Large cruise ship in dry dock at Finnish shipyard.

Buoyant bookings boost cruise line hopes 

Cruise lines are in the business of pleasing people. They must be. They’re the only shipowners whose cargo can talk back, and not only talk but tweet, yelp, like/dislike and all the

American Song river cruise ship travels down the Snake River.

River cruising takes off on U.S. inland waters 

American river cruising continues to take off with new ships coming on line for service along inland and intracoastal rivers throughout the country. One leading line, Guildford, Conn.-based American Cruise Lines has

Top Women in Maritime

Top Women in Maritime 2022 video debuts at TTB

Every year, Marine Log’s editorial team carefully selects 20 women of varied backgrounds, ages and locations as its Top Women in Maritime based on nominations submitted by those in the industry. In

River cruise ship passes by mountains on the water

March 2023

In this issue, we go over how inland and ocean cruising is making a comeback and how ports and terminals are preparing for it.

Viking Mississippi [Image: Viking River Cruises]

Marine Log’s “Distinctive Deliveries” of 2022 announced

In our December issue, we published our “Distinctive Deliveries” feature, recognizing a unique variety of vessels delivered in 2022. Here’s what made the list: Ever Alot   World’s largest containership  Evergreen Marine Corporation

CSSC cruise ship

Chinese cruise ship design gains AiP

A design for an 80,000 gt cruise ship developed independently by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has been given Approval in Principle (AiP) by China Classification Society (CCS). CSSC sees this as

Disney Cruise Line ship

Disney to complete and transform former Global Dream

The giant cruise ship left partially completed in the wake of the collapse of Genting Hong Kong has been acquired by Disney Cruise Line. The ship, formerly known as Global Dream, will

Cruising: Pleasing the guests is the easy part

Back in revenue operations after an around 500 days pause imposed by COVID regulations, the good news for the cruise industry is that the market for its product didn’t go away. Bookings

October 2022 Marine Log magazine

October 2022

Leading up to Marine Log’s FERRIES 2022 conference, we look at the ferry market and ridership, ferry design, and what’s happening in the cruise ship industry.

Carnival corporation CEO

Carnival narrows losses, ups revenues and disappoints analysts

The world’s largest cruise company — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) — had some positive trends to report when it released its third quarter 2022 business update this morning.

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