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Ponant is number one for respecting the environment
Ponant has created a new approach to cruising, proposing a travel experience on the sea which also supports the development of responsible tourism. Now their yachts have helped them gain notoriety as one of the companies with the highest respect for the environment. This important achievement has just been recognized by the Nature and Biodiversity […]
Viking Cruises launches 2 new expediton ships
Thorsten Hagen is About to Change the Future of Cruise Ships…Again. Thorsten Hagen, Founder and Chairman of Viking Cruises, is a man on a mission. Not content to have built the world’s largest fleet of River Cruise Ships, numbering 73, and the world’s number-one rated fleet of Ocean-going Cruise ships, now numbering 6, Hagen is […]
Costa Deliziosa sets sail from Trieste: Costa restarts
Costa Deliziosa departed today from Trieste for its first Adriatic itinerary, signaling the resumption of activities for Costa Cruises and for the Carnival Corporation. Costa Deliziosa will call in Bari, Brindisi, Corigliano-Rossano, Syracuse and Catania, hosting only Italian passengers. All the health and safety protocols put in place in the last weeks will be applied […]
Silver Moon completes its sea trials
Silver Moon, the new Silversea Cruises’ ship set to be delivered by the end of 2020, successfully passed its sea trials done during the month of August. The future flagship sailed from Ancona to Trieste, and is currently returning to Ancona. The delivery is set for October 30. The ship underwent sea trials, for stability […]
Lindblad Expeditions: $ 85 million in capital raised
Lindblad Expeditions raised 85 million dollars from prominent investors to better their financial flexibility and support their growth in the long term. In this way, their cash reserves are increased, which could be useful in the case of a prolonged stop to operations because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the investors there are famous names […]
Restarting cruising in Italy: uncertainties and successes
Cruising has restarted: success for Msc Grandiosa but a step back for cruising in the Eastern Mediterranean for the Msc Magnifica. Costa Cruises decides as well to do mandatory testing during boarding. These have been frantic weeks full of difficult decisions for the two largest cruise ship companies for the Italian market: Msc Cruises and […]
Msc Cruises: the Msc Seashore’s technical launch
Msc Seashore: this morning the Float Out ceremony was held in the Fincantieri shipyards in Monfalcone, during which the future flagship of Msc Cruises went into the water for the first time. The ceremony for the technical launch by Fincantieri and Msc Cruises was very exciting to witness after so many months without any type […]
Msc resumes cruises: Msc Grandiosa sailed from Genoa
Msc Cruises restarts: today the MSC Grandiosa became the first ship to set sail from an Italian port after the long pause caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A 7-day Western Mediterranean cruise, with stops in Civitavecchia, Naples, Palermo and La Valletta. The cruise is a different experience to be sure, with new safety protocols, but […]
Scenic Cruises celebrates its first anniversary
Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours: the first anniversary of the inaugural cruise of the Scenic Eclipse, baptized in September 2019 with godmother Helen Mirren. In eight months of activity, given the block caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the luxury yacht visited 4 continents and more than 20 countries with its 228 passengers at maximum capacity […]
Costa Cruises: to restart cruising on September 6
Costa Cruises will be restarting its cruising schedule on September 6, with itineraries departing from Italian ports. The Costa Deliziosa will be the first ship to set sail with weekly cruises from Trieste through the Adriatic and Greece. The Costa Diadema will begin its first cruise on September 19 from Genoa heading to the western […]
Spirit of Adventure: installation of the interiors will begin
The Spirit of Adventure, the new Saga Cruises unit, left the Meyer Werft shipyards in Germany today. This is the second ship to be built here for the English company and it will be moved to a dock to proceed with the installation of the interiors. The Spirit of Adventure was originally due to enter […]
Carnival Imagination and Carnival Fascination decommissioned
Carnival Cruise Line has confirmed the suspension of service of both the Carnival Imagination and the Carnival Fascination. Both ships are from 1994 and are headed for a long-term laying-up, without any indication being given about their eventual return to use or a date in which that might occur. This operation is part of the […]
Cruise & Maritime Voyage falls victim to Covid-19
Cruise and Maritime Voyages, a company operating mainly in the English, French and German markets, has filed for bankruptcy because of the economic crisis caused by the global pandemic. CMV is famous for its cruises from the United Kingdom using old but historic ships with some of the longest times in service. The company had […]
Costa NeoRomantica sold to Celestyal Cruises
Celestyal Cruises announced today the purchase of Costa NeoRomantica from Costa Cruises. The cruise ship was on sold since long time. Celestyal Cruises’ CEO, Chris Theophilides, declared: “While COVID-19 has brought a temporary pause to our operations, it is important that we look to the future with optimism and continue to deliver on our strategic […]
Amsterdam and Rotterdam to Fred. Olsen Cruise Line
It was already known for awhile that Holland America Line had put up for sale the oldest ships in its fleet – a general consequence of the sector’s crisis that began with the Covid-19 pandemic. A buyer has been found, and it is Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, a company operating in the English market. The […]
Viking Cruises: trial cruises to test health protocols
Viking Cruises will do a trial run of both river and sea cruises with their new health protocols in place before resuming navigation. At the moment, cruises are canceled through September 30. Viking was the first cruise line to suspend cruises, on March 11, because of the worsening situation tied to the coronavirus. Although he […]
Monarch arrived in Aliaga for scrapping
The Monarch is currently arriving, today, July 13, late afternoon / early evening (local time) in Aliaga, Turkey, where it will be dismantled. The ship has gone through a whole process in recent days, and thus arrives at Aliaga with less than 20 crew members on board. The ship spent the last few days docked […]
Royal Caribbean now fully owns Silversea Cruises
Royal Caribbean has completed the acquisition of Silversea Cruises just two years after it acquired an initial two thirds of the company’s shares. As of today, the US Corporation owns the entire capital of Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio’s luxury cruise company. Up to now the acquisition of two thirds of Silversea by Royal Caribbean had not […]
Hapag-Lloyd: routes and protocols for resuming cruises
Beginning at the end of July, Hapag Lloyd Cruises will resume cruises with 40% less passengers on board with respect to the standard capacity levels as well as new routes adapting to port openings and health regulations. Eight new short cruises have already been scheduled and will begin and end in Hamburg, initially only for […]
Aida Cruises: ready to resume cruises in August
The cruise company AIDA Cruises has just released details about their new health and safety procedures on board and on the beginning of their gradual resumption of cruises, now scheduled to begin mid-August. In the month of August 2020 at least 5 Aida Cruises itineraries are scheduled to resume: As of August 15, 2020 AIDAperla (Hamburg […]
Birka Cruises ceases its cruising activities
Birka Cruises, the Swedish company known for its mini-cruises in the Baltic, recently announced that it would cease operations. Parent company, Rederi Ab Eckerö, began negotiations for the cessation of the Birka Stockholm itineraries. From March 16 on the ship of the company has been docked in Mariehamn, where it is currently still located, due […]
Cruise Crises: many ships put up for sale
The inevitable delay in the resumption of cruises has created the first consequences in terms of serious economic loses and the removal of many ships from service by different companies. Therefore, there has been an increase in the number of ships for sale by many companies and corporations. We start with the biggest, the Carnival […]
The Viking Venus float-out in Ancona from Fincantieri
Today the Viking Venus, the seventh ship built for Viking Oceans Cruises, was floated out at the Fincantieri shipyards in Ancona. Viking Oceans Cruises is the maritime branch of the colossal Viking Cruises. The interior fittings will now begin, with a final completion scheduled for 2021. The relationship between Viking and Fincantieri began in 2012 […]
The Silver Origin enters into the Silversea fleet
On June 3, 2020 the new ultra-luxury expedition ship, the Silver Origin, was officially delivered to Silversea Cruises. The ship was built in the De Hoop shipyards and completed with great skill and tenacity despite the obstacles imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Present on board for the unveiling were all the highest representatives of Silversea […]