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A 19-year-old cruise ship passenger was fined $3,000 yesterday after he admitted an attack on a man and a woman on the Norwegian Escape. Dominic Cappellino, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on Paul Paolino and Gabrielle Tomeo. T...

Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas cruise to Bermuda was cancelled on Saturday after the ship developed mechanical problems. The Baltimore Sun reported Sunday the five-day cruise returned to Baltimore and disembarked passengers. The ship’s maximu...

A ferry brought to Bermuda to transport cruise ship passengers has been out of action for more than month after it hit a reef, The Royal Gazette can reveal. But the owners of the Spirit of St George’s said the ferry was scheduled to be back in operat...

The Bermuda Sailors’ Home has opened a new centre in Dockyard to cater for the crews of cruise ships. Ilya Cherapau, manager at the Bermuda Sailors’ Home in Hamilton, said the Seafarers’ Centre was a logical move because of the distance between Docky...

The Government expects Bermuda will receive slightly more cruse ship visits next year, and is working to keep ships in port longer. A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport said that it is projected Bermuda will see 199 cruise ship visit...

Carnival Cruise Lines will boost its support of Bermuda next year with an almost 50 per cent increase, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority. While the cruise line is scheduled to make 20 visits this year, that number will rise to 29 in 2020. A ...

St George’s residents caught a glimpse of a high-end visitor — the 70-metre superyacht Elysian. The Cayman-registered luxury vessel stopped by the island briefly on Wednesday to refuel as it travelled to Gibraltar. The ship, bought by billionaire Joh...

Repairs to a cruise ship terminal in Dockyard were completed ahead of schedule, the House of Assembly said yesterday. King’s Wharf was refurbished before the April 10 deadline that marked the start of the cruise ship season. Failure to finish on time...

Legislation imposing new fees on cruise ships was tabled in the House of Assembly. The Bermuda Tourism Authority Amendment Bill 2019 was brought by Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister. Travellers leaving the island by passenger vessel will be charged ...

Bermuda is expected to receive an extra 68,000 cruise ship visitors next year, according to the Government. Next year’s cruise ship schedule includes 192 calls to Bermuda, which is estimated to bring 544,000 passengers, a rise of 14 per cent on the 2...

Bermuda is expected to receive a dozen more cruise ship visits in 2019 than it did in 2018, according to the newly released Cruise Ship Schedule. Dockyard will see an extra 16 visits throughout the year, with a new one scheduled for the Great Sound, ...

A cruise ship’s mooring lines broke during strong winds in Dockyard in the early hours of yesterday morning. The P&O cruise ship Arcadia broke free at about 2.53am. According to a caption on a video posted by the Port Bermuda webcam, “the ship drifte...