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Government said it was “extremely disappointed” at Carnival Cruise Lines last night, after the company axed 11 of its 12 scheduled calls to Bermuda for next year. Transport Minister Terry Lister said the announcement was made at unusually short notic...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Massachusetts police are investigating the death of two tourists on the Norweigan Dawn. The cruise ship arrived in Boston, Massachusetts yesterday morning after a trip from Bermuda. Foul play is not suspecte...

Some of the world’s most prestigious ships are to be registered in Bermuda, it was announced this afternoon. As reported recently in The Royal Gazette, the Cunard Line was said to be considering the move - and now it has been officially confirmed tha...

October 12, 2011 Dear Sir, Do we really want mega cruise ships in Bermuda? The situation was summed up nicely by the tourists themselves this week when they said the island was beautiful but could not cope with the volume of visitors. I think that is...

October 11, 2011 Dear Sir, Transport Minister Terry Lister issued a challenge to Hamilton retailers to open their shops on Sundays if they want the Government to continue transporting tourists to them. Sounds good when taken at face value but the ret...

Bermuda has reached its plateau in its numbers of cruise ship visitors, Transport Minister Terry Lister told a town-hall meeting. Modifying Bermuda’s shipping channels would spread out cruise arrivals instead of overwhelming the West End at the expe...

Tough decisions would have to be made if Bermuda were to accommodate larger cruise ships along all its shipping channels, a town-hall meeting was told last night. About 30 people heard firsthand from Transport Minister Terry Lister and senior civil s...

Few of today’s cruise ships are the right size to access the Hamilton and St George’s with even fewer available to serve the local market, Transport Minister Terry Lister said. As Government prepares to open a study on Bermuda’s shipping channels for...