Miles Morgan Travel in the U.K. chartered the Azamara Journey for a cruise commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. The cruise departs from New York on April 10. Lecturers include Capt. Bill Wright, of Royal Caribbean’s Allure and Oasis of the Seas; Bill Miller, an ocean liner historian; and Ken Marschall, a recognized Titanic artist.

Costa Cruises’ Costa Romantica entered an Italian shipyard to undergo a €90 million (about $124 million) renovation and restyling. The work is scheduled for completion in February, when Costa Romantica will be renamed Costa neoRomantica.

The 2011/2012 cruise season in Buenos Aires officially opens next Wednesday with the arrival of the Norwegian flagged ‘Fram’. Until next May, 158 calls are expected in the port of Buenos Aires totaling 400.000 visitors which represents a 15 percent and 21 percent increase respectively over the previous season.

Even the biggest cruise ships will be able to dock easily at Don Diego and Sans Souci ports during their tours of the Caribbean islands, after by the end of November the company CMP International concludes the dredging the harbor of the Ozama river on the  Caribbean.

Helsinki-based Kristina Cruises for the first time is deploying one of its ships to the Caribbean. Operating as chartered fly-cruise packages with Finnair, the line’s 400-passenger Kristina Katarina will sail a series of Eastern Caribbean cruises roundtrip from Barbados and from the Dominican Republic through February.

Royal Caribbean International is returning the Freedom-class Independence of the Seas to Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. for the winter 2012-13 season. Vacationers will have a choice of three Freedom-class ships offering a variety of exciting Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries, sailing from Port Canaveral aboard Freedom of the Seas and Port Everglades aboard Independence of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas. Independence of the Seas’ winter 2012-13 Caribbean season is now open for booking.