30 AUG: Holland America liner Zuiderdam will host a vampire-themed cruise in Alaska next June, the Associated Press news agency reports.

29 AUG: More than 300 people were evacuated from a NZ tourist ferry on Saturday when fire broke out in the engine bay.

29 AUG: Europe’s Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is being sued by 138 former passengers over outbreaks of gastric illness on the liner Boudicca over the past two years.

25 AUG: Six Australian families with a stated aversion to cruising will head to sea next month at P&O’s expense.

25 AUG: The local cruise council (ICCA) is inviting agents to sign up for next year’s Cruise3sixty conference, scheduled for Ft Lauderdale, Florida in late April.

24 AUG: Aussies can look forward to plenty of Vegemite on toast when they sail on Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas, due in Australian waters in October.

22 AUG: A Finnish tourist ferry ran aground off Helsinki on Friday while the captain was locked in a toilet.

22 AUG: Avalon Waterways passengers were switched to buses on a Danube sailing last week when their vessel developed a mechanical problem.

19 AUG: A bus strike in Bermuda is causing disruption for cruise ship passengers this week.

18 AUG: A 57-year-old British man is going to run a marathon on a Princess Cruises liner to raise money for charity.