Taking delivery of Scarlet Lady today, Virgin Voyages announced it is offsetting direct climate change emissions by purchasing carbon offsets.

The Port of Seattle released a revised request for proposals for a new cruise facility at Terminal 46 with additional environmental elements.

Disney Cruise Line launched a website detailing Lighthouse Point, its second private destination in the Bahamas.

Lindblad Expeditions is implementing Premium Purity, a cleaning system that creates a cleaner, healthier ship while drastically reducing environmental impact.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings created a new function focused exclusively on environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed its 17-ship fleet is now free of single-use plastic beverage bottles.

Cruise Lines International Association projects 32m people globally will cruise in 2020, up from the approximately 30m in 2019. A greater focus on sustainability is forecast, too.

World Explorer is believed to be the first cruise ship to employ hydrojet technology to get closer to marine wildlife by minimizing underwater noise.

Carnival Corp. & plc announced seven new hires or internal promotions as part of its new companywide ethics and compliance function announced in August and led by Peter Anderson, chief ethics and compliance officer.

On the eve of MSC Grandiosa’s naming in Hamburg, Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago shared his views with Seatrade in a one-to-one interview on cruising’s environmental footprint and his company’s work towards a zero-emission ship.