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NTSB: Not Following Maintenance Recommendations Led to Cruise Ship Fire

Published Apr 22, 2025 6:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

An explosion and fire aboard the coastal cruise ship Ocean Navigator in October 2023 was likely caused by not following maintenanc...

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Disney’s Largest Cruise Ship Floated Out as Line Continues Expansion

Published Apr 21, 2025 12:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

The new Disney Cruise Line cruise ship Disney Adventure (208,000 gross tons) was floated out on Saturday, April 19, in Wismar, G...

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Pioneering an Industry

Published Apr 20, 2025 10:21 PM by Tony Munoz

  It started small, like all great ventures, with a single sightseeing boat on the Connecticut River in 1970, and grew fro...

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Developing Waterway Cruises in Northern Canada

Published Apr 17, 2025 1:41 PM by Harry Valentine

  Trump’s tariffs have elicited a backlash from Canadian tourists, who now choose to visit domestic attractions. The...

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Teenager Sentenced to Eight Months for Carnival Sunrise Bomb Hoax

Published Apr 16, 2025 8:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A federal judge has sentenced a Michigan teenager to eight months in prison for calling in a bomb threat to Carnival Cru...

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NYK Takes Delivery of Japan’s Largest Cruise Ship from Meyer Werft

Published Apr 14, 2025 5:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Japanese cruise market is growing rapidly demonstrated by the delivery last week of the largest cruise ship, and the first i...

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Economic Impact: Cruise Boom Benefits Port Communities

Published Apr 13, 2025 11:38 PM by Tom Peters

  At the eastern end of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on the island of Cape Breton sits the small port of Sydney. B...

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MSC Cruises Inaugurates MSC World America Expanding U.S. Presence

Published Apr 10, 2025 12:21 AM by The Maritime Executive

  MSC Cruises celebrated the entry of the MSC World America, one of the largest cruise ships in the world, into service wi...

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Op-Ed: As Tariffs Rise, Canadian Cruisers Can Skip the U.S. Market

Published Apr 8, 2025 10:32 PM by Harry Valentine

  The Canadian public has responded to the American tariff on trade. Airline bookings from Canada to American destinations...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Charters Oldest Cruise Ships to Sail in India 

Published Apr 8, 2025 7:59 AM by The Maritime Executive

  Norwegian Cruise Line has made a deal to charter its two oldest cruise ships as the company pursues its fleet modernizat...

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