News
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Porthole 20 Sep 22
Tuesday | Sep 20 2022OCEANIA Cruises CEO Howard Sherman this week highlighted the huge global opportunity for the industry among younger retirees, with improving health demographics meaning people still having plenty of energy to explore the world even after they stop working.
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CW for Tue 20 Sep 2022
Tuesday | Sep 20 2022Sherman: Oceania Cruises coming out strong, new Swan Hellenic appointment, cruising back in Melbourne, Ponant Smithsonian cruises, American, and more.
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P&O Aus to pioneer Vanuatu return
Monday | Sep 19 2022P&O Cruises and Vanuatu will work together to achieve a restart of cruising in the country later this year, with two voyages from Australia.
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Cruise lines cancelling Bermuda calls
Monday | Sep 19 2022CRUISE lines are cancelling Bermuda (pictured) calls over its continued COVID-19 requirements, as the country continues with compulsory supervised on-board testing.
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RCI to ditch HK restart?
Monday | Sep 19 2022THE Government of Hong Kong’s “slow speed” has been blamed for Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) possible abandonment of its plans to resume service from the country (CW 19 Aug), the South China Morning Post has reported.
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HAL biofuel test
Monday | Sep 19 2022HOLLAND America Line (HAL) has reported positive results from what one of the industry’s first biofuel tests, on board Volendam.
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Celebration trials
Monday | Sep 19 2022CARNIVAL Cruise Line’s Carnival Celebration has successfully completed her sea trials ahead of her debut at PortMiami in Nov.
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Meyer approval
Monday | Sep 19 2022THE next step to Meyer Werft’s climate-neutral ship has been ticked, with the methanol-powered fuel cell system being produced by Freudenberg e-Power Systems receiving class approval.
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RCI cruise switched
Monday | Sep 19 2022ROYAL Caribbean International’s (RCI) Harmony of the Seas has reportedly switched itineraries for its current cruise due to Tropical Storm Fiona.
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Porthole 19 Sep 22
Monday | Sep 19 2022WITH just over a month until Royal Caribbean International brings two of its Quantum-class ships back to Australia, the cruise line’s staff members are tuning up the fleet’s robot bartenders, B1-0 and N-1-C.