Cruise Ships - Page 18

Oceania Cruises has welcomed passengers for the first time in 524 days, with Marina becoming the first in the fleet to resume sailing and the first to embark guests since 2019. Oceania Marina is sailing with a 100% vaccinated crew and guests, cruising to Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland,…

P&O Cruises has revealed more on what guests can expect aboard new ship, Arvia, debuting in 2022. Known as the sunshine ship, Arvia is all about maximising those moments out on deck while soaking up amazing coastal and ocean views, and newly-released details have revealed a host of exciting P&O…

The return to cruising has been a long time coming; I thought it would be a couple of months when Covid first hit! How wrong was I. This is the first time I have been cruising since the start of the Covid pandemic and was the first time I had…

P&O Cruises Iona has finally set sail on its maiden voyage, leaving Southampton on Saturday 7 August. The departure comes almost a year after its original date scheduled for May 2020. Sailing at just 50 per cent capacity in line with government guidelines, around 2,500 passengers and 1,300 crew, the…

Iona has arrived. After years in the making, the new P&O Cruises ship has debuted here on our very own shores ahead of her maiden voyage. We spent the week getting to know Iona before she welcomes you, her very first holidaymakers, and it’s safe to say she’s worth the…

MSC Group, Fincantieri and Snam have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a study that will assess the feasibility of building the world’s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship. Over the course of the next 12 months, the three companies will study key factors including accommodating the ‘H2′ hydrogen technologies…

New Saga ship, Spirit of Adventure, has been named in a traditional bottle smashing ceremony at Portsmouth International Port. The vessel is the first to be named at Portsmouth. The recently retired Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service, Commodore Inga J. Kennedy, was on hand to name the ship….

Anthem of the Seas is in Southampton for a summer of staycations and boy, what a summer she has in store for you.  Here are ten things you (probably) never knew you could do on Anthem of the Seas – or ten reasons why you should join the Royal Caribbean…

MSC Virtuosa’s naming ceremony is to take place at Dubai’s Port Rashid on 27 November, a day ahead of its maiden Gulf voyage. The event will also coincide with the UAE Golden Jubilee. Helal Saeed Almarri, director general for Dubai Tourism, was quoted as saying: ‘A partnership with a cruise…

Virgin Voyages has celebrated a double milestone, taking delivery of its second ship, Valiant Lady, and floating out its third, Resilient Lady. The events took place at Genoa’s Fincantieri shipyard, where all four of the Virgin Voyages ships are to be built. Valiant Lady will make her debut with Mediterranean voyages…