Cruises and Cruise Liner Visits to Ireland
First Cruise Ship to Belfast Harbour of 2022 Arrives As Tourism Industry Anticipates Bumper Holiday Season
2nd April 2022 Cruise Liners
The first cruise ship to Belfast Harbour for the 2022 season arrived on Friday, with the tourism industry anticipating a bumper season after taking a massive hit from Covid-19. The Viking Venus, a 930-passenger vessel owned by Viking Cruises, is…
First Cruiseship to Irish Waters Since Pandemic Travel Restrictions Removed Makes Anchorage Visit off Dun Laoghaire Harbour
29th March 2022 Cruise Liners
The first cruiseship in Irish waters since Covid19 restrictions were put in place more than two years ago but removed earlier this month, has led Viking Venus to visit Dun Laoghaire Harbour with an anchorage call this morning, writes Jehan Ashmore.…
Design details of Cunard Line's newest cruiseship, Queen Anne have been revealed with the newbuild set to join the cruise company's fleet in 2024. Creative director Adam D. Tihany will collaborate with David Collins Studio, Richmond International and Sybille de…
P&O Cruises Based in Southampton Is Forced to Clarify it is Not Linked to P&O Ferries
20th March 2022 Cruise Liners
The brand P&O Cruises, owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC, is faced with a growing tirade of abuse as the British public mistakes it for P&O Ferries which Afloat adds is owned by DP World based in Dubai, United Arab…
Interior Refurbishment Firm Sees Record Cruise Ship Business in Pandemic
25th January 2022 Cruise Liners
An interior design firm in the UK which has carried out refurbishment work on some of the world’s most famous cruise ships says it has enjoyed record turnover in the past eight months. Atlantic Marine Interiors based in Christchurch, Dorset,…
Next month the Irish cruise liner trade is to see the easing of Covid-19 restrictions which will be critical to helping the €70m-a-year sector to recover for the 2022 season. Almost 100 cruise liners are booked to visit Ireland over…
Italy Marks 10 Years Since Costa Concordia Cruise Liner Shipwreck Disaster
15th January 2022 Cruise Liners
Earlier this week Italy marked the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia shipwreck disaster with commemorations on Isola del Giglio off Tuscany, as RTÉ News reports. Survivors joined local residents and relatives to remember those lost and give thanks to…
Ports in Wales operated by the UK ports group, Associated British Ports enjoyed a successful return of cruiseships during 2021. While the pandemic brought the cruise industry to a halt, according to ABC they have seen a strong come back.…
Plan by Foyle Port for €30m-€50m Greencastle Cruise Liner Facility Still Afloat
22nd December 2021 Cruise Liners
Plans to develop a multi-million euro deep water terminal for cruise ships at Greencastle (Co. Donegal), remain on course says the boss of Foyle Port, Brian McGrath. According to the Derry Journal, Mr. McGrath said the port has estimated the…
Plans are in train for as many as 95 cruise liner calls to Dublin Bay in 2022, according to the Minister of State for international transport. Hildegarde Naughton was responding to a Dáil question from Galway independent TD Noel Grealish…
Peace Boat Sails Virtually to COP26 With EcoShip the Transformational CruiseShip
3rd November 2021 Cruise Liners
Peace Boat, the Japan-based international NGO that works to promote peace, human rights and sustainability is taking part in COP26's Virtual Ocean Pavillion which includes their EcoShip project, a transformational programme to construct the planet’s most environmentally sustainable cruiseship. In…
As Ports Increasingly Ban 'Mega' Cruise Ships, So What Is the Future of the Largest Vessels?
2nd November 2021 Cruise Liners
Cruise passengers to Tahiti account for more than a third of visitors, but next year, they won’t be arriving on board some of the industry’s largest mega cruise ships, reports Condé Nast Traveler. In late September, French Polynesia's government announced…
At the 2021 Wave Awards which celebrates excellence and innovation in the cruise industry, the UK south coast Port of Southampton has been awarded ‘Best Port’. This latest win for Southampton (of Associated British Ports) confirms its status as the…
1,000th Cruise Ship Call to Belfast Harbour As 'Cunarder' Vista-Class Visits
8th October 2021 Cruise Liners
The 1,000th cruise ship call to Belfast Harbour took place yesterday according to Cruise Belfast, which works in partnership between the port and Visit Belfast. Cunard Line's MS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Belfast marking a significant milestone for tourism in…
Donaghadee RNLI carried out a medevac of a passenger who became ill on a cruise ship that left Belfast Lough on Friday evening (17 September). The volunteer crew were requested by Belfast Coastguard to launch their all-weather lifeboat Saxon shortly…
Cruise Traffic in Cork Harbour Set to Hit Crest of a Wave Once More
15th September 2021 Cruise Liners
Cruise liner visits to Cork Harbour is to make a major bounce-back with 88 calls already confirmed for next year and the likelihood there will be more. Port of Cork chief commercial officer Conor Mowlds said a further 53 liners…