Royal Caribbean International said its Explorer of the Seas will operate cruises to Bermuda, the Caribbean and Canada/New England from Bayonne, New Jersey, from April through October 2013.

Florida tourism entrepreneur Charles J. Kropke is planning to bring back freewheeling sail cruises through a new version of Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. Kropke has purchased the defunct company’s three-masted Mandalay and hopes to operate his first cruise in May.

A port now used mostly for ships carrying sand and gravel for Riviera Maya construction projects is set to become a new home for Carnival Cruise Line ships. Carnival calls Calica "the newest gateway to the Yucatan Peninsula."