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Around 70 ships from 27 different companies are sailing in Aussie waters this summer, including three new cruise companies. And for the land-based companies who keep them sailing, business is booming.
Since 1933 a regular armada of white hulls representing the Peninsular and Oriental Shipping Line, to give the company its full title, have coursed through the Heads, and pushed out again with a new manifest of passengers.
More than a million Aussies go on a cruise from Australia every year, with Sydney one of the most sought-after cruising ports in the world. But the origins of the $5b industry in the nation dates back over 90 years and can be traced to two ships.
The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 35-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean this week, the military branch said.
The Seven Seas Explorer by Regent Cruises cost $680 million to build, which includes a $9 million art collection featuring pieces by Picasso and Changall.
Ritz-Carlton's highly-anticipated superyacht cruise has finally made its debut, three and a half years after its maiden voyage was originally scheduled to begin.
The first cruise ship in more than two and a half years has docked in Melbourne, marking the return of the billion dollar cruising industry to Victoria.
An Australian class action over a deadly coronavirus outbreak on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship cannot include passengers from the United States, an appeal court has found.
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