Cruise

Cruise Lines International Association Australasia is welcoming the government’s decision to adopt the International Maritime Organization MARPOL Annex VI emissions requirements.

The Government will sign up to new rules with stricter pollution standards for ships.

Crew donned fake grass skirts and face paint to welcome cruise passengers to Tauranga.

Costs for the mooring dolphin extension at Auckland’s Queens Wharf have blown out to $30m and will not be completed in time for the America’s Cup in 2021.

A bumper cruise season contributed to a strong year for Napier Port, which saw revenue and earnings ahead of the forecast prepared for its Initial Public Offering in July.

Auckland has been named as the Best Australia/New Zealand Cruise Destination at the 2019 Porthole Cruise Readers’ Choice Awards.

Cruise ships visiting New Zealand are a relatively low biosecurity risk although there is room for improvement, according to Biosecurity NZ. 

The Christchurch City Council has revealed multiple measures to combat the impact of the upcoming cruise season on Akaroa.

The cruise industry must provide new research to determine any environmental impact caused by cruise ships operating in Akaroa Harbour.

Dutch ship Maasdam will dock in Napier and Wellington this week as both destinations gear up for a predicted record-breaking 2019/2020 cruise season.

New Zealand’s cruise season has officially begun, with the first week of October marking the start of what is forecast to be a record-breaking summer.

National cruise tour operator Shore Trips & Tours has purchased Cruise Tours Tauranga giving it access to an official onboard sales channel.

New Zealand is “perfectly positioned” to set a new global benchmark for co-operation between the cruise industry and local communities, according to the executive chair of Carnival Australia, Ann Sherry.

A lack of basic cruise services means Auckland is missing out, according to an industry panel.

However, convincing the public of that is a big challenge for the cruise industry, says CLIA chair Adam Goldstein.

Cruise ships stopping at Akaroa this summer will have to pay a new amenities fee.

Passenger numbers, vessel spend, voyages and port calls all jump in the year to June 2019.

The long-mooted cruise gateway and visitor information centre get a $1m injection from the fund.

The future of New Zealand’s marque cruise port, Auckland, and how its success will shape the sector will form the backbone of discussion at this year’s cruise conference.

In her yearly address to industry, New Zealand Cruise Association (NZCA) Chair Debbie Summers outlines the organisation’s work in NZ’s increasingly important cruise industry. 

Napier, Wellington and Akaroa have been named in Cruise Critic’s top five most popular Australasian destinations in its annual Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards.

More port inspections and more dog teams sniffing passengers will be conducted.

Auckland Zoo will take its first directly booked cruise passengers this summer with the luxury Seabourn Cruise Line starting to promote the attraction as a shore excursion.

Cruise operators are becoming wary of NZ following a raft of new levies and fees, says the association.

Napier Port plans to launch its initial public offering in mid-July and then list its stock on the NZX in August.

Cruise Lines International Association global chairman and Royal Caribbean Cruises’ vice chairman, Adam Goldstein, is among a strong speaker line-up at the NZ Cruise Association’s seventh annual conference.

The number of NZers who took a cruise last year increased by 14.6% on 2017, making it one of the world’s fastest growing markets, says CLIA.

The city’s $10m dolphin mooring plan is approved, enabling larger ships to berth.

Cruise vessel visits to Wellington are expected to increase to 120 next summer, up from the 110 recorded this season.

White Island Tours has revealed its new purpose-built vessel designed to increase capacity and frequency on its tours to the popular volcanic island.

The future growth of NZ’s cruise industry is being threatened by a lack of investment in Auckland’s berthing facilities, according to CLIA.

The booming cruise market has helped Wellington’s port notch up a seasonal record welcoming the 100th vessel to the capital – the first time the mark has been achieved in a season in the port’s history.

Seabirds are being dazzled into crash landing on cruise ships in the Hauraki Gulf.

The port operator is predicting cruise passenger spend in the region to reach a record $28m this season.

Early bookings for the 2019-20 cruise season show passenger numbers growth will fall from 27% to 6%.

Cruise ship passengers found in breach of biosecurity rules are now subject to $400 fines under new measures that came into place last week.

Australasia’s leading cruise associations have released the region’s first Cruise Industry Sustainability Guide.

Customs has removed enroute processing and reduced the arrival processing time for cruise ship passengers travelling from Australia to New Zealand.

Seven cruise ships carrying 16,500 passengers worth $3.5m are expected to be turned away from Napier Port next year.

More cruise visitors and larger ships are demanding infrastructure investment, says POAL in its FY18 results.

A luxury French cruise ship and ship’s master have been fined $70,000 and $30,000 respectively following a collision with rocks while on a 16-night South Island cruise.

Cruise ship visits to Dunedin will jump by a third to 117 bringing a record 250,000 passengers.

The NZCA chair on the power and agility of cruise and why it’s vital to steer the direction of the fast-growing industry.

Global cruise growth of meant it faced challenges, including in NZ, says CLIA’s CEO.

Notable speakers include Cindy D’Aoust, president and CEO of Cruise Lines International Association.

Passenger numbers grew 17% in the June year to reach more than a quarter of a million.

Passengers will face the new biosecurity controls from this summer.

The industry is being challenged by cruise in Australia and NZ could be about to follow.

Akaroa has been named the leading cruise destination in New Zealand by TripAdvisor’s Cruise Critic review site.

Cruise growth slows and CLIA cites lack of NZ infrastructure for missing market target.