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Passengers had to be evacuated from the P&O cruise Iona after the battery on a mobility scooter exploded and burst into flames – just days before the ship joined search efforts for crew members onboard the doomed Verity cargo boat. (more…)
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The number of cruise ships arriving in Hampshire this year is already at pre-pandemic levels, a council has heard. (more…)
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CLIA UK & Ireland has revealed its 2024 conference will be held from May 23-25 in Southampton. (more…)
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ABP Port of Southampton has welcomed Explora Journeys’ Explora I for the ship’s maiden call at the start of a nine-night voyage around the UK. (more…)
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MSC Cruises’ UK head has confirmed the line will change the current Southampton departures for MSC Virtuosa from summer 2024 to include more mini cruises. (more…)
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Expedition cruising is the best way to get customers who have never cruised before to try their first sailing, Silversea’s president and chief executive Barbara Muckermann has told agents. (more…)
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Four cruise ships at the Port of Southampton and unscheduled security checks led to massive gridlock near the port. Will the heavy traffic continue? (more…)
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In the space of four days, the Port of Southampton, owned and operated by Associated British Ports (ABP), has welcomed two LNG-powered cruise ships on their maiden calls, proving its capability to support these types of vessels at its state-of-the-art Horizon Cruise Terminal. (more…)
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Cunard has announced that Queen Mary 2 will operate a five night coronation cruise that will depart from Southampton on 2 May after the company had been forced to cancel a roundtrip Trans-Atlantic voyage due to technical problems on the ship. (more…)
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A second cruise has been cancelled as works to repair a technical fault aboard Queen Mary 2 continue. Cunard’s flagship ocean liner was due to depart for New York on Sunday but the voyage had to be cancelled due to a technical issue. (more…)
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An array of coronation-themed events and entertainment are on tap aboard two Princess Cruises ships based in the United Kingdom to celebrate the crowning of King Charles III next month. (more…)
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SCH and its sister companies will handle around 130 cruise ship transfer calls in 2023 as the industry continues its post-pandemic recovery. (more…)
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Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports group, has published an update to its Southampton Air Quality Strategy, Cleaner Air for Southampton, outlining the progress made by ABP and companies operating within the port as well providing an action plan to improve air quality even further in future. (more…)
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Cunard celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first world cruise in Southampton as Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria departed on their round-the-world voyages. (more…)
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The Port of Southampton received 489 cruise calls in 2022 and in spring, activated shore power at two of its cruise terminals: Horizon and Mayflower. (more…)
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SEVEN cruise ships will make their first visits to Southampton in 2023 as the industry continues to bounce back from the pandemic. (more…)
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Today (Nov. 6, 2022), marked a special occasion as Carnival Cruise Line’s most anticipated new Excel-class ship, Carnival Celebration, arrived to the Ocean Cruise Terminal in Southampton, UK, for a first-look event and marked Carnival’s first time bringing a new ship to the UK in 20 years. (more…)
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Celebrity Cruises announced that for the first time, one of its industry-transforming Edge® Series ships will homeport in Southampton, UK for its entire 2024 season. (more…)
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Cruise Lines International Association UK and Ireland (CLIA) has confirmed that cruisewatch.ai, an AI-based voice and text recognition technology for B2B cruise sellers, will be the technology sponsor of the CLIA Cruise Forum in December. (more…)
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The Port of Southampton, Europe’s leading cruise turnaround port, has welcomed Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL)’s newest cruise ship, Norwegian Prima. (more…)
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The conference, the 15th to be held and the largest annual travel agent event of its kind in Europe, will include multiple ship visits, conference sessions, a trade fair and a celebratory dinner. (more…)
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Tom Dynes as general manager of landside operations for its Southampton region, effective September 19. (more…)
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ABP’s Port of Southampton is pleased to announce that Princess Cruises’ “Sky Princess” is the latest cruise ship to be commissioned for shore power at the port. (more…)
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Leading independent travel company, Travel Counsellors, has recorded a 60 per cent increase in cruise sales in April and May 2022, compared to the same months in 2019. (more…)
Associated British Ports (ABP)’s Port of Southampton is celebrating the successful commissioning and use of its shore power facility for cruise ships. Shore power-enabled ships can now plug in at the port’s Horizon Cruise Terminal and Mayflower Cruise Terminal, for zero emissions at berth. (more…)
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The UK’s first shore power facility for cruise ships will be utilised at Associated British Ports (ABP) Southampton this year, while maiden calls are scheduled at ABP Cruise ports throughout the year. (more…)
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Southampton-based P&O Cruises has been bearing the brunt of a decision to sack 800 staff by a similarly-named firm it is not linked to. (more…)
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Solent Stevedores, the UK’s leading cruise stevedoring partner has secured a two-year contract extension with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. (more…)
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ new flagship Bolette is setting sail on her first venture from Southampton today, marking the start of its inaugural season of sailing from the city. (more…)
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