to join science research cruises, breaking down barriers for conducting fieldwork in marine science. The RRS Discovery arrived on Tuesday in Chile's extreme south port of Punta Arenas in advance ...

Who could forget the images that went viral last year of a cruise ship’s stern looking like a top-heavy birthday cake? So colorful and cartoon-like were the decks layered with twisting ...

For first-timers, cruise ship terminology can seem like its own language. From direction to parts of the ship, crew members use maritime terminology onboard that travelers won’t necessarily ...

The largest cruise ship built to date, the Icon of the Seas, has 2,805 staterooms. Needless to say, there are important amenities like toilets in those rooms, with further restrooms also being ...

Private hot tubs in cruise ship staterooms were found to be the source of disease outbreak by the CDC. Katie Nadworny is an Istanbul-based writer who specializes in stories at the intersection of ...

"Crime is extremely rare on cruise ships – and significantly lower than on land – as a result of comprehensive security measures, hiring protocols and training. "While we recognise that even ...

Cruise ship passengers splash out big bucks for private hot tubs in their own staterooms all the time — but the Center for Disease Control is warning against the exclusive amenity, calling them ...

If cruise ships could be used as emergency housing in natural disasters, maybe they could be used to help in Oakland’s emergency: homelessness. The housing crisis in the city that sits across ...

Princess Cruises delayed boarding of the September voyage to do a deep-clean of the ship, following cases of gastrointestinal illness on its previous voyage, she said. When the 75-year-old ...

Viral infections aboard cruise ships can be contained, but what impact would a norovirus outbreak have on Midland when paired with the U.S. government firing its cruise-ship health inspectors?

Although the scavenger-hunt-style cruise tradition of hiding and hunting for small rubber ducks around the ship is not an official cruise line-sponsored onboard activity, it’s a trend that’s ...

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Starting July 1, cruise-ship passengers arriving in any Mexican port will have to pay a $5 visitor fee. The Mexican government and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise ...