Cruise Liner News – Dozens fall sick aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) Liner – 7th February 2025
Around 90 passengers and crew on a Royal Caribbean cruise in the Gulf of Mexico have fallen sick with a gastrointestinal illness causing diarrhea and vomiting, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The German built cruise liner RADIANCE OF THE SEAS left Tampa, Florida, on Saturday for a 7 day cruise […]
Cruise Liner News – Royal Caribbean Cancels Bookings Due to Lifeboat Damage on RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS – September 2024
Guests that were booked for the September 15 sailing of the 1997 built liner RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS received an email from the cruise line informing them their cruise has been cancelled. Royal Caribbean International stated that the cancellation was due to damage to one of the vessel’s lifeboats, lowering the ship’s lifesaving capacity. She was […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Voyager of the Seas & Europa at Pinto 1 and 2 wharves in one day – 21.05.2024
The cruise industry is a major player in the global tourism industry, and it continues to grow year after year of which Valletta Cruise Port (VCP) looks forward to an excellent 2024. Valletta Cruise Port has announced an exceptional 2023, recording close to 900,000 passenger movements, an impressive increase of more than 65 percent over […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Marella Discovery, Marella Explorer and Marella Explorer 2 at Malta – May 2024
The British Cruise Line MARELLA CRUISES formerly Thomson Cruises that was founded in 1973 is one of the Cruise Lines that the Maltese Archipelago is included in their itinerary . During Week 18 of 2024 three (3) cruise liners stopped at Malta as their scheduled port of call – MARELLA EXPLORER calling at Valletta on […]
Gaza-Israel War – U.S. Government charters RCCL Cruise Ship to Evacuate Americans Stranded in Israel – 16.10.2023
U.S. Department of State in an effort to evacuate American citizens in the area, chartered the 1997 built cruise liner RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL). She entered Port of Haifa on Monday 16th October where she stayed for nearly 7 hours. Departing at mid day she carried around […]
Cruise Liner News – First cruise liner to dock at Wellington, New Zealand over 2 Years has active Covid-19 aboard on 25.10.2022
The first cruise liner in 2½ years to disembark passengers in Wellington at New Zealand had active Covid-19 aboard. The 2016 built 348 metre liner OVATION OF THE SEAS became the first cruise ship back into Wellington after 953 days on Tuesday 25th October, 2022 which has not been following current Covid isolation guidelines and […]
Haifa Port – May 2022 Movements
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Haifa Port – May 2021 Movements
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Haifa Port – April 2021 Movements
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Cruise Liner News – Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) sell EMPRESS OF THE SEAS and MAJESTY OF THE SEAS – December 2020
On Wednesday 16th December, 2020 Royal Caribbean International announced that both EMPRESS OF THE SEAS and MAJESTY OF THE SEAS were sold in the Asia-Pacific Region EMPRESS OF THE SEAS was launched in 1990 as NORDIC EMPRESS by Royal Caribbean following the acquisition of Admiral Cruises. She was designed specifically for the short cruise market, […]
