Royal Caribbean Group is officially moving ahead with its next new ship concept. The company announced it has signed agreements with the French shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique to build a brand-new ship class called Discovery Class. The deal includes two confirmed ships, with options for up to four more.

The first Discovery Class ship is scheduled to enter service in 2029, with a second ship expected to follow in the early 2030s.

Oceania Cruises marked a major milestone in its next phase of growth on Tuesday with the keel-laying ceremony for its newest ship, Oceania Sonata, held in Venice.

MSC Cruises is bringing star power back to the high seas, reuniting Drew Barrymore and Orlando Bloom in a fresh series of advertisements as part of its ongoing “Let’s Holiday” brand campaign.

The cruise ship Seven Seas Voyager, operated by Regent Seven Seas Cruises, reported a small number of illness cases during its current 14-day round-trip from Cape Town, South Africa.

Carnival’s cruise operation in Australia found itself in the spotlight last week after the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) rolled out a headline-grabbing claim: 

Workers earning as little as $2.50 an hour, stuck with “precarious contracts,” “cramped living conditions,” and “poor quality food and water,” plus a long list of other onboard horrors. 

The luxury expedition cruise ship Scenic Eclipse II ran into trouble in the Ross Sea in Antarctica after becoming trapped in thick pack ice. The vessel was about eight nautical miles from the McMurdo area when requested assistance by the U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star.

Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas is making a slow return to Australia after experiencing a technical issue that impacted the ship’s speed during a cruise to New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

Alpine unveiled the look of its 2026 Formula 1 A526, during a launch event held onboard the cruise ship MSC World Europa off the Catalan coast near Barcelona, marking what the team is calling the start of a new chapter, including the switch to Mercedes power.

More than two years after the death of Gessica Disertore, a 27-year-old pastry chef from Italy working onboard Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Fantasy, Italian authorities are moving toward closing the case with a suicide conclusion, a decision her family continues to contest.

Meyer Turku has officially started building Royal Caribbean International’s fifth Icon-class cruise ship, Icon 5. With the project now underway, the new mega-ship is slated for delivery in summer 2028.