expedition cruise ships

Ponant’s ice-strengthened expedition cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot has become the first ship to reach the North Pole of Inaccessibility, marking a

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Dec 21 (Reuters) – The Norwegian cruise ship MS Maud suffered a power outage after a rogue wave shattered

The expedition cruise ship that has spent this week stuck aground in a remote Greenland fjord with 206 people on board has been pulled free. The Ocean Explorer

U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board teams have been sent to Argentina to help investigate a string of incidents involving the death and

Ulstein has unveiled its vision for a nuclear-powered mobile charging station ship that the company says could have huge potential for the maritime industry

A newbuild hybrid battery-powered expedition cruise ship belonging to Hurtigruten Expeditions has been named in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, making

Expedition cruise ship operators have agreed to a self-imposed ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in the Arctic. The self-imposed ban was

By Sonia Elks LONDON, Aug 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A lust for adventure tourism is driving a rise in the number of cruise ships touring the

Expedition cruise company Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ: LIND) announced the signing of an agreement with Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein to build a

Miami-based expedition cruise ship operator SunStone Ships has confirmed orders for two more of its Infinity-class ships, bringing its total orderbook to five

Miami-based expedition cruise ship owner SunStone Ships has exercised an it option to construct an additional ice-class expedition vessel at China Merchants

German cruise line operator Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has found itself in the middle of an online firestorm after a guard shot and killed a polar bear during a shore

The Board of Directors Lindblad Expeditions has authorized a plan to order a second newbuild polar expedition cruise ship as part of the company’s

VARD has announced it has secured new contract for the design and construction of a luxury expedition cruise vessel for German cruise company Hapag-Lloyd

Seattle-based luxury cruise line Seabourn has signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of two ultra-luxury expedition cruise ships. The newbuilds

By Sara Clemence (Bloomberg) — Visits to secluded islands. Long, leisurely port calls. A crew that intuits whether you’re in the mood for a

Global shipbuilder VARD has announced it has secured contracts for the design and construction of two additional luxury expedition cruise ships for the French

French cruise company PONANT has placed an order for the world’s first icebreaking luxury cruise ship. The expedition-style cruise ship will also feature

U.S.-based Lindblad Expeditions has signed an agreement with Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein to build what Ulstein describes as the world’s foremost

Global shipbuilder Vard has secured a contract for the design and construction of one expedition cruise ship from Australian cruise operator Coral Expeditions.