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Oslo Cruise Levy Could Double for Calls Lasting Beyond 24 Hours
The Port of Oslo recorded 331,241 cruise passengers in 2025, up about 26% year on year; first-quarter 2026 calls brought 73,051 passengers across 23 visits.
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Semester at Sea Seeks Crew Continuity as It Moves to Ambella
Between academic voyages, Ambella will sail adults-only German-language summer cruises from Bremerhaven and Kiel, while Semester at Sea handovers shift to IJmuiden.
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Century Cruises to Launch Century Diamond on Rhine in 2027
Built by Concordia Damen Shipbuilding in the Netherlands, the 135-meter vessel will have 76 cabins and suites across four decks, using about 60 percent recycled steel.
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MSC’s Meyer Werft Takeover Talks Put Ship Financing in Focus
MSC Cruises and Meyer Werft said detailed design work and negotiations on a formal contract for four New Frontier-class ships were nearing completion.
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Five French Atlantic Ports to Pitch Cruise Options at Seatrade Med
Le Havre’s Verrazzano terminal upgrade is designed for three ships at once, with daily capacity for thirteen thousand five hundred passengers.
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AIDA Rebrands 2026-27 Repositioning Cruises as Time-Out Voyages
AIDAbella is scheduled to leave Kiel for Barbados on October 25, 2026, with its return Atlantic crossing beginning March 27, 2027.
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CLIA to Open 2027 RiverView Sales for Budapest-Vienna Sailing
The 2026 RiverView conference in Amsterdam drew around 600 delegates and assembled eight ships for visits, after almost 400 agents attended in Budapest in 2025.
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Nor Cruises Deal Could Give CSSC First Foreign Large Cruise Order
The agreement was signed Wednesday at a Hamburg maritime trade fair, includes options for three more vessels and calls for the proposed ships to use Fincantieri designs.
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Riga Cruise Passengers Near 2025 Record After Strong August
Scenic Eclipse II, Seven Seas Grandeur and Explora III made maiden calls in August; Explora III arrived with eight hundred nine passengers and six hundred eighty-nine crew.
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Mein Schiff 7 Completes Renewable Methanol Bunkering Test
MB Energy supplied twenty-five cubic meters of renewable methanol, with Johs. Martens delivering it by truck while about two thousand nine hundred passengers were aboard Mein Schiff 7.
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Sea Cloud Cruises Opens Bookings for 2027 Atlantic Voyages
The Dublin-to-Honfleur sector is part of Sea Cloud Cruises' North American Suite Life Upgrade offer, with eligible bookings required by October 31, 2026.
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Scenic Eclipse II Makes Maiden Call in Hamburg
The 228-passenger yacht overnighted at HafenCity Cruise Terminal during a seven-country sailing that included a transit of the Kiel Canal.