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Port of New Orleans Tops 1 Million Cruise Passenger Movements in 2025
New Orleans is emerging as a rare river-and-ocean cruise gateway, signaling how lines are betting on the Gulf Coast for year-round demand as larger ships return.
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Royal Caribbean Drops Japan Ports on Select Shanghai Sailings
Geopolitics is redrawing Northeast Asia cruise maps, pushing more Shanghai sailings toward South Korea. Ports like Incheon stand to gain as Japan calls fall out of favor.
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Royal Caribbean Starts Building Fifth Icon Class Ship at Turku Yard
Another Icon Class build signals Royal Caribbean’s bet that demand for mega-ships will hold. For Turku, the long pipeline keeps Finland at the center of cruise shipbuilding.
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27-Year-Old Dies Aboard Ovation of the Seas After Singapore Return
As short cruises surge from Singapore, the death spotlights how lines and port authorities handle onboard emergencies and what transparency passengers can expect.
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Ketchikan Set to Overtake Juneau in 2026 Cruise Passengers
Juneau’s experiment with negotiated cruise limits is rewriting Southeast Alaska itineraries, shifting economic gains and crowding pressures to ports ready to absorb them.
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Quintana Roo Sets 2025 Cruise Record With 7.4M Passengers
Quintana Roo’s boom is turning Cozumel and Costa Maya into a testing ground for cruise lines’ private beach model, sharpening scrutiny on reefs, public access, and regulation.
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Royal Caribbean Extends Labadee Cruise Suspension Through Dec. 2026
The prolonged Labadee pause shows how security risks are redrawing Caribbean cruise routes, pushing lines toward private islands and ports with predictable access.
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Royal Caribbean Breaks Ground on $345M PortMiami Terminal G
As cruise ships grow into floating cities, PortMiami is racing to expand capacity and smooth arrivals. The new terminal underscores Miami’s bid to stay the industry’s busiest homeport.
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FAA Security Order Shuts San Juan Airspace, Disrupts Cruises
The San Juan shutdown shows how quickly geopolitical moves can snarl the Caribbean’s cruise pipeline, exposing how tightly island tourism depends on United States air links.
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Star of the Seas Wins Cruise Hive Best New Cruise Ship of 2025
The result underscores how Royal Caribbean’s Icon-class bets are shaping the newbuild race, as rivals like MSC Cruises and Princess chase the same crowd-pleasing mega-ship formula.
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CDC Logs 22 Cruise Ship GI Outbreaks in 2025, Up From 2024
As cruise demand climbs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s public outbreak list is a key transparency tool, even as staffing cuts test oversight at sea.
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PortMiami Invests $125M to Add Shore Power at Five Cruise Berths
PortMiami’s shore power buildout signals a wider shift as cruise lines electrify fleets and ports race to keep up, exposing how grid limits can slow clean-dock promises.