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Port Milwaukee ended its 2019 cruise ship season this week, welcoming a 300-passenger ship from Hamburg, Germany. Milwaukee hosted 10 cruise ships this season, more than double the number from 2018. The port estimates cruise ships brought more than 3,200 passengers to the city this year. (wpr.org)
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Victory Cruise Lines, a leader in Great Lakes cruising, is excited to announce its new slip at Chicago’s picturesque Navy Pier. (more…)
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Ports abound throughout the Great Lakes, welcoming vacationers from the United States and further abroad. To meet the demand from cruisegoers, several cruise lines have been increasing their presence in the region, with upwards of 20 to 30 stops each season at individual ports around the lakes. (greatlakesnow.org)
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Learning that small passenger ships were again sailing the Great Lakes from Toronto to Chicago was, for me, akin to discovering a new American coastline had been found. “Last year there were 30 voyages through the Great Lakes carrying 6,000 passengers, and that is expected to double in 2019,” says Heidi Allison, president of CruiseComplete.com which publishes information on the cruise industry. (ocregister.com)
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Victory Cruise Lines, committed to small-ship cruising on the Great Lakes, North American and Canadian coasts, is excited to unveil a new lineup of shore excursions following the recent announcement of six new itineraries onboard the M/V Victory I and M/V Victory II for the 2020 season. (more…)
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Sun, sails and ships cruising into the lakefront —a taste of summer rolled into Milwaukee Tuesday morning with the first of an expected 11 cruise ships docking at the port this season. It was just one of the many ships cruising the Great Lakes to get to what Mayor Barrett has coined the ‘Capitol of America’s Fresh Coast.’ (tmj4.com)
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Thursday marked the start of the cruise ship season on the Great Lakes, with the first ship arriving in Muskegon.The Victory I cruise ship tied up in Muskegon at around 7 a.m. The 300-foot ship departed early Thursday evening. (grandhaventribune.com)
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Great Lakes cruise passengers disembarking in Cleveland later this year may notice an improvement in the arrivals process. The Port of Cleveland is planning to spend $600,000 to develop a more permanent U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility to process cruise passengers. (cleveland.com)
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The Great Lakes may not have the shoreline views of Alaska, the warmth of the Bahamas or the history of Europe, but they are quickly becoming a destination for cruising. These are not the mega ships found in the Caribbean with casinos and waterslides. The experience on the Great Lakes is quieter. The clientele is older. The boats are smaller. (eu.jsonline.com)
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From June through August, Pearl Seas is providing two Great Lakes cruising experiences: an 11-night Great Lakes & Georgian Bay itinerary and a shorter seven-night Great Lakes itinerary. Both itineraries operate between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Toronto, Canada, and visit several American and Canadian ports of call. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Victory Cruise Lines, committed to small-ship cruising on the North American and Canadian coasts, is highlighting the line’s first two itineraries since joining American Queen Steamboat Company. (more…)
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Green Bay may not boast the scenery of Alaska or the tropical climate of the Caribbean, but all indications point to Green Bay becoming a cruise ship destination in 2019. Members of the Brown County Harbor Commission know it’s just been a matter of time. (wsaw.com)
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The Milwaukee seaport welcomed two cruise ships simultaneously on August 31, bringing close to 300 leisure travelers from around the world to explore the city. (milwaukeeindependent.com)
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Two passenger cruise vessels are docking in Milwaukee today, a rare occurrence that Port Milwaukee and tourism officials hope will become more common as they make a concerted effort to attract more cruise ships to the city. (biztimes.com)
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A coalition of government and business groups is kicking off a campaign to attract cruise ships to the Great Lakes. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials are scheduled to attend an announcement of the “Cruise the Great Lakes” initiative Thursday on Mackinac Island. (apnews.com)
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Now being prepared in Helsingborg, Sweden, to enter service with Victory Cruise Lines, the 202-passenger Victory II is scheduled to embark passengers for her maiden voyage from Montreal to the Great Lakes on Friday, July 27, 2018.
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Green Bay is finally on the itinerary of a Great Lakes cruise ship. Two ships from Victory Cruise Lines will arrive in July, just three days apart. “We’re excited from the port’s perspective. It’s pretty prestigious to have cruise ships visit your city,” said Dean Haen, director of the Port of Green Bay. (fox11online.com)
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Montreal inaugurated a new cruise terminal in June, which will be joined by a second operational terminal in 2018, along with the existing alternate terminal located east of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. The trio of berth locations will help the iconic city accommodate extra ships during its peak fall season. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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A new favorite port of call for veteran cruisers may be familiar to Northeast Ohioans: It’s downtown Cleveland. The port of Cleveland, and Great Lakes cruising in general, are poised to grow big over the next several years, according to Bruce Nierenberg, president and CEO of Victory Cruise Lines. (cleveland.com)
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The 35,600-ton Polsteam bulk carrier m.v. Isa
The 35,600-ton Polsteam bulk carrier m.v. Isa is now on her way across the Atlantic from Montreal to Hamburg. After discharge, she will set course for IJmuiden, near Amsterdam, where she is due to arrive during the week of October 28. Her next cargo will be Tata Steel for the Great Lakes ports of Cleveland and Burns Harbor and she has a few cabins available for passengers.
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The Port Authority envisioned the facility as one that would accommodate the largest Great Lakes cruise ships, and serve as a home base to a high-speed ferry service that would offer round-trip service to Canada for passengers and vehicles during the spring, summer and fall. (goerie.com)
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Hapag-Lloyd’s new expedition ship Hanseatic Inspiration will sail itineraries as diverse as the Amazon and the U.S. Great Lakes after making its debut in October 2019. (travelweekly.com)
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The Great Lakes Cruising Coalition, a group that advocates for passenger ships on the Great Lakes, is preparing for more cruise vessels as multiple operators eye expansion plans in the region. “It’s a boutique market for small-ship cruising,” said Stephen Burnett, executive director, The Great Lakes Cruising Coalition. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The 2017 Muskegon cruise season will begin with the first mooring of the Pearl Mist on Thursday, June 8. The 200-passenger ship will dock at Muskegon’s Heritage Landing 10 times throughout the summer. An eleventh cruise ship mooring will take place in September with the first visit of the Victory I of Victory Cruise Line. (mlive.com)
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“(Muskegon) comes highly recommended by the people who arrange our shore excursions,” said Bruce Nierenberg, president and CEO of Victory Cruise Line, in an email response to MLive. (mlive.com)
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For those wanting to return to North America this autumn by sea, or sail into the Great Lakes we have an extra sailing by Polsteam’s m.v. Isadora, scheduled from Amsterdam/IJmuiden for Cleveland, Ohio, and Burns Harbor, Indiana, in the second half of Septober.
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The vessel is a German cruise ship with hundreds of passengers taking a tour of the Great Lakes, said Karen Deegan of K D Marine. The ship made its way to the Windy City after an overnight trip from Milwaukee. (nbcchicago.com)
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The 15,000 ton, 420 passenger luxury cruise ship is touring the Great Lakes for the second summer in a row. (cbs58.com)
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Thursday’s sunny skies and live singing by Cleveland’s Singing Angels was a perfect welcome to a group of passengers aboard the Grande Mariner cruise ship. (newsnet5.com)
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Space is limited but there is still time to secure your place on a 10-night Great Lakes cruise on board the charming 4,954-ton 210-berth Saint Laurent this summer.
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The Polish Steamship Company (Polsteam) is about to introduce a new tramp-style cargo-passenger service with occasional sailings from the UK port ot Newport, Wales, to ports in the Great Lakes.
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The Great Lakes Cruise Company recently announced that their smaller cruise liner, the Saint Laurent, will travel from Montreal to Chicago through the Great Lakes. (mlive.com)
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