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Silversea Is Adding Three New Cruise Ships

By the Caribbean Journal staff Silversea Cruises is planning a major fleet expansion, the boutique cruise company said Monday. Silversea has signed a memorandum of understanding with Meyer Werft to build two new ships as part of what the brand […]

Norwegian Completes Transformations of Three Cruise Ships

By the Caribbean Journal staff Norwegian Cruise Line has completed the refurbishments of three of its cruise ships, the company announced this week. The company has completed bow-to-stern enhancements on Norwegian Sun, Norwegian Star and Norwegian Breakaway. The upgrades are […]

Carnival Repositioning Ships in Three Ports for 2018

Carnival Cruise Line is changing its Caribbean fleet. The company is repositioning three of its newest ships to new homeports in 2018, the company said this week. In September 2018, Carnival Vista will move to Galveston, Tex.; Carnival Breeze will […]

Royal Caribbean Building Three New Ships

By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean is expanding again. The cruise giant has signed a memorandum of understanding with shipbuilder STX France to build a fifth Oasis-class ship for delivery in the spring of 2021. The company also signed […]

St Kitts and Nevis Marks Return of Large Cruise Ships

St Kitts and Nevis has kick-started its 2021-2022 cruise season with the return of the first large cruise ship to Port Zante. Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox visited the island on Sept. 14, the first major ship to call on the […]

CDC Extends “No Sail Order” For All Cruise Ships

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended its “No Sail Order” for all cruise ships amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “We are working with the cruise line industry to address the health and safety of crew at sea […]

Carnival Launching Four New Cruise Ships in 2019

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Corporation is launching four new cruise ships across three global brands this year. That includes new ships for Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises and Princess Cruises. The new ships include Carnival Panorama, Sky Princess, […]

Princess Cruises to Build Two LNG-Powered Cruise Ships

By the Caribbean Journal staff Princess Cruises is getting greener. Princess Cruises has signed an agreement to build two new ships, both of which will be powered primarily by liquefied natural gas, the company said this week. Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri […]

What Virgin Voyages’ Ships Will Look Like

By Alexander Britell Virgin’s highly-anticipated cruise brand Virgin Voyages as released the first renderings of its ships. And the results, well, they’re pretty cool. The adults-only cruise brand has made it clear it plans to disrupt the cruise industry, and […]

AIDA, Carnival, Holland America, Seabourn Launching New Cruise Ships

By the Caribbean Journal staff Four of Carnival Corporation’s cruise brands will launch new ships in 2018, the company announced this week. The expansion is part of a wider push to add 18 new ships to the fleet between now […]

Construction Begins on First Virgin Voyages Ships

Richard Branson’s new Virgin Voyages cruise brand has officially launched construction of its new ships. Virgin Voyages President and CEO Tom McAlpin joined shipbuilder Fincantieri team members for a ceremony this week to cut the first piece of steel for […]

Three Places Where You Can Swim With Stingrays in the Caribbean

Feeling the sting By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Of all the wet and wild adventures you can have in the Caribbean, swimming with stingrays has got to be one of the most fun. Who doesn’t want to cavort with […]

Royal Caribbean Planning LNG Cruise Ships

Royal Caribbean Cruises is going green in a major way. The company has announced plans to power its newest class of ships with liquefied natural gas and introduce the use of fuel cell technology. Royal Caribbean has signed a memorandum […]

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Wins Gold at World Championships in Beijing

Another gold for Bolt By the Caribbean Journal staff It was the thinnest of margins. And that made the victory even sweeter. The Jamaican superstar sprinter took home the gold medal at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing on Sunday, besting […]

Carnival Repositioning Two Cruise Ships

Above: Carnival Magic By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Carnival Cruise Line has announced two deployment changes intended to bolster its position in the homeports of Galveston, Texas and Port Canaveral, Fla. The repositioning is effective in 2016; Carnival Magic will […]

Palace Resorts Makes Three New Caribbean Hires

Above: Palace Resorts’ Le Blanc Spa Resort in Cancun on the Caribbean coast of Mexico By the Caribbean Journal staff Palace Resorts has announced three new hires in the Caribbean. The company has added three new business development managers to its […]

St Kitts and Nevis Gets Christmas Boost From Cruise Ships

Above: Basseterre (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff More than 35,000 cruise passengers visited St Kitts over the Christmas holiday, according to data from the Marine Division of the St Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority. The cruise boost […]

Usain Bolt Wins 100M Gold at World Championships in Moscow

Above: Usain Bolt By the Caribbean Journal staff Usain Bolt is a champion once again. Jamaica’s Bolt won the 100M Sunday at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, finishing in a time of 9.77 seconds to best the United States’ […]

Haiti’s Embassy, Mexican University Sign Agreement on Scholarships

Above: the signing ceremony in Mexico City (Photo: Embassy of Haiti in Mexico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Embassy in Mexico and the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico have signed an agreement that will provide scholarships to […]

Montserrat Sending Three to CARIFTA

By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat is sending three athletes to the LIME CARIFTA Games, which begin in Bermuda this week. The team, led by Winston Scotland, will leave on Wednesday. Lester Ryan, making his third appearance at CARIFTA, will […]

China-Caribbean: The Next Three Years

Trinidad Foreign Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan welcomes Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan to the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, Trinidad (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Chinese government announced six major measures aimed at enhanced cooperation between China and […]

Caribbean Haul at World Championships

By Lincoln Depradine The Caribbean brought home 19 medals at the recently-concluded World Championships in South Korea, led by Jamaica, which earned nine medals, including four golds. Jamaica earned 101 points with its golds, four silvers and a bronze medal, […]

Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection to Homeport in St Maarten

The inaugural season of the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection in the Caribbean will feature heavily in St Maarten. Ritz-Carlton’s new ultra-luxe cruise line will include significant home-porting for its Evrima ship out of Port St Maarten for the 2022-2023 cruise season. […]

Another Milestone in St Kitts’ Cruise Comeback

St Kitts and Nevis hit another major milestone in the comeback of its all-important cruise industry this week, when four ships called on the destination in one day. On Dec. 7, the twin-island federation welcomed four ships, the first time […]

Cruise Rebirth Continues in St Kitts

St Kitts marked a major milestone in the rebirth of its cruise industry this week, with three ships docking simultaneously at the island’s Port Zante for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. The three ships were Celebrity […]

Carnival Cruise Line Plans More Ship Restarts in the Caribbean

Carnival Cruise Line is planning to relaunch three more cruise ships for the Caribbean in September, the company said. That will be followed by another four in October, bringing the company’s total number of relaunched ships to 15. The three […]

Disney Is Bringing Its Newest Cruise Ship to the Caribbean

Disney Cruise Line will bring its newest cruise ship to the Caribbean next year. Beginning in the summer of 2022, the new Disney Wish ship will sail Caribbean itineraries out of Port Canaveral, Fla. The first cruises will launch June […]

Royal Caribbean Sells Azamara for $201 Million

Royal Caribbean Group has completed the sale of its Azamara brand to Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm, in an all-cash transaction for $201 million. The sale included Azamara’s three ships and associated intellectual property, according to a statement. Royal […]

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