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Celestyal Continues Middle East Repositioning Cruises

Celestyal Cruises will continue to offer its popular repositioning cruises to the Middle East for the winter 2026–27 season, with.

  • 3 February 2026
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LATEST ISSUE #28

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  • 24 March 2025

Challenges of future boom in mid-life

  • 9 August 2024

Newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates. Return

  • 9 March 2023

Ocean cruise newbuilding delivery and orderbook

  • 27 November 2025

How MSC Cruises Unlocked the Japanese

  • 20 July 2023

Newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates. Falling

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Ocean cruise newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates – swelling at fastest pace in years
Orderbook Analysis

Ocean cruise newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates – swelling at fastest pace in years

  • 27 November 2025
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Major cruise groups nine-month financial performance review
Financial Analysis

Major cruise groups nine-month financial performance review. Clear evidence of a slower pace.

  • 27 November 2025
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Holland America Great Bear Rainforest Cruise: A New Frontier
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The New Last Frontier: Holland America’s Great Bear Rainforest Sailings

  • 27 November 2025
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Cruise crewing challenges
Business

Crewing challenges in a tightening labour market

  • 27 November 2025
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Maritime Safety
Health & Safety

Abandon ship: Making the case for new safety regulations in the megaship era

  • 11 August 2025
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Cruise Ship Reviews
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Norwegian Aqua: Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest vessel aims to deliver more

  • 11 August 2025
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Cruise Ship Refurbishment
Refurbs & Refits

Cost and logistics of cruise ship dry-docking

  • 25 March 2025
  • 11 minutes read
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River Cruising
River Cruise

Celebrity’s River Cruising Gamble

  • 24 March 2025
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ORDERBOOK ANALYSIS

Cruise Ship Orderbook 2026: First in Class

  • 28 January 2026
  • 2 minutes read

Ocean cruise newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates – swelling at fastest pace in years

  • 27 November 2025
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Ocean cruise newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates – swelling at fastest pace in years

Ocean cruise newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates. A plethora of new orders

  • 7 August 2025
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Ocean Cruise Newbuilding Orderbook

Ocean cruise newbuilding delivery and orderbook updates. Brighter prospect in a radically changing world

  • 20 March 2025
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Future Cruise Ship Orders

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Major cruise groups nine-month financial performance review

Major cruise groups nine-month financial performance review. Clear evidence of a slower pace.

  • 27 November 2025

Major cruise groups financial performance review Signs of softening

  • 11 August 2025

BUSINESS

Margaritaville at Sea: Growth and Upgrades in 2026–27

  • 30 January 2026
  • 2 minutes read
How MSC Cruises Unlocked the Japanese Market

How MSC Cruises Unlocked the Japanese Market

  • 27 November 2025
  • 11 minutes read
MedCruise explores year-round cruising in Mediterranean

MedCruise explores year-round cruising in Mediterranean

  • 27 November 2025
  • 9 minutes read
Cruise crewing challenges

Crewing challenges in a tightening labour market

  • 27 November 2025
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Cruise Market Analysis

Factors affecting expedition cruise segment recovery

  • 24 March 2025
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Cost pressures haunt cruise ship builders, but demand remains firm

Cost pressures haunt cruise ship builders, but demand remains firm

  • 25 November 2024
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SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable Shipbuilding

Necoleap aims to develop a climate-neutral cruise ship

  • 24 March 2025
  • 7 minutes read

Necoleap, a major R&D project that aims to have a concept for a climate-neutral cruise ship in.

Sustainability

Onshore power is just one part of the complicated zero-carbon puzzle

  • 25 November 2024
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Future-proofing adds to cost of newbuildings

  • 20 November 2023

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Norwegian Aqua: Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest vessel aims

  • 11 August 2025
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New cruise ships
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MSC World America: Making a ship more American

  • 8 August 2025
  • 11 minutes read
Cruise Ship Refurbishment
Refurbs & Refits

Cost and logistics of cruise ship dry-docking

  • 25 March 2025
  • 11 minutes read
River Cruising
River Cruise

Celebrity’s River Cruising Gamble

  • 24 March 2025
  • 9 minutes read
Cruise Ship Refurbishment
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Challenges of future boom in mid-life refits of

  • 24 March 2025
  • 6 minutes read
Viking River Cruises
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Vikings on the Mississippi

  • 25 November 2024
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A new Japanese cruise ship for international passengers

  • 11 August 2024
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