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MSC Cruises is to become the largest mainstream cruise line to offer sailings from Cuba.   MSC will offer the sailings board MSC Opera this winter, which will home-port in Havana instead of the popular Canary Islands itineraries the ship had been set to operate. The ship will operate 16 cruises…

A cruise ship passenger who threatened to 'jump ship' at the next port after complaining about his cabin was reportedly removed for being a security risk. Jack Moran, 85, from Crosby told the BBC he believes a misunderstanding led to his eviction from the Royal Caribbean International ship and is…

Virgin Cruises has agreed a deal to have three ships built to start sailing from 2020 and “redefine” the cruise experience.   The 2,800-passenger vessels are due to be delivered between 2020 and 2022. Each will be 110,000 tons and also carry 1,150 crew. The first vessel will be based…

Azamara have announced both Azamara Journey and Quest will have major refits next year. The first ship to have the refit will be Azamara Journey which goes into dry dock in January 2016 in the Bahamas . Followed shortly by and Azamara Quest will get its transformation in Singapore in April…

Thomson Cruises recently announced the purchase of 1,830-passenger Splendour of the Seas from Royal Caribbean Cruises, which is to join Thomson Cruises in summer 2016 as a replacement for Island Escape. Splendour of the Seas is to be renamed Thomson Discovery and will be the largest in the fleet. However last…

An order for a fourth ‘trailblazing’ Quantum-class ship was agreed overnight by Royal Caribbean Cruises. Royal Caribbean already has Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas in operation and Ovation of the Seas under construction. The fourth 4,180-passenger vessel, to be built at the Meyer Werft yard in…

As I may of mentioned over the last few weeks, I was travelling on a River Cruise with APT on the Tulip Time itinerary. I departed on Tuesday 21st April and returned last Saturday 25th April. APT (Australian Pacific Touring) are a 5* Luxury River Cruise Line. They offer itineraries…

Disney is to partner with AmaWaterways to offer family-focused river cruises on the Danube from 2016. A new AmaWaterways vessel will run the seven-night voyages between Budapest, Hungary and Vilshofen in Germany. River Cruising has always attracted the more mature customer, and have never catered for families like the ocean…

Royal Caribbean's newest class Quantum of the Seas is to have another ship, Ovation of the Seas. Set to debut in 2016 and from Southampton before being deployed in China. Three cruises from Southampton have been scheduled for the latest Quantum-class ship next spring. The vessel will then set off on…

River Cruises are becoming more and more popular. Figures this week show the number of UK passengers taking a river cruise rose by 6% or 8,000 last year to reach 139,400. The figure is expected to continue to rise in 2015 with the introduction of 16 river vessels by Clia…