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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

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Cruise lines

Royal Caribbean will stay in Europe all year round from 2028

For the first time, Royal Caribbean will sail in Europe all year in 2028-29, with seven ships in the Mediterranean, northern Europe and the Canary Islands. Rhapsody of the Seas will sail all year from Athens (Piraeus), Barcelona and Lisbon, with Canary Islands, Cyprus and Malta routes from November 2028. The programme also brings the line back to Heraklion and Cagliari for the first time in more than a decade. Bookings opened on 15 October.

Source: Travel Weekly (UK) ↗ · 14 Oct

⚓ Piraeus ⚓ Barcelona ⚓ Lisbon ⚓ Civitavecchia ⚓ Ravenna ⚓ Southampton ⚓ Copenhagen ⚓ Stockholm+13 more