The latest cruise news, from new ship orders, launches, refurbishments, and itineraries to port developments and information, with a focus on the Middle East and Africa.
With South Africa facing an intense third wave of COVID-19 infections, and the country remaining firmly on the red list of most countries’ travel restrictions, the dozen international cruises scheduled from Cape […]
You wait forever for a Carnival Cruise Line ship to arrive, and then two come along at once. This week, two Carnival Cruise Line ships docked in Dubai at the new Dubai […]
The new Indian cruise line Cordelia Cruises, which replaces the now-defunct Jalesh Cruises, has announced that it will sail its maiden voyage this September from Dubai.
Egypt’s health ministry has issued new regulations for people arriving in the country who are vaccinated against COVID-19, including cruise tourists.
Two of the five cruise ships homeporting in Dubai for the 2021/22 winter cruise season will offer Abu Dhabi as a homeport as well. MSC Opera and AIDAnova will both interport between […]
Virgin Voyages marked a double milestone at Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard this week with the delivery of Valiant Lady and the float out of its next cruise ship Resilient Lady, both […]
Costa Cruises will sail a maiden voyage from Savona, Italy aboard Costa Firenze on July 4th, marking the ship’s official entry into service ahead of her 2021/22 cruise season out of Dubai.
MSC Cruises has cut the first steel for its newest cruise ship MSC Euribia, the third Meraviglia-Plus class cruise ship and its most environmentally friendly to date.
Carnival Cruise Line has revealed details about Chibang!, a two-in-one dining concept featuring both Chinese and Mexican dishes aboard its new cruise ship Mardi Gras.
Barcelona, the busiest cruise port in Europe by annual passenger numbers, has reopened to cruises, with MSC Cruises resuming operations from the city with MSC Grandiosa.
The cruise sector in Abu Dhabi will reopen this September, according to the Department of Culture and Tourism, bringing the UAE’s capital in-line with Dubai, the region’s primary cruise port.
Celebrity Edge has departed Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale in Florida, becoming the first cruise ship to sail from the US since March last year when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
As of June, 2021, there are 19 destinations around the world where UAE residents can visit without having to quarantine, and many of them are cruise homeports for the summer cruise season.
MSC Cruises will return to Tunisia for the summer, 2022 cruise season after a lengthy absence following the unrest of the so-called Arab Spring.
P&O Cruises plans to bring Britannia and Iona back into service on September 25th, while Ventura will resume cruising on October 3rd, and Azura will restart on December 10th.
Holland America Line will bring six cruise ships back into service from US cruise ports, with Zuiderdam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eurodam and Nieuw Statendam. Holland America will resume cruises from the […]
On her second cruise since resuming services out of Nassau, Bahamas, Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas has prevented the spread of COVID-19 after two passengers tested positive.
MSC Cruises has revealed the name of its next cruise ship, MSC Seascape, during a traditional coin laying ceremony for the second Seaside EVO-class cruise ship.
Carnival Corporation is consolidating its fleet further, with an AIDA Cruises newbuild and an existing Costa Cruises ship due to be transferred to Carnival Cruise Line.
AIDA Cruises has confirmed the sale of AIDAcara, the oldest cruise ship in its fleet, and the first cruise ship that was ever built for the line.
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