Royal Caribbean subsidiary Celebrity Cruises has ordered a fifth Edge-class ship, famed for its protruding bar.

New figures show a strong increase in the number of cruise visitors to Norway, with Bergen the most popular port of call.

Cocaine with a street value of around €2.5 million was concealed in crisp packets, on a ship from the Caribbean bound for Europe.

Ten million people are expected to visit Tokyo, but ships belonging to MSC and Princess may help alleviate the hotel shortage.

Torstein Hagen and Viking Ocean Cruises give their “full support” to finding out why engines failed in heavy seas injuring 20 people.

CLIA pledges that member cruise lines will cut the rate of carbon emissions across the industry by 40% by 2030.

More than 40 chic new vessels are due to be launched over the coming decade, says a new report.

MS Finnmarken, built in 2002, is to be transformed in a premium refurbishment ahead of a 2021 debut along Norway’s coast.

It’s best for agents to market the future ships by keeping them distinct from MSC Yacht Club, the executive chairman advises.

The gigantic sixth Oasis-class ship, for 5,714 guests, will not be built in Finland as the first two were, but in France.

More than 1.2 million tourists are expected to dock at Danish ports in 2019, “a source of revenue in the harbours and shops”.

Scarlet Lady’s much-anticipated inaugural season will take in Costa Maya in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

Already offering globetrotting cruises, the new expedition world cruise will be an “uncharted world tour”.

Tillberg Design of Sweden has just opened an office in Miami and says that business is growing rapidly.

Rising numbers of ships and passengers shows no signs of slowing down, while Cruise Iceland is up for a major award.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas sets sail just one day after offloading 500 norovirus-hit passengers and crew.

Cruise lines will take on 24 new ocean-going vessels during 2019, some of them massive, some of them nimble expedition ships.

Roald Amundsen, the world’s first hybrid cruise ship, is scheduled to begin its first sailings this year.

The large-scale infrastructure projects come despite warnings about “crazy” tourism growth in Vietnam.

Kai Albrigtsen has been named as the captain of Hurtigruten’s new hybrid-powered expedition ship.