Virgin Voyages

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

Virgin Voyages' UK sales up 34% in September, with 2028 bookings strong

Virgin Voyages says its UK sales in September were 34% higher than a year earlier, after a record summer. About a quarter of September bookings were for 2028, when the line runs new cruises from Amsterdam to Scandinavia and the Baltic. Its 2028 European programme is 41% bigger than in 2026.

“That momentum has absolutely continued.”SJ Walker, UK market director, Virgin Voyages

Source: Travel Weekly (UK) ↗ · 9 Oct