The arrival of Cunard’s ship MS Queen Elizabeth in Belfast on Thursday morning marked an important milestone for the port and the city, welcoming the 1,000th cruise ship call. Belfast resumed cruise tourism in June this year, with UK-only itineraries and, to date, the arrival of the luxury ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is the 66th cruise call to the port of Belfast in 2021.
Holland America Line marked the return to the US West Coast cruises with the first sailing on the Ms Koningsdam from San Diego on October 10. The first guests were greeted by Captain Steve MacBeath; and Gus Antorcha, President of Holland America Line with Waving flags, cheering crew members and a "Welcome Home" sign as they boarded ms Koningsdam at the Port of San Diego.
October 13, 2021 was supposed to be the day for Disney Wonder’s stop in the port of Cabo San Lucas, but the tropical depression, expected to become Tropical Storm Pamela in the Pacific Ocean affected the itinerary and forced the ship to make a last-minute change and replace the port with a stop in Ensenada.
The Cayman Islands are off the itinerary charts for all cruise ships until the end of the year, after the government officials approved the extension of the ban on all cruise arrivals to the Island.
Costa Cruise’s latest LNG-powered XL-class ship Costa Toscana, headed out to sea trials on Monday, Finland-based shipbuilder Meyer Turku said. During the sea trials the ship’s operations and equipment will be tested for a little over a week, after returning back to the shipyard, the shipyard added. Assisted by the tugs, the ship left Meyer Turku while the event was witnessed by a large number of people gathered on nearby shores.
Norwegian Jade will host "Keep the Blues Alive," having the Legendary Steve Winwood and Joe Bonamassa onboard. After seven sold-out Caribbean cruises and the sold-out Mediterranean cruise, follows Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea Mediterranean II, 23-28th of August, 2022-sailing on the Norwegian Jade from Athens, Greece to Mykonos and to Kushadasi, Turkey.
President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that South Africa is moving to adjusted alert level 1 meaning that cruise tourism to the country can resume. The first cruise ship is scheduled to dock at the Cape Town Cruise Terminal in the V&A Waterfront on 18 November and a further 36 ships are expected between November 2021 and May 2022, according to a statement by Wesgro, the official tourism, trade and investment Labeeqah Schuurman, spokesperson for the Cruise Cape Town initiative, says there is a
ITA and Costa Cruises have signed a letter of intent that aims to define joint commercial initiatives for the promotion of the new products and services. The bilateral partnership between Ita which succeeds Alitalia and Costa Cruises “predicts that Ita be identified by Costa as the “preferred air carrier for cruise travel to medium and long destinations,” guaranteeing fly & cruise services.
March, 2020 was the last time a vessel on a regular cruise call visited the stunning beaches of St. Maarten. That means 12th of October, 2021, when Carnival Freedom docked the port with 1,700 passengers was a day of celebration, a day when officially Carnival Cruise Line returns to cruising to the island.
Marella Cruises today announced the fifth cruise ship joining its fleet, which will launch in 2023. The cruise line will welcome Marella Voyager which is currently sailing under TUI Cruises as Mein Schiff Herz. The Century-class ship was originally built for Celebrity Cruises and is identical sister ship to Marella Explorer.
