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Antalya Port Opens Shared Piers to Larger Cruise Ships
Aroya is expected to make ten more Antalya calls this year after sailing from Jeddah toward Istanbul via Sharm el-Sheikh, Port Sokhna and Suez.
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Seabourn Quest Returns From Drydock After Major Interior Renovation
The Club received a speakeasy-style redesign with a new bar and lighting, while more than twenty thousand square meters of removed carpet were kept out of landfill.
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Greek Police Charge Palestinian in Hamas-Linked Crown Iris Plot
The Crete arrest followed a tip from Cyprus, where four Palestinian men were detained in May as part of an investigation into alleged explosive-making materials.
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Valletta Cruise Port Signs Deal to Restore Power Station as Hotel
The Floriana building later housed the Central Power Station, where Malta’s first public electricity service began in 1894 with four steam-driven generating units.
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Global Ports Holding Wins 30-Year Ferrol Cruise Terminal Deal
The first phase calls for a 480-square-meter building, and Global Ports Holding plans a mobile facility so Ferrol can handle more than one cruise call at once.
MSC Cruises
MSC Meraviglia Returns to Europe for First Time Since 2022
Passengers can board the seven-night rotation in Spain, France or Italy, with Tunis included as a call but not an embarkation port.
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Hapag-Lloyd Plans Four Europa Music Cruises for 2026-27
The Palma-to-Tenerife sailing also appears in Hapag-Lloyd's 2027 Golf & Cruise program, accompanied by PGA of Germany president Stefan Quirmbach.
MSC Cruises
MSC World Asia to Be Named in Le Havre in 2026
Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, MSC World Asia is listed at about 215,863 gross tons, with capacity for 6,758 passengers and 2,142 crew.
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Aroya Repositions to Istanbul for Summer Mediterranean Cruises
Aroya is due at Istanbul's Galataport Cruise Terminal on June sixth, twenty twenty-six, after calls at Sharm el-Sheikh, Port Sokhna, Antalya and Bodrum.
Virgin Voyages
Virgin Voyages Fires Crew Member After Sexual Assault Allegation
The allegation was reported overnight May 20-21 while Valiant Lady was out of passenger service, and police interviewed the complainant under red-code procedures.
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Astoria Grande Expands 2026 Sochi Cruises Beyond Black Sea
The former AIDAcara is scheduled for an October Sicily-focused cruise with an overnight Catania call before a November cruise pairing Egypt and Turkey.
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Crown Iris Completes Piraeus Call Under Police Security
Crown Iris was sailing a seven-night roundtrip from Haifa with approximately two thousand passengers, after a Kos call and before planned stops in Nafplion and Syros.