Tagged: Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)



Norwegian Cruise Line Reveals Fall/Winter 2019/20 Itineraries, Featuring New Ships in North American Homeports

Amidst the current winter chill gripping much of the nation, Norwegian Cruise Line today revealed selections from the fleet’s fall/winter 2019/20 deployment, which will feature a plethora of warm weather escapes to tropical paradises in the Caribbean, Bahamas & Florida and South America, as well as fall foliage sailings in Canada & New England. (more…)





Norwegian Cruise Line Announces Summer 2019 Itineraries

The Norwegian Jade at Hamburg (Photo credit NCL / André LentheNorwegian Cruise Line today revealed the fleet’s exciting lineup of summer 2019 itineraries, featuring some of the world’s hottest summer destinations. Norwegian’s signature cruising experience, which offers guests the freedom and flexibility to design their ideal vacation, will be available around the globe with five ships sailing in Europe; three cruising to Alaska; two calling on Bermuda; as well as itineraries that include the Bahamas & Florida, the Caribbean, Canada & New England and the Hawaiian islands. (more…)

Norwegian Joy 2018 Full Year Deployment Revealed

The Norwegian Joy (Courtesy Meyer Werft / Norwegian Cruise Line)Norwegian Cruise Line is now promoting its full year 2018 deployment on the Norwegian Joy, which will sail out of both Shanghai and Tianjin next year. With the exception of one cruise to nowhere, all short voyages visit Japanese ports. The majority of voyages are four nights and include one port call. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Two former cruise CEOs duked it out in court. One came out the clear winner

For the past week, it has been a battle of the former Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEOs. In a weeklong jury trial, former cruise chief Colin Veitch argued that his successor, Kevin Sheehan, withheld payments from Veitch and made allegedly defamatory statements about him in the media. (Sheehan also has departed the line.) Veitch sought $95 million in damages. (miamiherald.com)













Norwegian Cruise Line announces newer and larger ship to homeport at Port of New Orleans in 2018

Norwegian Cruise Line announced today it will deploy the 4,000-passenger Norwegian Breakaway to the Port of New Orleans beginning November 2018. The 1,068-foot vessel will be the largest cruise ship in both length and passenger occupancy to ever sail from Port NOLA, and its arrival will nearly double Norwegian’s guest occupancy from New Orleans. (more…)













Cruise Lines in difficulties trying to appoint Counsel in Québec Small Claims Proceedings

In two strikingly similar recent cases before the small claims division of the Court of Québec, the court has held twice that the defendant cruise lines may not be represented by lawyers, as questions with respect to the application of Canadian maritime law and the interpretation of the Marine Liability Act are not considered to be complex questions of law under section 542 of the Québec Code of Civil Procedure. (blg.com)