Traffic, Mega-Ships, and Transatlantic Dreams
On today's Cruise News: PortMiami warns of heavy traffic on June 13 as eight cruise ships and the opening of the FIFA Fan Festival overlap, with roughly 63,000 cruise passengers expected through the p...
25 Jun 20min
New Ships, Farewell Sailings, World Cup Cruising
Today's brief covers three stories shaping the cruise calendar. Fincantieri has delivered the LNG-ready Mein Schiff Flow, the ninth ship for TUI Cruises, from its Monfalcone yard, a roughly 160,000-gr...
25 Jun 17min
Cruise Safety and Rock at Sea
Two safety cases — onboard and ashore — bracket a lighter look at music cruising. In federal court in Bangor, Maine, 46-year-old John Kelleher was sentenced to 12 months for assaulting his girlfriend ...
24 Jun 16min
Alaska Cruising Gets Complicated
Alaska takes center stage this season. Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas launches its first Alaska summer from Seattle — running seven-night Inside Passage itineraries to Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, a...
23 Jun 16min
Biometrics, Casino Tech, and Russia's Cruise Return
Three stories on a faster, more digital, and cautiously expanding cruise industry. The Port of Vancouver has processed its one millionth cruise passenger through facial biometrics, cutting per-passeng...
22 Jun 17min
Cruise Safety, Great Lakes, and Expedition Demand
Three stories on safety, growth, and shifting tastes at sea. A 43-year-old passenger has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to sexually abusing a 15-year-old aboard a Carnival cruise that sailed fro...
20 Jun 14min
Bigger Ships, Bigger Slides, Bigger Game Days
MSC Cruises unveils 'The Spiral @ Tree of Life' aboard the upcoming MSC World Asia — an 81.3-meter, 12-deck plunge billed as the longest dry slide at sea, debuting on the 6,758-guest ship in December ...
19 Jun 16min
