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Santorini Limits Athinios Cruise Disembarkation to 30%
At Ormos Fira, passengers reach the clifftop town by cable car or a stairway of roughly six hundred steps; the harbor has no direct road access.
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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.
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Royal Caribbean Reflags Navigator of the Seas to Cyprus
The Cyprus register has been cited at one thousand eight hundred fifty-seven ocean-going vessels and more than twenty-one million in gross tonnage.
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Barcelona Mayor Seeks to Double Short-Stay Cruise Passenger Fee
A University of Barcelona study estimated 2024 cruise tourism generated about €1.2 billion in Catalonia and supported more than 9,500 jobs.
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Judge Limits Bar Harbor Cruise Passenger Cap to July and August
The town's 2026 cruise schedule lists sixty-seven ship visits and just under fifty thousand possible passengers, with estimated revenue of 255,231 dollars.
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Ketchikan to Review Five-Year CLIA Cruise Port Pact May 7
The draft follows more than a year of talks and eleven versions, with Laurie Booyse saying it draws on Juneau’s CLIA pact after an expensive legal fight.
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MSC Cruise Ships Post Verified Methane Slip Below FuelEU Default
MSC World Europa and MSC Euribia posted independently verified methane slip values of 1.67 percent and 1.48 percent, below FuelEU Maritime's default value.
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Carnival Tightens Collapsible Wagon Rules Across Fleet
Carnival’s tighter approach to personal gear shows how cruise lines are prioritizing onboard safety and crowd flow over conveniences many families have come to rely on.
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Portsmouth Tests Filters to Curb Cruise Laundry Microfibers
Industrial laundry is emerging as a blind spot in microfiber pollution, with cruise ships and hotels facing growing pressure to curb waste before it reaches the sea.
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ACI Europe Backs EU Plan to Track Jet Fuel Stocks Amid Hormuz Risk
Hormuz uncertainty highlights Europe’s reliance on imported jet fuel, nudging Brussels toward European Union stock tracking to protect summer connectivity.
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9th Circuit Questions Hawaii’s 11% Cruise Surcharge for Climate Costs
The case could decide whether states can make cruise tourism help bankroll climate resilience, or whether federal maritime rules keep port fees uniform nationwide.
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DeSantis Signs SB 302 to Curb Dredging in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve
The move draws a hard line for Florida’s cruise growth, signaling that mega-ship expansion will flow through existing Gulf ports rather than new terminals in protected waters.