Millward's Maritime Matters

A Nile cruise has to be one of the most fantastic experiences, especially if you love river cruising and the history of this beautiful country. Way back in 2010 58,000 of us Brits took an Egyptian river cruise, that amount had gone down to just 3,600 in 2016. Of course, this…

As you probably know, NCL's new ship is the "Bliss."  It will be their 16th ship and will be sailing in Alaska and the Caribbean, starting in June 2018.  NCL have said, and I quote -"Norwegian Bliss will no doubt be our most incredible ship to date."  NCL have this…

After a lovely 2 weeks in Kefalonia we got to the airport at 1700 plenty of time for our return flight back to Newcastle at 2000.  If any of you have been to Kefalonia before you will know that the departure lounge (and airport) is very small (I am setting…

I do. It has to be up there on your wish list. I know it is not guaranteed of course that you do see them but if you did a cruise to the area where they are known to be seen, surely that has to stand in your favour! I…

We all love sailing around the Eastern Med, it has so much history and diversity. One of the largest islands in the Eastern Med is Cyprus, a lovely island yet there are not many cruises that sail from there, why? I think it would be a great destination to perhaps…

We all love a bit of romance don't we?  My 2 fab clients have just come back from the Rocky Mountaineer in Canada followed by a wonderful Alaskan cruise and guess what, they got engaged on the shores of Lake Louise!  How wonderful. They had such a fab holiday (apart…

Who could I be talking about?  MSC cruises that's who! They are still owned by the same Italian family and after starting off as a container shipping operation, they have now grown into the 4th biggest cruise line in the world, wow! what an achievement. Msc have in total 16 ships…

With all the news of new ships, new ports of call, new technology etc, I wonder if there is anywhere "new" that people have not visited yet? I guess that Antarctica must be one destination that not many people have visited for various reasons.  If you are one of those…

Recently some lovely clients of mind experienced their first river cruise, after my recommendation. A recommendation really is putting your own neck on the line, and telling people, you have got to do this, because..... How do I or my fellow cruise consultants really know you will like it? Just…

Of course they are! It is ridiculous that many single people are having to pay double the fare (in some cases) then a couple travelling together. The cruise lines have always promoted a cruise as a great holiday for single travellers, which it is, then they penalise them with huge…