Ships
Princess brings its Sanctuary Collection to five more ships
Princess Cruises is adding the Sanctuary Collection, so far only on Sun Princess and Star Princess, to five Royal Class ships: Royal, Discovery, Enchanted, Regal and Sky Princess. It includes a private pool club, a Sanctuary restaurant, a suite lounge with concierge and the Princess Premier package. Royal Princess goes on sale first, from 22 October, as part of the line's multi-year fleet update.
Source: Porthole Cruise ↗ · 22 Oct
Sustainability
Seattle ends a record season with two-thirds of ships using shore power
The Port of Seattle closed its 2026 cruise season on 18 October with record figures: 330 ship calls and nearly 2 million revenue passengers. A record 66% of ships plugged into shore power, which the port estimates avoided about 6,189 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions, and work to extend shore power at Pier 91 continues this autumn. MSC Cruises and Virgin Voyages based ships there for the first time, and Star Princess carried out the first LNG refuelling in Elliott Bay.
Source: Cruise Hive ↗ · 20 Oct
Business
Carnival Corporation renews its refit agreement with Singapore yard Seatrium
Seatrium in Singapore has renewed its preferred-customer agreement with Carnival Corporation, continuing a partnership that started in 2010. The agreement covers maintenance and upgrades for ships from all eight of the group's brands. Royal Princess and Carnival Luminosa are due at the yard in October and Seabourn Encore in November, with more ships planned between 2027 and 2029.
Source: CruiseMapper ↗ · 18 Oct