Global Maritime News

Receive Maritime News every day via e-mail

Please log in to subscribe the daily news digest.

Which category do you like to subscribe as RSS feed?

You can subscribe to more then one category.

• All Categories
• General
• Accidents
• Maritime Security
• Container Shipping
• Tanker and Oil Industry
• Ship Building and Technology
• Cruises and Tourism
• Opinion
• Offshore
• Ports

The latest one of the cruise ships to arrive at shipbreaking yards is the ship formerly known as Costa Romantica (now: ANTARES EXPERIENCE). Like many others of its ilk, the vessel is being sold for scrap due to the distress ... continue reading

The world’s largest cruise ship was delivered to Royal Caribbean and the vessel departed from the shipyard on November 5th. This newest addition to Royal Caribbean’s fleet, named Wonder of the seas is set to begin its service ... continue reading

Canada has joined the list of countries that are now open for cruise ships. After 19 long months, on November 1st, the ban on large cruise ships at Canadian ports came to an end, however, the federal government has advised ... continue reading

The Covid pandemic has hit the cruise industry hard and the catastrophe could be witnessed at the shipbreaking yard of Alang, India. Rakesh Mishra, Port Officer at Alang said that every year only one or two passenger cruise vessels arrive ... continue reading

Norwegian Prima, the brand new attraction of Norwegian Cruise Line has become the 'most in-demand ship ever' according to the brand. The growing appeal among travelers is based on the exciting amenities onboard ranging from the largest ever three-level go-kart ... continue reading

In a positive development, after hurricane Ida went on a rampage throughout Southern Louisiana, cruise operations have finally resumed operations at the New Orleans port. But on the other hand ports along the lower Mississippi river are making constant appeals ... continue reading

Costa Toscana, the second LNG-powered cruise ship of Costa Cruises has completed its first LNG bunkering operation on Tuesday at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland before it undergoes trials. The newbuilt vessel was supplied LNG by the Gasum-chartered Coralius ... continue reading

Hurtigruten Expeditions celebrated the completion of 125 years of service by conducting the northernmost naming ceremony of a passenger cruise ship on Tuesday, at the port of Longyearbyen in Svalbard in the Arctic. The new hybrid battery-powered cruise ship was ... continue reading

Officials of the Santa Barbara Waterfront Department on Monday, 31st August voted to delay the return of cruise ships to the port of Santa Barbara until March 2022 as they announced the cancellation of the fall schedule. The decision was ... continue reading

China's pilot project of building the largest all-electric-drive cruise ship in the world is coming close to reality at the Yichang shipbuilding industrial park. The all-electrically powered cruise ship named Yangtze Three Gorges 1 is based on a project ... continue reading

The cruise industry is making a speedy recovery from the standstill of operations that the pandemic brought along. The comeback has gained fresh momentum with close to 50% of the global fleet expected to be returning to service by the ... continue reading

Meyer Werft, the German shipbuilding company, made a major announcement last week confirming the successful bagging of order to built the grand residential yacht cruise vessel, named Njord, after signing the contract with Ocean Residents Development Ltd. The order comes ... continue reading

Carnival Cruise Line's brand new mega-ship left Port Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, reintroducing cruise ship revenue expeditions to the port city following a lengthy COVID-19 break. Carnival President Christine Duffy attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony themed "Back to Fun" to ... continue reading

After staying closed for 16 long months, from 2nd August, the international cruise industry will be finally restarting operations from England. The government has announced that fully vaccinated passengers from amber list countries will not be quarantined upon arrival in ... continue reading

Saudi Arabia witnessed the launching of the country's first cruise ship terminal on Wednesday, the 28th of July at the Jeddah Islamic Port by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) in collaboration with the Saudi Cruise company. The inauguration of ... continue reading

Australians are now contemplating the “boatpeople” route to get back home to Australia from Indonesia, writes The Australian. More than 10,000 expatriates have left Indonesia in July alone. Thousands of Australians remain stranded, with no commercial seats on Garuda ... continue reading

On July 26, MSC Group's Cruise Division, Fincantieri, and Snam agreed to terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaboratively develop a conceptual framework for designing and building the world's first ocean-going hydrogen-powered cruise ship. MSC Group ... continue reading

This August, Rostock, and Stockholm are going to come closer as Swedish company “Rederi AB Gotland” has announced a new ferry line between the two ports. The company has announced that vessel “Hansa Destinations” (renamed vessel Drotten) will be facilitating ... continue reading

At the beginning of July, the Swedish flag replaced the German flag on “Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania” and it marked the end of the 118 years old German rail shipping. The Swedish shipping company Stena Line has completed its restructuring of the ... continue reading

On July 10, 2021, MV WERFTEN shipyard cast off the first “Made in Germany” luxury polar expedition yacht, “Crystal Endeavor” in presence of hundreds of well-wishers. The polar class yacht, “Crystal Endeavor” sailed out from Stralsund with a fully vaccinated ... continue reading