Peter Lynch 
Just a few days away from her first sea trials, the Scenic Eclipse has completed its scheduled dry dock work. In a video, workers strip the paint off the ship and can be seen doing final work on the hull. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHYWrenyZA&feature=youtu.be The ship left the dry dock of the Croatian shipyard Viktor Lenac to move … Read more
Amazing footage of a 19-year-old man swimming to stay alive after jumping from Deck 10 of the Carnival Fascination has emerged on social media. It is claimed the man, reportedly on his honeymoon, deliberately jumped. He swam for 45 minutes before being hauled into a lifeboat by crew. The ship was scheduled to call in … Read more
Canadian air crash investigators are expected to interview the pilot of one of the seaplanes which crashed in Alaska, causing the deaths of five Princess Cruises passengers and a pilot on a shore excursion. They are also interviewing the ten survivors of the crash. Fourteen passengers, all of whom were travelling aboard the Royal Princess, as … Read more
All aboard a luxury trip on one of Asia’s most famous ribbons of steel, the Eastern and Oriental Express.
Francesco Galli Zugaro is a true bold adventurer in the luxury cruise arena who likes to set himself challenges. He started his three-vessel river cruise company on the Peruvian section of the Amazon River, which flows through the planet’s largest rainforest. He commissioned a completely new design for the Aria Amazon, the first ship to sail … Read more
This week saw the cruise industry present the annual figures for how many Australians took holidays on the water last year. It’s a great story, with one in 17 Australians taking a cruise – the highest per capita penetration of any country on earth. But the good news ends in New South Wales. Despite being … Read more
The Scenic Eclipse, the revolutionary discovery yacht being built by Australian shipping magnate Glen Moroney, has taken her first journey outside the Croatian shipyard where she is being completed. Delayed twice thanks to financial problems and strikes in the yard, the company is now determined to meet the latest August deadline for her first cruise. … Read more
When Cruise Lines International Association this week announced 1.3 million Australians took a holiday on the water last year, one sector stood out as a rising star: fly cruise. So news that Qantas will be ready to fly direct to Europe and the US from Sydney and Melbourne next year should have been greeted with … Read more
The Ruby Princess docked to much fanfare in Juneau harbour last Sunday, kicking off the biggest season ever in Alaskan waters and a major trial for the cruise industry’s ability to prove themselves good “environmental stewards”. Some 1.3 million passengers – 37,000 of them from Australia – will sail the Fjords and take the shore … 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.
