Carnival Cruise Line will bring the fun at sea at the annual New Year’s Eve celebration as the official sponsor of Times Square New Year's Eve, musical sponsor, and countdown clock sponsor for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" on ABC. Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy will joinn the celebrations by lighting the iconic New Year's Eve Ball in New York's Times Square, together with nearly 100,000 passengers sailing on Carnival's 24 ships.

This month Netflix released the documentary "The Volcano: Rescue in Whakaari" telling the story of the deadly volcano eruption in New Zealand, through the testimonies of survivors and rescuers. The tragedy on White Island claimed the lives of 22 people, most of them passengers sailing aboard the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas.

After completing its transpacific voyage from the US, the Norwegian Spirit arrived in Sydney Australia on a beautiful sunny day. The Norwegian Spirit sailed by the iconic Opera House and Harbor Bridge before docking at the Sydney Harbour as NCL’s first cruise ship to return down under in three years.

After celebrating the first 100K followers on Instagram, MSC Cruises continues to focus on social media marketing and has also strengthened its presence on TikTok. The Company has identified a new way to continue pursuing its growth strategy on TikTok in terms of brand awareness, while continuing on traditional channels, but also accompanies new communication channels such as the rapidly growing social media platform.

A guest died aboard the Carnival Legend, on Monday, December 20, while the cruise ship was sailing an 8-day Eastern Caribbean Christmas cruise. Several passengers reported that a man overboard signal was sounded on the public address system saying that from the deck cams there were lights in the water and that the crew even lowered a lifeboat.

A Royal Caribbean International ship was forced to cancel scheduled calls to Noumea & Mystery Island due to a technical issue that resulted in a reduced cruising speed.

The leader in global content connectivity solutions, SES announced that the first two O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. O3b mPOWER are second-generation MEO satellites that will enhance global connectivity to users including the Princess Cruises’ MedallionNet WiFi making gigabyte connectivity the new cruise standard.

With the official handover by Meyer Werft  Shipyards in Bremerhaven, Germany P&O Cruises welcomed the new cruise ship Arvia to its fleet.

The second LNG-fuelled cruise ship of the Helios-class for the British cruise company was built at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, just like her sister ship P&O Iona.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. announced major changes in key senior executive leadership positions at two of its wholly-owned brands. Effective January 1, 2023, Andrea DeMarco, current Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will serve as President of Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Frank A. Del Rio, current Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Oceania Cruises, will serve as President of Oceania Cruises, succeeding Howard Sherman.

Silversea Cruises announced that the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer Roberto Martinoli, will assume a new corporate roll and will serve as a senior advisor to Royal Caribbean Group President and CEO Jason Liberty. Starting January 1, 2023 Barbara Muckermann, who is currently Chief Commercial Officer, will take over the postion as Silversea's next president and CEO.