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Carnival Appoints First Female Staff Captain to Global Fleet
Gargiulo joined Carnival as a Deck Cadet in 2013 after starting nautical school in Italy at 14, and will oversee marine operations, safety and crew leadership.
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Seven Seas Voyager Opens Northern Europe Season From Southampton
Voyager’s twenty-night Isles of Myth and Magnificence voyage is scheduled roundtrip from Southampton, with fourteen destinations and an overnight in Seydisfjordur.
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Placido Libro to Take Command of Crystal Serenity in 2026
Libro joined Crystal in 2024 as director of maritime affairs and has overseen Crystal Grace development, with plans to captain the newbuild during its 2028 inaugural season.
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Child Sues Disney Cruise Line Over Upper-Bunk Fall
Filed May 18, 2026, in Brevard County, Florida, the complaint says the child rolled through a gap beside the guardrail in cabin 2508 at about one in the morning.
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Heritage Expeditions Opens Sales for New Discoverer Voyages
The former Silver Explorer is slated for a twenty-one-day preview cruise roundtrip from Ushuaia from November 19 to December 9, 2026, before the new season.
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Celebrity Cruises Raises Daily Gratuities by $1.50 a Day
For a seven-night sailing, the change adds $10.50 per guest before Celebrity’s separate 20 percent gratuity on beverages, spa services and specialty dining.
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Aurora’s Douglas Mawson Makes Inaugural Call at Bastia
Captain Andrey Gilevskiy and the crew were welcomed by Bastia’s harbor master and the President of the Maritime Pilots before a traditional plaque exchange.
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Meyer Turku Lifts AquaDome Onto Hero of the Seas
The shipyard said the twenty-five-meter-high, fifty-meter-wide dome is the largest one-piece glass-and-steel element ever hoisted onto a vessel.
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Disney Destiny Makes First San Juan Call, Bringing 2,500 Guests
San Juan Cruise Port hosted an onboard inaugural-call ceremony for the Wish-class ship, which is sailing weeklong Caribbean and Bahamas cruises from Port Canaveral.
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Cruise Captain Arrested After Passenger Falls Into Sea in Corfu
Crew and port workers rescued the 56-year-old woman, who was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries to her face and body, the Coast Guard said.
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Former Royal Caribbean Crew Member Pleads Guilty to Sex Assault
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake scheduled sentencing for Sept. 18; Herrera faces up to 20 years in federal prison and remains in custody.
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Holland America Opens Rotterdam’s 2027 Mediterranean Program
The schedule includes overnight stays in Istanbul and Haifa, plus scenic cruising through the Strait of Messina and past Stromboli on the final Athens departure.