Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, has been named as one of the World’s Top Companies for Women for 2023 by Forbes. This is the third consecutive year that the company has received the accolade and it was the only cruise company recognised. The Forbes list of the top 400 companies cites those who […]
The crew of cruise ship Carnival Dream helped to rescue 17 people stranded in the Belize Channel on Wednesday (17 May 2023), after the group’s boat capsized. The 1000ft Carnival Dream was heading to the Mexican Caribbean resort island of Cozumel, when the ship’s officers spotted the capsized boat and its distressed passengers sitting on the upturned hull. […]
A cruise ship passenger who fell overboard only had ‘minutes to live’ before he was rescued, says the USA Coast Guard. James Grimes had been in the water for more than 15 hours. He’d seemingly waved a sock above his head in a desperate attempt to attract attention. Grimes was reported missing from Carnival’s cruise […]
Cruise company Carnival Corporation has announced plans to expand its programme for installation of Air Lubrication Systems (ALS) to a majority of the cruise line brands in its fleet by 2027. This expansion aims to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by reducing hull drag by approximately 5 per cent per ship. Carnival Corporation is currently […]
The largest cruise ship ever built, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, is one step nearer completion, having finished her first round of sea trials. At over 236,000 gross tons in size, Wonder of the Seas is larger than any other cruise ship and over five times bigger than the Titanic. The fifth Oasis Class ship from Royal Caribbean, Wonder of […]