Royal Caribbean International plans to send Serenade and Ovation of the Seas to Alaska beginning July 19 and Aug. 13, respectively.

Fincantieri's Palermo shipyard today handed over the 'stretched' and transformed Star Legend to Windstar Cruises.

Crystal Cruises extended its Bahamas voyages aboard Crystal Serenity into November with three more round-trips from either Nassau or Bimini.

Celebrity Cruises became the latest line to announce Alaska plans this summer, starting July 23 with weekly round-trips from Seattle.

Alaska launched a $5m tourism marketing campaign, dovetaiilng with Congress's passage of a bill to enable big-ship cruises.

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises plans to resume cruising June 20 in Italy, followed by France, while AmaWaterways will start July 3 in Portugal then add other destinations including the Danube.

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to give foreign-flag cruise ships a temporary cabotage waiver, enabling them to operate in Alaska without a foreign stop.

Royal Caribbean International canceled Vision of the Seas' summer cruises from Bermuda as the likelihood of cruising from the US becomes 'greater each day.'

Scenic and Emerald Cruises will start their European river season on Portugal’s Douro with the first sailings taking place on July 30 and July 31, respectively.

Fincantieri and Comau signed a letter of intent to develop prototypes of robotized steel welding solutions then build a series of machines to be implemented at first in Fincantieri shipyards.