New Excel-class Carnival ship will be a sister to Mardi Gras

Carnival aims for 52% capacity by November

Eight cruise line brands from Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise company, have announced plans to resume guest cruise operations, with AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland

Three Carnival brands plan to resume Alaska cruises in July, including Holland America Line, offering seven-day itineraries aboard Nieuw Amsterdam. [Image: Holland America Line]

Cruise lines get set for Alaska season

Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 1318, the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA). The legislation, led by Alaska’s U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, provides foreign-flag cruise ships

Crew members hold up vaccination cards

Holland America crew get vaccinated in Port of San Diego

While the CDC ban on cruising from American ports continues in place, cruise lines continue to prepare for a restart. Yesterday crew members from Holland America Line’s Koningsdam received their first dose

Carnival Breeze and Carnival Victory recently sailed into Galveston

Carnival Cruise Line works towards July resumption of U.S. cruises

Carnival Cruise Line is in talks with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is “working towards” restarting sailing in July, the cruise line’s president Christine Duffy said yesterday in an

White AIDA Cruises ship

Europe’s largest shore power plant opens

In a ceremony held in Rostock-Warnemünde yesterday during Germany’s 12th National Maritime Conference, the 2,174-passenger cruise ship AIDAsol inaugurated Europe’s largest shore power plants for ships. The power plant has been established

VIDEO: Carnival reluctant to switch ships from U.S., but …

Despite what some headlines might suggest, cruise giant Carnival appears to be reluctant to switch ships from U.S. ports. In a conference call with analysts yesterday, Steve Wieczynski of Stifel put this

Carnival to fit Wärtsilä waste treatment systems in multiple ships

arnival Corporation and Wärtsilä have signed a framework agreement covering the supply and installation of advanced waste water and dry waste treatment systems in up to 32 cruise ships. Wärtsilä’s Membrane Bioreactor

VIDEO: Meyer Turku shipyard floats out Costa Toscana

Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard today floated out Costa Toscana, the new flagship of Carnival Corporation’s Italian company, Costa Cruises. Like sister ship Costa Smeralda, the 337 meter, 6,730 passenger vessel will be

Carnival to offset marine lubricant CO2 emissions

Carnival Corporation, which, as we reported yesterday, is working towards resuming operations over the course of 2021, has awarded Shell Marine a multi-year lubricants contract for its global fleet of 89 ships.

cruise ship at sea

Cruise line shares rebound on Pfizer vaccine announcement

Prices of cruise lines stocks soared on the New York Stock Exchange today as Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced that their mRNA-based vaccine candidate had demonstrated evidence

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