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The Canada Place cruise terminal is celebrating its 40th anniversary, with peak season about to get underway and a record 1.4 million people expected to pass through its gates this year. (more…)
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For the third consecutive year, Disney Cruise Line is kicking off Vancouver’s cruise ship season — this time with a much earlier official start than in previous years. (more…)
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Nexion Travel Group has announced it will host its 2026 Cruise Sales Summit in Vancouver next May. (more…)
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As cruise tourism surges on the Island, communities navigate the trade-offs between economic revival and environmental responsibility. (more…)
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The first-ever cruise ship (Silver Nova) has filled up with an alternative fuel at the Port of Vancouver, receiving LNG (liquefied natural gas) from Seaspan Energy’s LNG bunker vessel Seaspan Garibaldi as it prepares to sail to Alaska. (more…)
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The first cruise ship of the season, the Disney Wonder, will dock at the Canada Place cruise terminal in Vancouver tomorrow, March 5—kicking off what is expected to be another strong season. (more…)
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Award-winning Canada Place cruise terminal expected to see more than 1.32 million passengers and 327 ship visits in 2024—supporting businesses and jobs across the Lower Mainland and Canada. (more…)
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The Port of Vancouver is on course for a record cruise season, according to mid-year stats released by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. (more…)
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Virtuoso recently hosted four Cruise Ship Tour events in Canada in collaboration with Viking, Silversea, Seabourn, and Cunard. (more…)
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Anyone visiting Canada Place or nearby areas in downtown Vancouver should prepare for increased crowds and traffic between now and September, with the local cruise industry on course to attract record passenger numbers. (more…)
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A United Airlines plane is being removed from service after several passengers on a flight from Vancouver to Houston, Texas, felt sick. (more…)
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Early estimates are for another record year for cruise passenger visits to the award-winning Canada Place cruise terminal in Vancouver, as collaborative efforts to improve sustainability progress. (more…)
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Banner season for Canada Place cruise terminal, welcoming an estimated record 1.25 million passengers and 332 ship visits, and recognized as North America’s best cruise terminal. (more…)
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For the first time in history, the World Travel Awards (WTA) named Canada Place the “World’s Leading Cruise Port.” (more…)
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A Vancouver company that specializes in refurbishing ships into floating hotels for industrial work forces plans to convert an Estonian cruise ship into a floating work accommodation by the end of this year. (more…)
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Disney Cruise Line (DCL) received the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s Blue Circle Award for the 10th consecutive year, recognizing the cruise line’s participation last year in the port’s voluntary EcoAction Program and Energy Action Initiative. (more…)
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Prior to the pandemic, the port was looking into the feasibility of building a new cruise ship terminal in Delta, but things were put on hold. (more…)
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Holland America Line kicked off its 2023 Alaska cruise season today with the arrival of Eurodam at Port of Seattle. (more…)
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More passengers than ever before could visit the award-winning Canada Place cruise terminal in Vancouver this season, as the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority continues to improve Canada’s premier homeport and its accessibility for all visitors. (more…)
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Cruise ship season officially launches in British Columbia as the Sapphire Princess berths in Victoria for a one-day visit. (more…)
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The arrival of Princess Cruises’ Sapphire Princess at the Canada Place cruise terminal on April 12 will be symbolic of a hoped-for continuation of tourism’s rebound in Vancouver. (more…)
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The final cruise ship of the season will depart from the Port of Vancouver tomorrow (November 2, 2022), completing a comeback year for the local cruise industry, following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. (more…)
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There was frustration among cruise ship passengers Monday after “on-water picketing” prevented the departure of a vessel bound for Alaska. (more…)
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American Queen Voyages is launching a new City Stay Package in 2023, giving guests the option to enjoy a post-cruise experience in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.. (more…)
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The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has been recognised at the World Sustainability Awards 2022 at the gala organised by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) in Vancouver. (more…)
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The Port of Seattle, City and Borough of Juneau, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, leading global cruise lines, as well as the Global Maritime Forum, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition, and Washington Maritime Blue announced a new commitment today to explore the feasibility of the world’s first cruise-led ‘green corridor.’ (more…)
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Two more cruise ships are set to arrive in Vancouver, but it’s not entirely good news for local businesses as one has been labelled with an “orange status” COVID-19 alert. (more…)
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Holland America Line will be the first cruise line to return to Canadian cruising following a more than two year industrywide pause due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
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A Canadian passenger aboard the Caribbean Princess said there was “lots of COVID-19” on the cruise ship, which has cancelled its scheduled stops in Victoria and Vancouver this week. (more…)
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Alaska Congressman Don Young has introduced legislation that, if passed, would allow cruise ships to permanently skip ports in British Columbia. Young, a Republican serving his 25th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, is pushing for a law that would allow ports or land owned by Tribes or Alaska Native Corporations to satisfy the Passenger Vessel Services Act’s foreign stop requirement. (globalnews.ca)
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British Columbia’s premier says legislation proposed in the United States that would scrap a long-standing requirement for American cruise ships to dock at a foreign port between domestic stops doesn’t change the fact people want to visit B.C. (coastreporter.net)
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The Port of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada has recognized Crystal Cruises with a 2019 Blue Circle Award as part of the port’s EcoAction Program, which encourages efforts above and beyond requirements in order to reduce air emissions and carbon footprint. (more…)
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British Columbia is reopening its provincial parks to camping at the start of June, but only residents of the province will be permitted to use campsites at such renowned Northwest beauty spots as Cathedral, Garibaldi and Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Parks. (seattlepi.com)
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The final cruise ship set to sail during the 2019 season will depart from Vancouver tomorrow (Nov.1), marking the end of the 33rd cruise season at Canada Place terminal at the Port of Vancouver. (more…)
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With a high volume of cruise passengers expected at and around Canada Place cruise ship terminal this month, travelers and locals should plan ahead to prepare for crowds and increased traffic in surrounding areas. (more…)
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Environmentalist is calling for an outright ban on cruise ships coming into Vancouver’s harbour. The push is in an effort to help reduce the impact of the vessels’ carbon footprint. “We are destroying our oceans with plastic, with pollution, with noise, with everything,” Danika Dinsmore with Extinction Rebellion Sunshine Coast tells NEWS 1130. (citynews1130.com)
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Luxury cruise line Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth kicked off the company’s return to Alaska today in their West Coast homeport of Vancouver, Canada. Queen Elizabeth will sail four ten-night roundtrip voyages out of Vancouver in 2019, and ten voyages in 2020, calling at Juneau, Ketchikan, Victoria, Skagway, and more. (more…)
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While docking at the Vancouver Port near Canada Place, a Holland America vessel collided with another ship from the same cruise line that was already docked. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, although both ships allegedly suffered minor damage during the incident. (foxnews.com)
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The 2019 cruise season in Vancouver officially starts tomorrow (March 29) with the arrival of the Emerald Princess to the Canada Place cruise terminal at the Port of Vancouver. (more…)
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The Port of Vancouver’s 2018 cruise season comes to a close this afternoon when the Emerald Princess, the last scheduled sailing this year in Vancouver, departs the Canada Place terminal. (dailyhive.com)
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