Peter Lynch 
The ship which has been turned away from multiple Asian ports is now sailing for Sihanoukville, Cambodia where she will end her cruise Thursday morning, February 13. The Westerdam has no passengers with the coronavirus but she has been sailing the seas looking for somewhere to give it a home since February 4, after five … Read more
Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas has announced it will ban any passport holders from China, Hong Kong or Macao from its ships in a significant escalation of measures to try and halt the spread of the disease. This is imposed regardless of the passenger’s residency and the lines have … Read more
In what appears a significant escalation of the coronavirus outbreak, two cruise lines this morning have around 7,000 passengers and crew in lockdown aboard their ships while scores of cruise calls are scratched and thousands of flights cancelled. No-one is sure when the travel industry’s growing paralysis, costing billions of dollars and threatening thousands of … Read more
Regent Seven Seas is betting a billion dollars that its new ultra-luxury ships and all-inclusive promise will win over wealthy cruisers in Australia, Asia and around the globe. Already the five-ship line’s third biggest market behind the US and Britain, Australia will be an important testbed for the message that Regent offers the best value … Read more
Regent Seven Seas has delivered its fifth ship, claiming to set a new benchmark for luxury cruising. Three years ago, RSS Explorer was described as “the world’s most luxurious ship ever built”. Now, the line maintains sister ship RSS Splendor is “luxury perfected”. Built by Fincantieri in Ancona, Italy, Splendor is 55,254 gross tonnes and … Read more
Passengers from the Sun Princess this morning became the first cruise guests to set foot on Kangaroo Island in a show of support for residents who survived recent devastating fires. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall and Kangaroo Island’s community leaders and firefighters were on hand as the ship anchored off Penneshaw and sent out tenders … Read more
Australian expedition line Aurora has a new ship – but already, some of its journeys to the polar regions are sold out. The Sylvia Earle joins the Greg Mortimer for the 2021/22 season of journeys to Antarctica and the South Sandwich Islands, Ireland, Costa Rica and the Arctic. The new ship comes at a time … Read more
Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Vasco da Gama stood off Kangaroo Island overnight in case it was needed to help in any evacuation. The vessel, on a four-night South Australian Icons cruise with 1,267 passengers on board, called off its visit to the fire-ravaged island, but offered to help in any way. Two people died as … Read more
The MSC Grandiosa, just five weeks after going into service, has crashed into a pier at Palermo, Sicily, sustaining some damage to its hull. The 6,000 passenger vessel, which is said to be the world’s second largest and cost some $1 billion to build, ran into trouble while docking. No injuries have been reported, and … Read more
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.
