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."

Azamara Club Cruises cancelled the April 12 departure of the Azamara Quest from Singapore as the vessel will need to undergo repairs after a March 30 engine room fire.

Royal Caribbean presented a plan to Uruguay authorities of an exclusive terminal for their ships at the port of Montevideo, which would include a hotel and would involve a total investment of 40 million dollars.