Ship Operations

Ahead of the cruise line's forthcoming sailings out of Kiel, TUI Cruises has announced that it will resume operations in Spain - the third location where it will begin cruising from June.

With recent announcements, Carnival Corp. & plc tallies 16 ships from seven brands scheduled to sail this summer, with the added hope Carnival Cruise Line could make that eight brands and 19 ships.

Costa Cruises’ Costa Luminosa began sailing from Trieste on May 16, following Costa Smeralda’s resumption on May 1, with representatives from the cruise line and the locality gathering to celebrate.

‘In a year when businesses face challenges like no other … today heralds a new beginning and new hope for the industry,’ said Paul Ludlow, president, P&O Cruises, from the Port of Southampton during Sunday's naming ceremony for the line's most...

TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 5 will resume service in Greece May 14 on a series of weeklong sailings to and from Crete.

A new UK-based operator, Ambassador Cruise Line deploying first ship Ambience — formerly Pacific Dawn — and run by a senior management team previously with Cruise & Maritime Voyages, has launched.

MSC Cruises’ MSC Virtuosa arrived in Southampton on May 12, ahead of its maiden voyage along the British Isles on May 20.