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Port Canaveral has just broken ground on a 50 million dollar new cruise terminal. It will be located in a vacant area on the ports south side. The 187,500 square foot facility is scheduled to open in November 2014.…
The U.S. state department has just issued a travel warning for its citizens travelling to Honduras. They rank the crime and violence in the central american country as Critically High. Travelers can take solace in knowing that the crime rates at…
UPDATE January 2: All 52 pax have been finally rescued. They are currently onboard the Australian ice breaker Aurora Australis, and are finally on their way home. BBC has this photo showing the loading of pax onto the helicopter. The helicopter landed…
Viking Cruises announced the keel was laid for its first ocean cruise vessel, Viking Star, marking the next construction phase of the company’s first-ever ocean product. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, December 18, at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard outside Venice, Italy. Viking Star is scheduled to…
Happy Holidays from all of us at CruiseInd. Photo of the The Grand Lobby on board Queen Victoria. From Cunard.
Getting work done at the airport. Too bad I don’t get to board her….this time.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just issues a travel notice for travelers headed to the Dutch/French Island of St Martin. There are currently 10 reported cases of Chikungunya, which is a virus spread from mosquito bites, on…
STX has reportedly received enough cash to complete the second TUI ship it has scheduled for its Turku yard. This cash infusion will not effect the decision to close the Rauma yard. Jari Anttila, CEO of STX Finland, declined to comment where this…
She looks ready to sail to New York!
Viking Ocean Cruises, the blue water expansion of the popular Viking River Cruises, have announced that they have agreed to another 2 more ships to be delivered from Fincantieri. They will be sisters to the Viking Star class at 48,000…
Connecticut based US Flagged line, American Cruise Line, just announced they will be building 4 new river boat ships. Construction just began on the first two ships with the first entry into service expected to be Spring 2015. Each ship…
UK Based Thomson Cruises, has announced that they will be adding balconies to three of their ships. The Thomson Celebration, Thomson Spirit and Thomson Majesty should all have balconies added buy this time next year. The Thomson Celebration (ex-Noordam) will have 26…
Apparently a while ago, the US Customs and Boarder Protection would not let the Bimini Superfast sail on evening gambling cruises roundtrip out of Miami. Seatrade is reporting that Resorts World Bimini are now taking them to court. Resorts World Bimini…
Genting Group has officially broken ground on North Bimini Island in The Bahamas. Their intent is to re-develop the island and add a huge resort with casino. The 750-acre property will feature almost 400 rooms. It is expected to be completed…
UK based and sourced line Thomson Cruises have announced that they will base the Thomson Dream (ex-Costa Europa, Westerdam) out of Montego Bay Jamaica during the winter 2014/2015 season. She’ll be the only ship to be based out of the…
[embedvideo id=”iU-4TxE6W4w” website=”youtube”] Majestic International’s Ocean Countess caught fire over the weekend. Initial reports had her in a shipyard just north of Athens, Greece when the fire started. There were only five crew onboard who all were able to…
While the trade embargo still exists between Cuba and the U.S., Cuba Cruises is sailing passengers on a circumnavigation of the Island. Cruise Industry News has more and this photo of her in her new livery. According to the site,…
Princess cruises just announced that they will be making a few, somewhat, major changes to the Regal Princess’ layout. The 141,000gt ship, due to launch spring of 2014, will incorporate venues that passengers were missing onboard her currently sailing sister, Royal…
UPDATE APRIL 17, 2014: Anthem of the seas will not be going to Port Everglades anymore. The ship will sail to New York/ New Jersey. Originally Published on: Nov 21, 2013 @ 12:40 Royal Caribbean just announced that when launched in 2015,…
Royal Caribbean is celebrating the laying of their soon-to-be newest ship keel at Meyer Werft Shipyard in Germany. The keel-laying signifies the beginning of the ship’s physical construction. During the ceremony, a 620-ton block measuring 59 feet by 121 feet (18…
The ship that launched Royal Caribbean, the 1970-built Song of Norway has reportedly been sold to a scrap yard. She was currently sailing as a gambling ship in Taiwan as the Formosa Queen for Formosa Queen Corp of Taiwan. The demolition…
The Norwegian Getaway has just departed on her first Sea trial based out of Eemshaven. Over the weekend she transited the Ems river towards the North Sea as she left Meyer Weft for the last and final time. Here are…
Royal Caribbean released the above photo of the Brilliance of the Seas departing her new homeport on Saturday. Check out the ship in the background. That’s the rival Carnival Paradise. Surprised they didn’t Photoshop her out.
Yesterday Royal Caribbean announced that they will be sending the Allure of the Seas to the Grand Bahama Shipyard to repair her propulsion system. The original plan was to swap her with Oasis, whose dry dock was scheduled in 2015…
Royal Caribbean has announced that they will sail the Allure of the Seas to Freeport, Bahamas to fix a worn bearing. It was originally discussed that she may sail to Europe to enter the drydock over there, however Grand…