Carnival Cruise Line is celebrating Antonio Coppola’s promotion to Chief Engineer, now leading the technical team aboard Carnival Adventure.

Carnival President Christine Duffy shared the news on after Coppola flew from Australia to Miami for the celebration. Sareing his progress through the company and the roles that helped bring him to this milestone.

Duffy said Coppola helped launch Carnival’s Facility Maintenance Manager role before serving as Staff Chief Engineer. In June, he took technical command of Carnival Adventure.

Working on a cruise ship means sharing everyday life with people from across the world. Different languages, traditions and backgrounds come together in one workplace, where colleagues can become an important part of each other’s lives.

Aboard Costa Diadema, that international community recently becamed the focus of an Around the World evening dedicated to the crew.

A favourite drink by the pool, a friendly conversation or a little extra attention during a special occasion can become part of what someone remembers most about a cruise. Behind those moments is a crew member helping make the experience personal.

There were two familiar captains on the bridge of the cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 when German entertainer Florian Silbereisen paid a visit to Captain Jan F. Schubert during a special anniversary cruise.

TUI Cruises shared the meeting showing the ship’s captain alongside the actor who plays Captain Max Parger in the popular German television series “Das Traumschiff.” Silbereisen was aboard as a guest entertainer during a full-ship charter organized by Polster & Pohl Reisen.

The Port of Valencia has become a testing site for a floating solar energy project designed to operate in marine conditions.

Spain’s first pre-commercial offshore floating solar demonstrator is fully installed and entering its testing phase. The project has a combined capacity of one megawatt.

The installation consists of two 500-kilowatt platforms developed by BlueNewables with support from Naturgy.

Crystal has thanked its crew and partners after being named Best Luxury Cruise Line at the 2026 Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards.

Sharing the news on LinkedIn, the company recognized the people who deliver the onboard experience every day. Evon Ler, Crystal’s Director of Sales for Asia, accepted the award on the cruise line’s behalf.

The ceremony took place at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, on October 1. Travel Weekly Asia confirmed Crystal’s win among 46 awards presented across seven categories.

Some crew members aboard Virgin Voyages’ Valiant Lady are being denied shore leave in New York, according to a message and shipboard announcement shared with Crew Center.

The crew member, who asked to remain anonymous, says the restrictions have affected the shore leave on embarkation days, even for basic shopping or a short break.

Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady broke away from its berth at the port of Rhodes after several mooring lines snapped on Wednesday evening, September 30. An anonymous crew member who contacted Crew Center said the ship’s gangway fell into the water as the vessel moved away from the pier.

The incident happened shortly after 8:15 p.m. Local outlet neakriti.gr said strong waves caused several lines securing the cruise ship to break, allowing Scarlet Lady to move across the harbor and come into contact with a catamaran and two boats. 

Crew members aboard Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam have demonstrated that discarded materials can become a source of creativity.

During the ship’s “Best Out of Waste” competition, team members transformed recyclable items and other waste materials into imaginative works of art.

Holland America Line shared photographs from the competition and congratulated its winners while thanking everyone who participated.

MSC Cruises has marked a major construction milestone for MSC World Atlantic, which floated out for the first time at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France.

The float-out moved the vessel from its construction dock into the water, allowing work to enter its final stages before delivery.

Scheduled to begin sailing from Port Canaveral in November 2027, MSC World Atlantic will become the 25th ship in the MSC Cruises fleet.