Cruise giant in landmark ADA settlement with U.S.

JULY 23, 2015 — The Justice Department and Carnival Corp. today announced a comprehensive, landmark settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to advance equal access for individuals with disabilities

Genting pulls out all stops at Crystal Cruises

JULY 20, 2015 — When Genting Hong Kong (GHK) acquired Crystal Cruises back in March (see earlier story), Genting HK Chairman and CEO Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay said that Genting would

Cruise industry appoints its first American female captain

JULY 13, 2015 — San Francisco native Kate McCue is to be the cruise industry’s first ever American female captain. The 37 year old California Maritime Academy graduate and San Francisco native

Fincantieri resumes production at Monfalcone

JULY 7, 2015 — Fincantieri reports that yesterday the Prosecutor’s Office of Gorizia ordered the release of areas of the Monfalcone shipyard that had been closed as part of an investigation into

TUI Cruises orders two more from Turku

JULY 1, 2015 — The boards of TUI Group and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. have approved orders for two additional cruise ships for TUI Cruises and orders for them have now been

VHF recordings leaked following cruise ship collision

JUNE 29, 2015 — Though one passenger reportedly said the experience was “like being on the Titanic,” video shows that a collision between the elderly cruise ship Celestyal Crystal and a 38,734

Azipod D named Innovation of the Year

JUNE 26, 2015 — ABB has been awarded the Innovation of the Year Award for its Azipod D electric propulsion product at the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam, the

Smoke if not mirrors as Branson reveals Virgin Cruises plans

JUNE 23, 2015 — Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, announced today that Virgin Cruises has selected PortMiami as the home port for its first cruise ship that will set

Fincantieri cuts steel for its largest ship yet

JUNE 23, 2015 — Geneva, Switzerland, based MSC Cruises and shipbuilder Fincantieri yesterday cut the first steel for the cruise line’s next generation  MSC Seaside in a ceremony at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone, Italy,

Denmark issues reminder of Crimea cruise call prohibition

JUNE 19, 2015 — Every cruise line that anyone has ever heard of has already stopped calling Crimean ports since the Russian annexation of the area. Be that as it may, the

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