One of the biggest German cruise lines TUI Cruises is canceling ship arrivals in Turkey, reports the respected cruise site Schiffe und Kreuzfahrten. The last call in Turkey will be in April 2019, when the cruise ship “Mein Schiff 4” will be visiting the port of Bodrum for the last time.
Before the start of the Caribbean season, two Costa cruise ships entered drydock in Marseille shipyards. In addition to routine maintenance, Costa Magica and Costa Pacifica will get significant improvements in catering and wellness facilities at the Chantier Naval de Marseille dock in Port of Marseille.
A crew member was evacuated from one of the largest cruise ships in the world Ovation of the Seas.
Carnival Triumph Thursday arrival in the port of New Orleans has been delayed due to technical issues. Because of propulsion problems affecting the maximum cruising speed the vessel arrival was rescheduled for 8:00 p.m on Thursday.
The German cruise line AIDA has presented a check to the SOS Children's Village Iloilo in the southeast Philippine island of Panay. The donation was made possible by the proceeds from the onboard sales of the book "Kreativ - fold the most beautiful towel animals", in which the cruise operator gathers ideas for artfully folded animals.
Carnival Cruise Line announced today it is revamping the menus for several of its specialty dining venues and reintroducing Baked Alaska across the fleet. After several years the classic dessert made of cake and ice cream topped with merengue is being reintroduced to all Carnival cruise ships.
In a recent U.S.P.H. inspection conducted on November 26, 2017, Celebrity Cruises ship, Celebrity Eclipse earned perfect 100 points. The 122,000-ton cruise ship was returning from a Caribbean voyage to its homeport Miami, Florida when the unannounced inspection was conducted. CDC inspectors boarded the Eclipse and after several hours the cruise ship received a perfect score of 100 points with compliments to all crew for their amazing and hard work.
Passengers and crew onboard the cruise ship Celebrity Reflection which left Fort Lauderdale on November 17, have been hit with an aggressive outbreak of gastro virus.
I have received a message from MSC Cruises crew member saying that the onboard security officers are confiscating the sauce SAMBAL from the Indonesian crew. Allegedly the sign-on crew which has brought sambal from back home are not allowed to bring it on the ship and security takes the sauce. Now you will say it’s not a big deal and why bother to write about it. Well, that’s not all.
Azamara Club Cruises has announced senior officers of their latest cruise ship Azamara Pursuit. With the announcement of the team of highly accomplished professionals, the ship is guaranteed to be a success since its first cruise in August 2018. Senior captain Carl Smith, Cruise Director Tony Markey, and Hotel Director Ryszard Gusmann are very popular with Azamara loyal guests, so they will help to continue company’s success.
