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P&O Cruises Debuts New Livery

This past week, P&O Cruises debuted a new British themed livery for its fleet of ships. The new livery features an enlarged, modified British flag on the ship’s hull and bow, accompanied by a blue funnel with the line’s gold rising sun logo. The ship’s modified flag design will be the longest version of the […]

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Costa Concordia Scheduled To Be Removed In June, Secondary Investigation Underway

A press conference was held today in Rome, detailing the removal operations plan for the Costa Concordia. The press conference was led by officials from the removal project’s team, Costa Cruises, and Italian government officials. Officials announced today that the Costa Concordia would be removed by June of this year. The preparations to refloat the […]

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Norwegian Getaway Delivered to Norwegian Cruise Line

Today during a ceremony in Bremerhaven, Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of the 145,655 gross ton cruise ship Norwegian Getaway from Meyer Werft after a building period of only 15 months. The ship, the second of two Breakaway Class ships, is being delivered just nine months after the launch of sister-ship Norwegian Breakaway. Following delivery […]

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Carnival Paradise Delayed By Fog

The Carnival Paradise was delayed a number of hours after the Port of Tampa experienced heavy morning fog. The Port of Tampa closed itself to traffic early this morning, forcing the ship to remain at anchor off of the Florida coast. The port reopened around 11:15 am and the Carnival Paradise has begun making it’s […]

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Major Snow Storm Delays Cunard Ship

Cunard Line has announced that the departure of the Queen Mary 2 from New York City will be delayed significantly due to the current snow storm. The announcement was made via Cunard’s Twitter account: For all guests boarding Queen Mary 2 in New York today, we can confirm that she will not depart before midnight, […]

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The Cruise Industry: How Far We’ve Come

110 Plus Years Of History Since 1900, the cruise industry has come a long way. Ships have become larger, crews have changed, and cruise lines have come and go. Let’s take a look back at our humble beginnings and discover how we’ve evolved into the modern day cruise industry. Let’s see how far we’ve come. […]

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Rescue Operation For Explorer Vessel Stranded In Antarctica Delayed

Earlier this week, an Antarctic explorer ship, the Akademik Shokalskiy, became trapped in a field of ice near Antarctica. The ship sent a distress call on Christmas morning to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The AMSA dispatched three ice breaking ships to help free the Akademik Shokalskiy from the field of ice. The first of the three […]

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Holland America Line Gives Back For Christmas

Holland America Line’s corporate culture encourages crew members and employees to give of themselves throughout the year. During this past Christmas season, Holland America Line’s own employees made extra efforts to honor this integral part of their corporate culture. Earlier this month, 400 Holland America Line and Seabourn employees teamed up with CEO Stein Kruse, Director […]

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Deal Suggests Norwegian Escape Will Homeport At PortMiami

According to a report by multiple local Miami news outlets, Norwegian Cruise Line has signed a deal with PortMiami to base another new build at the port beginning in 2015. The deal, which was approved earlier this week by the Miami-Dade County Commissioners, will have Norwegian base one of its new builds and hold the new build’s […]

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Christmas Week NewsBrief

Christmas is a busy time of year for many cruisers and we here at Cruise Currents are no exception. Here is a special edition of NewsBrief covering news stories we did not have time to cover during the busy Christmas week: Expedition Ship Stranded In Antarctica A small expedition ship, Akademik Shokalskiy, operated by Aurora Expeditions, […]

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MSC Cruises To Send Ship To Australia In 2015

MSC Cruises has announced the MSC Orchestra will become the first ship in their fleet to go “down under.” The MSC Orchestra will make the line’s inaugural call in Australia during a special 33 night Indian Ocean sailing in 2015. Departing on February 21, 2015 from Dubai, the ship will call in India, Thailand, Malaysia, […]

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Lawsuit, CNN Accuse Carnival Of Ignoring Safety Concerns Aboard Carnival Triumph, Carnival Refutes Claims With Exclusive Documents

Earlier this week, passengers from the Carnival Triumph’s February 2013 sailing that lost power after suffering a small engine room fire filed a lawsuit against Carnival, claiming the cruise line knew of the dangers that lie ahead. The lawsuit claims that the Carnival Triumph should have never set sail from Galveston in February, as the […]