Cruise News

Carnival Australia has pledged $350,000 to support the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.

Cruise lines supporting Australian bushfires

Cruise lines with close ties to hard-hit towns around coastal NSW, South Australia and Victoria have pledged their support.

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Polar bear spotting on Cruise Express expedition cruise on le Commandant Charcot.

Cruise Express tempts intrepid travellers with an Arctic expedition

The shipping news Sat Jan 18

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Grant Seuren and his Danish wife Helle set up Sail Croatia 15 years ago.

Sail Croatia to add two new ships to their fleet

If you're a small-ship cruiser perhaps 2020 is the year to go even smaller and discover Adriatic ports inaccessible to big-ship crowds.

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Controversial new ban on 'offensive' clothing for cruise passengers

A new ban on clothing that might be considered "offensive" has frequent Carnival Cruise Lines travellers wondering who gets to decide what the word means.

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Celebrity Eclipse to arrive in Melbourne in December 2020

It's now less than a year before Celebrity Eclipse sails into Melbourne as the newest Celebrity Cruises ship ever to homeport in Victoria.

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Magic Carpet Restaurant on Celebrity Apex.

Celebrity Cruises' new Celebrity Apex ship to make maiden

Celebrity Apex is headed for Spain and Portugal on an eight-night round-trip from Southampton in April.

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Some modern holidaymakers prefer a more casual vibe.

The controversy tearing cruising passengers apart

While that might be welcome news for travellers who just want to relax on holiday, it's a sad turn for many.

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Cruising through the Scottish islands with APT.

APT launch extraordinary 79-day odyssey, visiting 18 countries and more than 80 ports

APT announces a 79-day odyssey from Reykjavik to Istanbul while Cruise Express is heading to the spectacular Subantarctic aboard Ponant's luxury expedition yacht, Le Bellot.

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CMV's 1150-passenger Vasco da Gama ship arrives for summer season

CMV's 1150-passenger Vasco da Gama has arrived for its first three-month season.

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Sailing away on a Coral Expeditions ship.

Coral Expeditions releases itineraries for new ship Coral Geographer

The itineraries are part of the maiden voyage series of new ship Coral Geographer in early 2021.

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Silversea's Silver Spirit undergoes a world-first lengthening project.

Why cruise lines are cutting their ships in half, literally

A few weeks ago, John Delaney, president of Windstar Cruises, stood on a scaffold at a historic shipyard in Palermo, Italy, and took a blowtorch to the Star Breeze.