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Sky Princess would have been cruising the Adriatic at this time of the year with 3,660 guests on board and 1500 crew members. Now, there are roughly 110 masked crew members, empty staterooms and nothing but ghost ships and ocean as far as the eye can see. But it’s not all bad news. As an … Read more
At the height of the wave season, Select Fresh Providores would supply fruit and vegetables to all the major cruise lines: P&O Cruises, Carnival, Princess, Norwegian Cruise Line, Regent Seven Seas, Oceania and MSC. “At its peak, fresh fruit and vegetables supplies to cruise ships would amount to about 25 to 30 per cent of … Read more
Stuart McQuaker, boss of new cruise line Tradewind Voyages and its prized five-masted sailing ship has three passions – the sea, sailing and cooking. His love of the sea first lured him to Australia – he joined the Royal Navy and was commanding officer of the frigate, HMS Northumberland when he first visited Australia calling … Read more
The newly refurbished Norwegian Spirit broke booking day sales records last Friday ahead of her entrance to Australian waters, setting high hopes for a strong 2021/2022 domestic season. Norwegian Cruise Line has seen an unprecedented number of bookings for sailings on Norwegian Spirit across the range of eight, 10- and 12- day itineraries departing from … Read more
The White House has tried to block a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Order which was set to extend a ‘no sail’ order on the cruise industry until February, 2021, according to reports from America. According to the New York Times, the move was seen as potentially embarrassing to the campaign of President … Read more
Princess Cruises took delivery of their newest ship, the Enchanted Princess during a ceremony at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. Originally scheduled to launch in June, but due to COVID, all new ship launches were delayed. But, it was a momentous occasion for Princess as this was the fifth Royal class ship to join the … Read more
Thirteen Ruby Princess cruise passengers unknowingly spread COVID-19 on a five-hour flight to Perth to at least eight others after NSW Health allowed the ship to disembark in Sydney. The new findings will be published by a group of Western Australia researchers in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal next month. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, … Read more
Tradewind Voyages, a new UK based cruise line has announced their brand new luxury sailing ship, Golden Horizon will be circumnavigating Australia from December 2021. Started in January of this year, the fledgling lines first ship, a tall five-masted luxury vessel will be entering Australian waters in December of next year, with staterooms on sale … Read more
Say goodbye to the Pacific Dawn, one of Australia’s longest serving homeported ships. Today, P&O Cruises announced that Australia’s first superliner will be leaving the fleet a few months earlier than expected. She was due to leave the fleet in February 2021. The Pacific Dawn started voyages Down Under on 9 November 2007 and has … 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.
