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Virgin Voyages Hits its Stride as Fourth Ship Enters Service

Published Sep 5, 2025 12:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Virgin Voyages is marking a key milestone as its fourth cruise ship, Brilliant Lady, embarks its first revenue passengers on Fri...

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Disney Adventure Cruise Ship Departs Wismar for Trials

Published Sep 1, 2025 2:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

Disney’s newest cruise ship and the eleventh largest in the cruise industry departed Wismar, Germany, on the evening of Se...

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Cruise Industry Sues Hawaii Saying “Green Fee” is Unconstitutional

Published Sep 1, 2025 12:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

The cruise industry has taken the unusual step of filing a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the enforcement of a new Hawaiian law that...

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Havila Voyages Plans First Climate-Neutral Norwegian Coastal Round Trip

Published Aug 26, 2025 7:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Havila Voyages, which already operates four Norwegian coastal cruise ships fueled with LNG and equipped with batteries, reports...

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Italian Coast Guard Responds as Mega MSC Cruise Ship Loses Propulsion Power

Published Aug 25, 2025 4:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

MSC World Europa, one of the largest cruise ships in the world with a reported 8,500 people aboard, lost propulsion early Monday...

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Disney’s New Cruise Ship Leaves Building Hall at Meyer Werft

Published Aug 11, 2025 6:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Disney Cruise Line is kicking off a new phase of growth that will see a dramatic expansion of the operation over the nex...

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First Funnel Removed as SS United States Prepares to Become a Reef

Published Aug 4, 2025 3:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Five months after the famed ocean liner ss United States arrived in Mobile, Alabama, to prepare for her conversion into a man-ma...

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Swan Hellenic Regains Ship After Long Legal Battle Over Russian Sanctions

Published Jul 30, 2025 2:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Expedition cruise line Swan Hellenic has finally been able to regain its flagship, the SH Minerva, after an exasperating three-y...

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Protestors Square Off with Police and Block Cruise Ship in Amsterdam

Published Jul 28, 2025 3:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The environmental group Extinction Rebellion renewed its protests against cruise ships docking in the Netherlands during...

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Icon of the Seas Crewmember Stabs Female Worker and Dies Jumping Overboard

Published Jul 25, 2025 5:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Royal Bahamas Police Force provided additional details about an incident between two crewmembers on Royal Caribbean...

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