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Cruise News & Reviews
CRUISING GOES TO DIZZIER AND DIZZIER HEIGHTS 
As the 227,700gt Harmony of the Seas will look like when she sails from Rome and Barcelona this European Spring. It's a sight to stop anyone in his or her tracks, as this vast moving mini-city sweeps by on the horizon. The entertainment options defy comprehension, and the eating choices will nullify any thoughts of culinary restraint. Yet, this remains mass-market cruising, not to everyone's taste. BOUDICCA TO CRUISE LOCALLY IN 2017/18 SUMMER 
The exciting news however is that we haven't seen the last of this elegant ship; she'll be back next year and for an extended stay. Although none of this is official, PORTS & SHIPS sources say that BOUDICCA will have an extended five-month stay in South African waters between the months of October 2017 and March 2018. During this time she will sail from Cape Town and from Durban to selected destinations such as Walvis Bay on the west coast and may even spend a few weeks in Mauritius waters cruising from there to exotic Indian Ocean islands. CHINA IS NABBING THE WORLD CRUISE MARKET! The biggest cruise operators are sailing full ahead to China. Amid worries that demand for cruises may be peaking in some rich countries, the big players are now sailing into the biggest potential market of all..! The really big news is the emergence of Chinese consumers ready to take a cruise holiday. Between 2013 and 2015 growth has been in double digits, both in capacity deployed in the region and in the number of Asians cruising, according to the American Cruise Travel magazine. MSC Cruises appoints new UK head Antonio Paradiso to be appointed MD for MSC Cruises UK as the Company looks to further expand its business across the UK and Ireland. MSC Cruises, the Swiss-based world's largest privately-owned cruise line and market leader in Europe, South America and South Africa, announced today the appointment of Antonio Paradiso as Managing Director (MD) for the MSC Cruises' business in the UK and Ireland, effective 1 March 2016. Antonio will be replacing outgoing MD, Giles Hawke, who will be leaving the Company in April 2016 Queen Elizabeth; maiden call to South African ports Cunard's QUEEN ELIZABETH has arrived on her maiden visit to the Mother City, Cape Town and will also be visiting Port Elizabeth. Cruise ship AIDAprima catches fire in shipyard The cruise ship AIDAprima, nearing completion at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, has had a fire occur onboard, leaving extensive but not crippling damage to the vessel. The Ultimate Abyss, Tallest water slide afloat Royal Caribbean has unveiled the Ultimate Abyss, said to be the tallest slide at sea. The Ultimate Abyss will initiate the bravest of guests and challenge them into proving their courage from onboard the HARMONY OF THE SEAS when the huge ship enters service in May this year. Crystal Espirit named in the Seychelles The rapidly expanding Crystal Cruises has officially welcomed its baby sister tp the fleet of ships, with CRYSTAL ESPIRIT being christened at an elegant ceremony held at Eden Island Marina in Mahe, Victoria, Seychelles. Crystal Cruises' president and CEO, edie Rodriguez was host to a distinguished audience of local dignitaries, travel partners and executives from the line's parent new company, Genting Hong Kong (GHK) NCL again voted world's Leading Large Ship Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has once again been named the "World's Leading Large Ship Cruise Line" by the World Travel Awards, marking the fourth consecutive year that the company has been honoured with this accolade. In addition, Norwegian won in a new category this year for the "World's Leading Cruise Line Website." Thomas Miller Helps renovate Africa's oldest ship Believed to be the oldest ship still afloat in Africa, the 38m long motor ship Chauncy Maples is to be renovated as a floating clinic on Lake Malawi ... SAGA ROSE reappears... and... Fire on the Deutschland The SAGA ROSE has reappeared off the Chinese coast ... meanwhile the Peter Deilman cruise ship DEUTSCHLAND has been damaged by fire ... SAGA ROSE mystery moves to Maputo Just when we thought the mystery of the SAGA ROSE had been cleared up, the ship takes another turn and confuses everyone ... Hapag-Lloyd Cruises offers young musicians the chance to compete for €15,000 prize Following last year’s major success, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ flagship, MS EUROPA in cooperation with eight prestigious international opera houses, will be hosting their second annual classical music competition at sea ... The saga of Saga Rose’s mystery voyage The mystery surrounding the voyage of the cruise ship SAGA ROSE continues to intrigue ship watchers across the world, puzzled by the direction the aging vessel has taken and still guessing her ultimate destination ... Maiden voyage of QUEEN MARY 2 to a South Africa port – Durban’s does her proud It was a day of which Durban can be proud. People turned out in their thousands to welcome the ship and visit vantage points around Durban Bay simply to gaze in awe and admiration on the largest cruise ship ever to visit Durban and a South African harbour ... QUEEN MARY 2 to dock at O shed in Durban Queen Mary 2 arrived in South Africa on Tuesday, 23 March when she visited Durban for a ... Hamburg celebrates newest jewel in MSC Crociere fleet In Hamburg, Germany, international legend of the silver screen Sophia Loren has christened the newest jewel in the MSC Crociere fleet, MSC MAGNIFICA ... MSC Cruises places order for new Fantasia class ship MSC Cruises has signed a letter on intent with the St Nazairre Shipyard for a new Fantasia class cruise ship in 2012 ... MSC Crociere has officially taken delivery of its new ship MSC Magnifica from ... Instead of cruise ship reports as was intended for this space, we’ve decided today to include in the section some pictures of the cruise ship Amsterdam ... SPECIAL REPORT - The cruise industry has weathered the most challenging 18 months in its history and is looking ahead with optimism and a proud sense of achievement, says the Cruise Lines International Association ... Red Sea Ports Authority says it will expect payment from the owners of the cruise ship COSTA EUROPA for repairs necessary to a pier after a collision ... Oh to be a soccer fan! That was the thought when leaving the cruise ship AMSTERDAM late on Friday night ... The Royal Mail ship RMS St Helena, which is the last operating British mailship, is due in Walvis Bay today for the last time. ... Ship enthusiasts will be calling for more than a double gin and tonic after hearing that the debt-laden Dubai World group is preparing a ‘firesale’ that includes the famed liner QE2 ... Fancy a cruise with a difference? Hapag-Lloyd is offering a Northwest Passage cruise ... Cruise ships of the Royal Caribbean Line are continuing to call at Haiti despite last week;s devastating earthquake ... Silverseas is considering an option for another ship and in Italy the launching of the latest Cunard cruise ship Queen Elizabeth has been performed with all due ceremony ... Indian shipping authorities denied reports at the weekend that the Italian cruise ship COSTA ROMANTICA had been attacked by pirates off the Oman coast ... US cruising giant Carnival Corp & Plc announced this week that it has placed an order with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri Monfalcone for a new cruise ship ... UK-based All Leisure Group has announced the acquisition of the cruise ship ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT ... MSC Sinfonia docked in Durban yesterday (Monday) after completing her maiden voyage from the port – a two-night cruise to nowhere ... “We know South Africa well and she knows us well as the biggest user of her ports. We felt the market was ready for a more sophisticated ship,” said Pierfrancesco Vago, MSC Cruises’ CEO ... MSC’s cruise ship MSC SINFONIA arrived in Durban on Friday morning ... It’s been a rough ride for the world’s biggest ever cruise ship, the 228,000-gt OASIS OF THE SEAS which is completing her maiden Transatlantic crossing this week ... It’s only a day before MSC SINFONIA arrives in Cape Town tomorrow morning and less than a week before she reaches her final destination, Durban ... After nearly six years in the making, Royal Caribbean International took delivery last week of its newest and most revolutionary cruise ship, OASIS OF THE SEAS ... Tokyo Groove will play live on deck under the stars aboard MSC Sinfonia when she docks in Durban ... MSC Sinfonia has departed Livorno, Italy on a 20 day maiden cruise to Durban, South Africa, for the start of her first ever cruise season in the Indian Ocean. A bumper summer cruise season is forecast for Southern Africa as passenger bookings for the largest and most modern ship ever ... Pirates operating in the area around Somalia have succeeded in chasing away another cruise line from operating in ‘their’ waters ... PORTS & SHIPS' Cruise Schedule that lists nearly 300 cruise ship calls at ports along the African east and southern coasts and Indian Ocean Islands is now available ... Carnival Cruises has announced that the P&O Cruises ship ARTEMIS (44,588-gt, built 1984, 1260-passengers) has been sold to a European tour operator ... Two HOlland America cruise ships, Noordam and Westerdam are due in South AFrica as floating hotels during th 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup ... Question marks about the suitability of bringing the passenger liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 to Cape Town as a floating hotel have begun surfacing ... The 122,000gt cruise ship CELEBRITY EQUINOX has been handed over to Celebrity Cruises ... Nakheel, the Dubai-based owner of the ex-Cunard liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 has confirmed that the ship will be transferring to Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront ... Recent reports of the possibility of the QE2 being brought to Cape Town from Dubai to become a floating hotel have aroused considerable interest... Topping the cruise rumour market this week are reports of the passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2’s possible move from Dubai to Cape Town. ... Work has begun in an Italian shipyard on constructing Cunard’s third new building in seven years, the 90,400-gt passenger ship QUEEN ELIZABETH ... A fire broke out in the engine room of the Princess Cruises’ cruise ship ROYAL PRINCESS last Thursday ... Sunday's launch of the Cruise Indian Ocean Association promises a new era in marketing the Africa east and south coast as a cruise destination ... It's Friday and as usual the News this day is all about the wonderful world of cruising. This week's Cruise News and Reviews carries the following stories: a short collection of news from the wonderful world of cruising It's Friday and as usual the News this day is all about the wonderful world of cruising. It's Friday and as usual the News this day is all about the wonderful world of cruising. 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Being on the internet of course, it will still be here on Monday as well. ... news and some views from the wonderful world of cruising ... the latest news and views from the wonderful world of cruising ... Cruise News & Reviews will appear on Friday this week and in future. NCL receives a welcome injection of capital - Vernon Buxton's column of cruise news ... Being Wednesday means that it's time for another chapter from the wonderful world of cruising ... It's Wednesday and time for another look at the wonderful world of cruising ... a weekly dose of just cruisin' ... a weekly look at the wonderful world of cruising ... it's Wednesday and time for more from the wonderful world of cruising ... a weekly look at the world of cruising ... it's that time of week again, with more from the wonderful world of cruising ... more from the wonderful world of cruising ... a weekly look into the wonderful world of cruising ... it's cruising time again.... ... time to go cruising! ... time again for more from the wonderful world of cruising ... a weekly dose of news and comment on the wonderful world of cruising ... It's Wednesday and time for more news and views from the wonderful world of cruising ... Presumably if you're reading this feature, then you're also into the pleasures of cruising? ... more news and views from the wonderful world of cruising ... Its Wednesday and that means it's that time of week again - more news and reviews from the wonderful world of cruising ... ... It's Wednesday again and time for more news and reviews from the wonderful world of cruising ... a weekly compilation of news and opinion about the cruise industry - is there a better way to travel? ... A weekly compilation of news and opinion about the cruise industry - is there a better way to travel? ... a weekly summary of cruise news and views from around the globe ... Ports & Ships is pleased to announce the launching later today of a new weekly Cruise News column, researched, written and compiled by experienced travel writer Vernon Buxton ... A South African operator hopes to launch a new cruise ship service out of Durban as from August this year ... A lifeline has been thrown to niche market cruise ship operator Swan Hellenic ... After a highly successful summer season in South Africa the 1500-passenger cruise ship Melody has returned to the Mediterranean ... Living up to its name, the cruise ship SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE had an adventurous time when caught in cyclone Gamede ... Yesterday was a bumper passenger ship day for Cape Town with four passenger/cruise ships ... The 51-year old cruise liner Royal Star arrived in Durban this week from Kenya ... hull damage to the Blue Lady, aka SS Norway, may have ruled out any chance of the ship being recovered even as a museum piece ... Tourism authorities at Durban in particular have worked hard in recent years at attracting greater numbers of cruise ships ... The master of the MSC cruise ship Melody has been honoured for his exceptional seamanship in the rescue of ... The former cruise liner SS Norway is now firmly aground off the beaches of India but still is refusing to die ... A Spanish Navy ice breaker rescued a small cruise ship last week ... Thousands of passengers have had to be re-accommodated after the cancellation of MSC Monterey’s ... The first of a series of cruise ships is expected in South African ports early next month ... The long and extended life of that super liner and cruise ship SS France (SS Norway) has come to an inevitable end ... The end of the road now appears likely for the former liner SS Norway, once the SS France and pride of the French fleet ... The superyacht Octopus, owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen duly arrived yesterday ... Octopus, one of the longest luxury superyachts afloat and belonging to Paul Allen the co-founder of Microsoft, is due in Durban this morning ... The cruise ship Norwegian Crown was successfully pulled clear of the sandbank ... The cruise ship Norwegian Crown of NCL went aground on a sandbank in the Dundonald Channel off Bermuda ... A final end by scrapping now appears inevitable for the former SS Norway, once the pride of the French merchant marine ... Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has acquired the 1988-built cruise ship Norwegian Crown from Norwegian Cruise Line ... Fancy a cruise with a difference from Durban to Mauritius in late June? ... The arrival in Durban of the Mauritius Pride, a combined cargo/passenger ship, brings with it an opportunty for a cruise with a difference at the end of June ... MSC expands its cruise fleet with another ship plus an option for one more ... looking for a break - Star Cruises may have the answer ... is this the end for SS Norway? ... Hebridean Spirit is set to introduce a new and exciting cruise destination early in the New Year when ... MSC Cruises and Starlight reveal plans to double cruise ship capacity in South Africa ... Madagascar arrived off Durban under grey skies and calm seas on Saturday after a delivery voyage from Odessa ... STARLIGHT Cruises MD Allan Foggitt said this week that he is highly confident of having a cruise ship stationed in Durban on an all year round basis ... come sailing in the bark Europa in Antarctica this summer ... Good news for those waiting for the arrival of South Africa's own cruise ship - Madagascar is due early next month ... SS Norway arrived off Cape Town last Friday, bound for a mystery destination ... Minerva II has a somewhat unique but attractive-sounding Mediterranean cruise in store for ... The 92 250-gt Norwegian Dawn, en route for New York from the Bahamas was struck by a 21m freak wave on Friday ... The coming summer has all the markings of a bumper cruise season for South African ports ... The award-winning Crystal Harmony will move to NYK Cruises from 2006 ... Fred Olsen Cruise Lines announced last week that it had bought its fourth ship - a sister vessel to Black Watch ... A new sailing schedule for the mailship St Helena has been announced ... East Africa's own cruise ship is currently on an extended Southern African cruise ... The cruise ship Minerva II visited South Africa for the first time during December, and impressed this person ... The World has come to South Africa this summer, bring a new dimension to ocean cruising ... Ir seems all over bar the legalities for African Queen and an over ambitious Cape Town cruise operator ... The new flagship of the MSC Cruises’ fleet has departed Genoa, Italy, on her inaugural transatlantic crossing ... Hurricanes play havoc with cruise schedules and Holand America's Rotterdam has engine failure ... A treat is in store next year for South African’s and those from further afield who fancy a luxury cruise in local waters as Silversea Cruises returns with Silver Wind ... MSC Cruises (Mediterranean Shipping Company) is rapidly becoming one of the larger cruise operators with a ... A cruise ship named African Queen has failed to arrive in time to begin a publicised South African cruise season ... Go to the Sea Stories section for the latest story about Queen Elizabeth (the ship) ... 2004/05 cruise season schedules are now available in the Cruise Schedule section ... It's another two cruise ships for Mediterranean Shipping Cruises, with an option for a third ... Olympia Explorer and Olympia Voyager are to be sold under judicial auction later this month ... The Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Saint Helena will soon include calls at the Namibian port of Walvis Bay on a regular basis ... The arrested cruise ship Olympia Countess was sold at a second auction held in Durban yesterday ... Royal Olympic Cruises Olympia Countess was sold for a low USD 6 million today ... The woes of cruise operators continue! Now its Festival Cruises that are having ships arrested ... The curtain fell yesterday on any remaining hope that the arrested cruise ship Olympia Countess might ... An urgent application will be heard in the Durban High Court later today (Monday) asking for the sale order against the arrested cruise ship Olympia Countess be set aside or postponed ... There have been further surprises with the news that the arrested cruise ship Olympia Countess will be sold by auction in two weeks time ... Queen Elizabeth II officially named the new Cunard liner Queen Mary 2 at a glittering ceremony in Southampton on Thursday ... Queen Elizabeth II officially named the new Cunard liner Queen Mary 2 at a glittering ceremony in Southampton on Thursday ... The cruise ship Olympia Countess that was arrested on arrival in Durban on Thursday ... Queen Mary 2 is due at Southampton later today ... The world’s largest and most modern passenger ship, Queen Mary 2, sailed from the French Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard today ... Two subsidiary companies owned by Royal Olympia Cruises have filed for Chapter 11 with the bankruptcy court ... About 60 South African passengers on board the Mediterranean Cruise Ship Melody found themselves stranded for nearly a week ... Norwegian Cruise Line – pioneer of Caribbean cruising – has evolved a formula that has changed the face of sea cruising forever - Norwegian Dawn to Sail 10 and 11-Day cruises from New York throughout the winter - Norwegian Dawn to Sail 10 and 11-Day cruises from New York throughout the winter When Olympia Countess returns to South Africa in November it will mark the start of a bumper local cruise season, says ... Care is advised over a South African cruise ship venture ... Historic ceremony for second largest Cunarder ever The former Union-Castle mailship Transvaal Castle has arrived in Alang, India for cutting up ... A Cape Town company has bought a cruise ship which will join the local register and operate from SA ports from December ... NCL confirms the purchase of SS United States as a cruise ship ... The recent visit to Southern Africa by the Radissons cruise ship Seven Seas Mariner brought a touch of real class ... Another 'Queen' is about to grace the seas ... Good news for those who long for a return to the days of cross Atlantic liners. Or at least some resemblance of those past days of glory ... Choosing a holiday on board a ship is never an easy task, particularly with so many options available, so many places to visit, and so many ways ... In the article about the final voyage of the ex Union Castle mailship SA Oranje it was mentioned that she was originally the Edinburgh Castle. In fact ... The former Union Castle liner SA Vaal, which for a while has been laid up next to former Rotterdam at Freeport, has been sold to Indian breakers and will ... The port of Durban will take on a festive air this weekend (Friday, 28 March – Sunday 30 March 2003) with three cruise ships, QE2, Saga Rose and Olympia Countess in port. - ship becomes Norwegian Crown The luxury cruise liner QE2 will arrive in Durban several days early on 29 March 2003 instead of the scheduled 31 March. The 46,087-gt P&O Cruises’ ship Pacific Sky was forced to return to port in Auckland, New Zealand after taking on more than 160 tonne of seawater through ... Direct cruise offer from Australia to South Africa in February 2004 on the Black Watch MSC Opera is the last cruise ship on the French Chantiers de l’Atlantique orderbook ... - HRH The Prince Royal and Miss Zara Phillips will name Oceana and Adonia in Britain’s first ever double cruise ship naming. A unique opportunity to witness a full total eclipse of the sun over Antarctica presents itself later this year The World of Residensea, one of the most unusual cruise ships afloat, is set to visit South Africa next year. Stand by to welcome Mediterranean Shipping Company’s new cruise ship, the 58,600-gt 2,200-passenger capacity flagship MSC Lirica, ... The tiny cruise ship Corinthian, which is currently calling at several South African East Coast ports, arrived in Durban yesterday (Sunday) for a short visit ... Ten days into a 15-day cruise, almost 2,000 passengers have been flown home following the outbreak of a viral illness on board the 77,441-gt P&O Princess Cruises’ ship Sun Princess ... Crystal Cruises, operator of the magnificent Crystal Symphony and Crystal Harmony, has unveiled a series of ultra-luxurious cruises ... When Holland America Line (HAL) took transfer of the Seabourn Sun from associate company Seabourn and renamed her Prinsendam in April 2002 it seemed somewhat puzzling, ... One of the little mysteries surrounding cruise ship calls to southern Africa during the summer of 2002/2003 is that of a planned visit by a small Greek-operated cruise ship named Corinthian, ... Winds are causing costly delays to ships waiting to discharge at the East London Grain Terminal. |
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