Metropolitan Touring has announced that its new expedition vessel, the Santa Cruz II, will be ready to sail the Galapagos Islands this October.

True to his habit of arriving in distinctive style, Virgin Group founder and billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson turned up at the event at the Pérez Art Museum Miami in a helicopter accompanied by nautically dressed models.

What likely will be the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas, floated for the first time and moved to an outfitting dock for the final stage of construction.

Carnival Cruise Line announced a cruise ship shuffle on Tuesday that will result in the Carnival Breeze departing Miami earlier than previously announced.

Martinique tourism officials are pushing to extend the overseas French territory’s explosive cruise ship arrivals growth of recent years. The Martinique Tourism Authority (MTA) is projecting 326,388 cruise passenger arrivals for the 2015-2016 season, a 31 percent increase over the 2014-2015 season.

Carnival Corp. has finalized details on a contract with Meyer Werft to build four next-generation cruise ships. The four ships are part of a previously announced strategic memo of understanding with Meyer Werft and Fincantieri for nine new ships orders between 2019 and 2022.