4 OCT: Bookings opened at the weekend for the return of one of America’s best-known Mississippi paddlewheelers.

30 SEP: Sailing ship operator Star Clippers is going to base a vessel in the Baltic for the first time.

30 SEP: Talent scouts from German cruise line AIDA have been touring Australia this week in search of performers for the company’s shipboard entertainment programs.

29 SEP: Cruise passengers have apparently told Fiji clothing retailers to broaden their range.

29 SEP: Fred Olsen liner Balmoral was detained for several hours in Southampton yesterday after maritime authorities found a problem with lifeboat davits and queried records relating to crew hours of rest.

28 SEP: Britain’s most famous cruise line may drop its UK registry to cash in on the booming weddings-at-sea market.

27 SEP: Mexican authorities were still searching Gulf of Mexico waters yesterday for a passenger who jumped from a Carnival liner.

26 SEP: Fred Olsen Cruises has been voted ‘Ocean Cruise Line of the Year’ in Britain.

23 SEP: Britons have some real hang-ups about cruising, according to the results of a poll undertaken by comparison website travelsupermarket.com

23 SEP: Azamara Club Cruises is trialling a late disembarkation concept which allows passengers with afternoon or evening flights home to stay aboard their ship till noon.