Cruise line companies might be in financial dire straits, but their captains are coining it in.
The average salary for a cruise liner captain jumped 22.8 per cent last year to $153,379 with wage rates for master mariners aboard less glamorous bulk carriers and container ships receiving a 16 per cent boost to $110,981.

Chief officers aboard cargo ships did even better than their captains in terms of pay rises, logging a 27.5 per cent increase to $82,737 a year.

This year the cruise companies have worked very hard to surprise cruise lovers with great April fools pranks. Aldo we love to see some of this innovations in reality we are far from getting there.

On 1st of April, Carnival Cruise Line has announced construction of submarine as part of their fleet for ocean deep-sea exploration. Releasing this cool photo of submarine with Carnivals unique funnel they say: 

TMZ Magazine revealed that the English pop singer, Elton John, is being sued for copyright infringement by a man named Guy Hobbs. He accuses Elton for stealing the lyrics from his song Natasha written by Guy Hobbs in 1982 and recorded by Elton John three years later as Nikita.

Guy says his song was written shortly after experiencing a romantic affair with a Russian waitress on a cruise ship.

It sounds like science fiction. The video presented by Rolls Royce shows their vision of the ground control centers of maritime traffic, which can monitor and control vessels.

The Forbes magazine released The World's Billionaires list for 2016. Among the richest people in the world are the owners and shareholders of the major cruise line companies. As you can see from the list three families rule the global cruise ship industry. Gianluigi Aponte and his wife Rafaela established MSC shipping company in 1970 which operates today around 500 vessels.

By Marsha Volgyi 

The first Clear Lounge Underwater Oxygen Bar is a unique cool place to visit if your cruise ship visits Cozumel Mexico.

If you want to mail to Disney Cruise Line crew members something, be it letters or a care package, you can do so at these addresses.

Christine Schofield, 72, caught a great white shark jumping out of the water in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, when shooting a cruise ship that was in the bay.

Princess Cruises enforces alcohol controls for Its crew members. The policies are as follows.

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