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Former Nippon Maru Beached at Alang After 35 Years in Service
Mitsui retired the vessel on May 10 after more than five million kilometers sailed, calls at more than four hundred ports and over six hundred thousand passengers carried.
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Celestyal Adds First Western Mediterranean Winter Season
Celestyal Discovery will reposition between Athens and Barcelona, with overnight calls in Lisbon and in Barcelona using Tarragona.
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Celestyal Opens 2026 Mediterranean Suite Sale With Fares From $649
Grand Suite bookings add a personal concierge and daily cocktail event, with Celestyal Journey guests also getting access to Ray's Sundeck and Cabanas and the Thermal Spa Suite.
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Swan Hellenic Names Gordon Dirker to Lead Americas Sales
Swan Hellenic’s three expedition ships carry one hundred fifty-two to two hundred nine passengers on itineraries that include Antarctica and the Arctic.
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Celestyal Adds Agios Nikolaos as Regular Crete Call
Celestyal Journey’s May 12 inaugural call brought about one thousand one hundred passengers and crew from thirty-two countries; Agios Nikolaos replaces Heraklion on the route.
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Celestyal to Screen 2026 FIFA World Cup Matches on Two Ships
Celestyal named no broadcast channel or rights provider, and full venue details and match timings will be confirmed cruise by cruise in each ship’s daily itinerary.
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Mitsui Ocean Names Kelly Predmesky North America Sales Lead
The Summer in Japan Sale covers 11 sailings from June through September 2026 aboard the 458-guest Mitsui Ocean Fuji, with shore experiences included in most ports.
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Celestyal Cancels 85 Gulf Sailings to Expand Mediterranean Cruises
Booked guests will be offered a full refund or future cruise credit, while the replacement Mediterranean departures are scheduled to open for sale on June 15.
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Celestyal Opens Iconic Sale on 178 Mediterranean and Adriatic Cruises
The broad promotion signals Celestyal’s push to rebuild momentum in its home region after a disrupted spring, as Mediterranean demand keeps cruise lines competing for early planners.
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Celestyal Discovery Becomes First Cruise Ship Through Strait of Hormuz
A successful transit through Hormuz could unlock stranded cruise capacity and steady summer deployments, but shifting access rules show how fragile routing remains.
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Celestyal Cancels All April 2026 Cruises as Hormuz Remains Shut
The disruption underscores how quickly geopolitical chokepoints can upend cruise deployment, forcing lines to rethink Arabian Gulf seasons and Mediterranean capacity planning.
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Celestyal Cancels Spring 2026 Cruises as Ships Stay in Gulf
The knock-on effect shows how conflict and chokepoint closures can upend cruise deployments months ahead, pushing lines to rethink winter Gulf seasons and Mediterranean starts.