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The 2026 cruise season at the Port of Halifax starts today (April 7, 2026), as we welcome passengers arriving on the Viking Polaris. The season is set to run from April 7 until November 5, 2026. (more…)
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The Eighth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage, and Creativity was awarded to Blair McKeil on Wednesday, September 25, onboard Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2. (more…)
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The Port of Halifax host a shoreside ceremony on Monday, August 28, 2023, to celebrate the longstanding relationship with Holland America Line. (more…)
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The first cruise ship of the season sailed into Halifax Saturday morning. (more…)
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With over 300 expected vessel calls across the province, cruise in Nova Scotia is returning to growth. (more…)
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After a successful 2022 cruise season in Atlantic Canada, ACCA is expecting an even more promising 2023 season. With hundreds of cruise ships already scheduled to arrive here in 2023, Atlantic Canada is in a strong position to see growth in numbers across all ports. (more…)
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The Sixth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity was awarded to Scott Armour McCrea on Friday, September 16 at the International Congress of Maritime Museums’ gala event at the Juno Tower in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (more…)
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For the first time in over two years, cruise ships have docked in Halifax Harbour. On Tuesday, the Ocean Navigator arrived at 6 a.m., followed two hours later by the Norwegian Getaway — marking the beginning of the city’s 2022 cruise-ship season. (more…)
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The 2022 cruise season in Halifax will start on April 26 with the arrival of Norwegian Getaway, a Norwegian Cruise Line vessel and Ocean Navigator, an American Queen Steamboat Co. vessel. The season will run until November 5, 2022. (more…)
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Luxury cruise line Cunard will host the Fifth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity on July 26, 2019, honoring Zita Cobb and Sandra Greer. (more…)
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The 2019 Halifax cruise season will officially start April 8 at 9:30 a.m. with the arrival of Marina, an Oceania Cruises vessel, at Pier 31. Please note there is no public access to Pier 31. (more…)
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It is another record cruise season for the Port of Halifax. In 2018, Halifax received 316,869 guests on 198 vessel calls. This is an 8% increase in the number of cruise guests over 2017, and a 14% increase in the number of vessel calls. (more…)
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It was a busy day at the Halifax Seaport Friday, with over 9,200 passengers arriving by cruise ship.The Norwegian Escape was the third ship to cruise into the port of Halifax Friday morning, bringing in 4,266 passengers and making it the highest passenger capacity vessel to ever visit the city. (globalnews.ca)
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The 2018 Halifax cruise season will officially start Sunday, April 22 at noon with the arrival of MS Fram, a Hurtigruten vessel. The vessel is scheduled to berth at Pier 23 in the Halifax Seaport District. (more…)
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It looks like 2018 will be another record-breaking cruise ship season for Halifax. Port of Halifax is expecting 200 vessels this year, beating last year’s 173. Communications advisor Lane Farguson told NEWS 95.7’s The Rick Howe Show, based on statistics from a year ago, the industry is worth over $123-million in annual economic benefit. (halifaxtoday.ca)
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The world’s only transatlantic passenger liner in active duty, The Queen Mary 2, has a deep rooted connection to Halifax, that was celebrated during her Thursday port of call. (globalnews.ca)
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The 2017 Halifax cruise season will officially start April 24 at 4:15 p.m. with the arrival of the Amadea, a Phoenix Reisen vessel. This cruise ship will first berth at Lunenburg at 7 a.m. and will depart for Halifax at noon. (more…)
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The Port of Halifax is anticipating a strong 2016, predicting some 240,000 passengers, according to Sarah Rumley, brand and marketing coordinator. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Dozens of passengers wandered off a British cruise ship in Halifax on Wednesday, weary from a virulent gastrointestinal illness that sickened hundreds of people on board and kept some in their cabins for days. (thestar.com)
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The 2016 cruise season gets underway in Atlantic Canada this weekend with the arrival of the Holland America Veendam in Halifax on April 30, Sydney on May 1, and Charlottetown on May 2. (more…)
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Cruise line Holland America will be the opening act for both the ports of Halifax and Sydney as Nova Scotia’s cruise business kicks off another season at the end of the month. (thechronicleherald.ca)
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The Port of Halifax is preparing for a banner cruise ship season that will break a handful of records. (cbc.ca)
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More than 10,000 cruise ship passengers descended on the Halifax region Friday on the busiest day of the cruise season. (cbc.ca)
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A cruise ship that had been stranded in Boston Harbor since the Fourth of July departed for Halifax on Sunday. (boston.cbslocal.com)
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Cunard will celebrate 175 years of history, tradition, and industrial achievement in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 10 July 2015 with a series of commemorative events, beginning with a special outdoor ceremony on the Halifax waterfront. (ftnnews.com)
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The Atlantic Canadian cruise ship season began early Monday morning with the arrival of the first vessel in Halifax. (globalnews.ca)
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