A group of young Australian Rotary volunteers stranded in Vanuatu following the collapse of Air Vanuatu have been rescued by P&O Cruises Australia.

P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Adventure, currently on a 10-day round cruise from Sydney to the South Pacific, will no longer call at New Caledonia following a state of emergency declared Thursday after deadly riots.

Carnival Cruise Line embarked its 10 millionth passenger from the Port of Galveston on Thursday.

MSC Cruises continues its North American expansion with a second ship at Port Canaveral as MSC Grandiosa joins MSC Seashore in December 2025.

Simone Maraschi, managing director of Cruise Gate Hamburg, is also the new chair of Cruise Europe taking over from Captain Michael McCarthy who has led the port association for the past 12 years.

Marine terminal giant SSA Marine launched a dedicated cruise division with port operations veteran Stefano Borzone as president.

Work is officially underway for shore power at Oceankaj and Langelinie in Copenhagen.