PortMiami welcomed Carnival Cruise Line's newest, largest and most innovative ship, Carnival Vista, when it arrived yesterday to kick off a year-round schedule of six- and eight-day cruises to the Caribbean.

For the first time in four years, Princess Cruises will offer summer Caribbean cruises, including transits of the Panama Canal, in 2018, the line has announced.

Fathom, the one-ship cruise line created by Carnival Corp. in 2015 to offer social-impact cruises, will become a shoreside-only experience in mid-2017, a Carnival spokesman said.

Florida-based company the Moorings will debut seven-day crewed yacht charters in Cuba in 2017 aboard a 58-foot catamaran with five guest cabins.

Celebrity Cruises recently announced details of Celebrity’s upcoming DC Chefs’ Caribbean Culinary Cruise, scheduled for January 28 to February 4, 2017.

Thomson Cruises has announced that its much-loved ships Thomson Majesty and Thomson Spirit will leave the fleet at the end of 2017 after their final embarkations in November.