Cruise News Articles

After many years of growth, the number of cruise visitors to Alaska failed to increase in 2008 and actually declined this season. The 1.2 percent drop in visitation, along with a decline in spending, rippled through the visitor industry, which…

Shipping companies that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes have enlisted support from leading congressional Democrats to ward off air pollution regulations they say would be a financial burden. A group representing the 55 U.S.-flagged…

Holland America is shifting some of its ships around in 2010 with the net result of fewer voyages and passengers. The line will send eight ships to Alaska but one of the ships will sail a 14-day, round-trip itinerary out…

Bob Arts says Alaska needs to better understand the economic importance of tourism Name: Bob Arts Title: Vice President of Western Alaska Business name: Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska (CLAA) Briefly describe business: CLAA has operated in Alaska ever since…

There were 299,736 cruise passengers traveling through the Port of Boston in 2009, an 11 percent increase over last year, the Massachusetts Port Authority said. During the 2009 season, cruise ships made 105 visits to Cruiseport Boston’s Black Falcon Cruise…

Boy Scout Troop 11 enjoyed a ship tour after thanking the ship’s staff for their donated aluminum cans. Princess Cruises & Tours received a special thank you from Juneau Boy Scout Troop 11, chartered to the Resurrection Lutheran church, for…

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough has suspended accepting cruise ship passenger vessel head tax grant applications. Borough Planning Director Tom Williams said that until the borough learns of the funding situation from the state, it will not accept grant applications. The…

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has made environmental improvements over the past year. The company has reduced fuel consumption by 4 percent, NOx emissions by three percent, refrigerant loss by 33 percent and onboard water consumption by six percent, according to…

Bob Stone, chairman of the Alaska Cruise Association’s (ACA) board of directors, told a special hearing of the House Judiciary Committee that the organization filed its entry fee challenge with reluctance and only after the companies unsuccessfully tried to work…

The $50 head tax issue was before a House Judiciary Committee meeting in Anchorage, a meeting which included extensive discussions in an executive session with State Attorney General Dan Sullivan and other attorneys. Of significance is that the “political freeze,”…