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Bermuda will welcome its first cruise ships of 2018 on Sunday. It will be the inaugural visit for the Bermuda-registered Queen Elizabeth. The luxury liner, which carries 1,900 passengers and 980 crew, is Cunard’s newest cruise ship and will be join...

Cunard cruise liners Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth have cancelled their calls in Bermuda because of bad weather in the North Atlantic. The two ships were due to arrive in Dockyard on Sunday and signal the beginning of the island’s 2018 cruise se...

The island’s cruise tourism is set for a “sharp rise” outside of the traditional summer trade, with the 2018 schedule released today. The boost, which includes 17 more cruise calls for April, October and November, marks a joint strategy between the M...

A cruise ship passenger who sufferred a suspected stroke was evactuated to Bermuda in the early hours of Monday morning. The 72-year-old man onboard the Seven Seas Explorer was picked up by pilot boat and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital b...

A cruise ship made an emergency detour to the island last weekend after an elderly passenger was injured on board. The Maritime Operations Centre said the Veendam diverted to the island when a 71-year-old passenger suffered a severe fracture to her w...

Viking Cruises made its first offical visit to the island today, with the Viking Sea docking in Hamilton. Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, joined a delegation on board the vessel this afternoon at the invitation of Tors...

Bermuda’s first golf-themed cruise will set sail as part of the 2018 cruise season, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority. According to a BTA spokesman, US travel agency The Travel Mechanic and Oceana Cruises have partnered with Bermuda-based Pa...

A Bermuda delegation participated in a plaque exchange on the cruise ship MS Aurora. The meeting came as the P&O ship made a short stop-over at King’s Wharf in Dockyard. Transport minister Walter Roban led the delegation on board the Bermuda-register...

Fresh food supplies are “critically low” after cargo ship Oleander was marooned in New Jersey because of a breakdown, an island supermarket manager warned yesterday. Jasper Guevarra, Arnold’s Discount Warehouse manager, said: “We’re running criticall...

Dockyard has been named the region’s top cruise ship destination by the online review site Cruise Critic. Voted a top five destination last year, Dockyard has been declared the best for the Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda in the site’s cruiser...

A 29-year-old American visitor caught with cocaine and methamphetamine on board the Anthem of the Seas has been fined $600. Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Akeem Thompson, from Brooklyn, admitted possessing 0.04 grams of cocaine and 0....

An American visitor has been fined $300 for bringing more than 30 grams of cannabis on a cruise ship. Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, 67-year-old Roberta McQueen pleaded guilty to having 33.12g of the drug in Sandys on May 27. The cou...