Port of Marseille Fos in France has boosted its shoreside electric power capacity so it can provide 60 hertz power connections to three cruise ships – each with a power requirement equivalent to a town of 13,000 people – simultaneously.  Following a testing phase that began in late 2025, the new connections will be available in 2026 and will allow cruise ships to turn off the...

LNG remains cruise shipping’s most deployable decarbonisation option, according to a new report from Lloyd’s Register. The Fuel for Thought: LNG for Cruise report was presented at Seatrade Cruise Global, which is taking place in Miami, Florida, from 13-16 April 2026. It provides a detailed, evidence-based assessment of how LNG is already delivering improved air quality and em...

The MSC Group’s cruise division is introducing a new luxury private island retreat, Sandy Cay, to The Bahamas for MSC Cruises and Explora Journey guests. The island is expected to open in 2028. Sandy Cay is the latest addition to MSC Cruises and Explora Journey’s joint commitment to elevating their private destination offering. The island will complement the company’s exis...

More than 3,900 cruise ship calls brought an estimated 1.6 million individual guests to Norway in 2025, while total cruise passenger movements hit an all-time high of 6.3 million, according to figures from the Norwegian Coastal Administration. These figures indicate cruise traffic has risen steadily since 2016 – excluding 2020 and 2021 when the Covid pandemic forced a halt in...

Meyer Werft has created the world’s first 100 per cent battery-electric cruise ship with a size of more than 80,000gt, as part of Project ‘Vision’. The German shipbuilder will present the project at Seatrade Cruise Global, taking place in Miami, Florida, this week. Project ‘Vision’ is an 82,000gt, 275-metre-long concept ship, which can accommodate 1,856 passengers. “The tech...