2 SEP: Queen Elizabeth will name new Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth at a ceremony in Southampton on 11 October.

1 SEP: Queensland Health says an ill cruise ship passenger who was airlifted to a Gold Coast hospital overnight does not have meningococcal disease.

30 AUG: P&O reports a strong travel agency take-up for its latest P&O Academy training modules.

31 AUG: An Arctic cruise vessel ran aground near the town of Kugluktuk in northern Canada at the weekend.

30 AUG: Major cruise lines were varying itineraries at the weekend as Hurricane Earl surged towards areas of the eastern and southern Caribbean.

30 AUG: MSC Cruises is giving new prominence to dance-themed sailings, announcing plans for at least half a dozen such voyages over the next year.

24 AUG: Cruise ship pollution is in the news again, with Canadian environmentalists claiming that discharge from liners is turning waters off British Columbia into a "toilet bowl".

23 AUG: The Mississippi River is going to see renewed paddlewheeler action.

23 AUG: New data paints an impressive picture of the North American cruise industry (See link to a detailed report at the end of this story).

19 AUG: Ten passengers have been kicked off a Carnival Cruise Lines vessel in the Caribbean after brawling in one of the liner’s dance clubs.