LONDON/ATHENS - The crew of the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia have abandoned the container ship in the Red Sea after it caught fire on Tuesday, two maritime sources said, adding the cause of the ...

Examples include Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova (with room for 728 passengers), Saga’s Spirit of Discovery and Spirit of Adventure (both 999 passengers) and Oceania Cruises’ Marina and ...

STOCKHOLM: Swedish authorities boarded a Maltese-flagged ship seized in connection with the latest breach of cables running along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to begin an investigation into the ...

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Mario booked a stint on Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas in the year 2000 and hasn’t set foot on another liner since. Mario Salcedo (left) fell in love with cruises in the late 1990s ...

My lifelong dream is to retire on a cruise ship, and some people do just that. For example, “Super Mario” on Royal Caribbean spends 50 weeks at sea and has famously been on over 1,000 cruises ...

Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, the 250,800-ton sister of the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, will launch from Port Canaveral, Fla., in August. It will have many of Icon’s ...

“Celebrity Cruises is known for ground-breaking innovation in ship design and experiences unlike any other at sea, when Xcel launches guests won’t have just found their happy place, they’ll have ...

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

A doctor who has worked on cruise ships for 20 years has revealed what happens when a passenger or crew member dies while on the open seas ... and getting on a cruise ship. Life on the ships ...

Mario sat down with cruise content creator Alanna Zingano in May 2019 to discuss what financial state you need to be in to live on a cruise ship ... who has permanent sea legs due to all the ...

Based on those criteria, here are the seven best cruise lines for seniors who love to travel and are looking to spend more time at sea. Viking's 930-passenger ocean ships top our list of the best ...