The U.S. Coast Guard conducted medical evacuation of a crew member from the cruise ship Celebrity Summit approximately 230 miles off the coast of New Jersey, Monday afternoon.
The expansion of Princess Cruise fleet continues with the new Royal class ship scheduled for her maiden season in summer 2020. After the Royal Princess, Regal Princess, Majestic Princess and Sky Princess, the latest Royal class ship will be named Enchanted Princess.
Genting Cruise Lines premium brands Crystal Cruises, and Dream Cruises were recognized at the Condé Nast Traveler China 2018 awards. Through a statement, Genting Cruise Lines indicated that both companies were recognized among the best cruise lines operating in Asia, in their categories. Ms. Christine Li, Senior Vice President, Marketing of Genting Cruise Lines and Mr.
The cruise ship Pacific Princess changed its course in the North Sea to rescue three men in a life raft who had sent up a flare. The vessel was heading back to the port of Dover after an eight-day voyage to the British Isles when an S.O.S. signal was sent to rescue the men, who were floating in a small life raft.
P&O Australia has announced the sale of its cruise ship Pacific Jewel in March 2019. The Cruise Line will be adding two larger cruise liners in its fleet which are currently operated by Princess Cruises, but not until 2020. This means that they will be short for two cruise ships for a year since the second vessel, Pacific Eden was sold in recent months and will head to Cruise & Maritime Voyages in 2019.
P&O Cruises has sent an email to their customers informing them that the company will no longer charge gratuities or as they refer to discretionary daily service charges.
In many aspects, the so-called ship life is quite different from any land-based environment. Here are some challenges people working on cruise ships are experiencing on a daily basis. Some of them sound funny but this is the ship life reality.
A 46-year-old British woman was rescued after falling from the cruise ship Norwegian Star off the coast of Croatia, the country's coastguard reported. Croatian Coast Guard said the woman identified as Kay Longstaff was rescued 10 hours after falling into the Adriatic Sea some 45 nautical miles offshore - around 11.45 pm on Saturday.
This 4-year-old girl has had enough, and decided to take the matters into her hands after her father ignored her by talking on his cell phone. She kissed her dad’s phone bye-bye and throw it overboard. After watching the video many people approve of the little girls' reaction saying that the cell phones have taken over our lives and turned away our focus on what’s most important.
For the first time, the Portuguese capital will be host for the baptism of a new generation cruise ship, the Mein Schiff 2. The latest TUI Cruises vessel will be christened in Lisbon on February 9, 2019, the Port of Lisbon reported in a press release.
