…
The ever growing small ship expedition market is on the rise. One of the more popular ones is Lindblad, who partnered with the National Geographic Society. It’s now time for Lindblad to start expanding. Their latest move was to purchases…
Every year in March, the cruise industry gathers in Miami for the largest cruise trade show in the world. This year, the conference starts today March 11th, and runs through Thursday. I will not be in attendance this year,…
Holland America’s Maasdam had to make an emergency return to port after setting sail on a 10 Day Eastern Caribbean. The case was two medical emergencies onboard. She docked at berth 21/22 and quickly departed again on her voyage. via…
Italian authorities have finally decided on the shipyard they will bring the soon-to-be-re-floated Costa Concordia. After having laid partially capsized since January 2012, the 114,137grt will be towed to the Tuscan port of Piombino. The choice could delay the refloating…