United Caribbean Lines is a company without ships that isn’t anywhere near starting service yet, but has come up with an interesting concept. They plan to use converted Danish ferries for service from Tampa, Florida to Havana, Cuba, with a possible secondary service to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The overnight voyages would take 18 hours each way. Should Cuba open up to U.S. tourism this line could be riding in on the first wave. Perennial cruise executive, Bruce Nierenberg is the man behind this latest venture.

Holland America Line’s 2012 summer Europe program offers 44 itineraries, including four new ones, ranging from seven to 35 days. The line will deploy seven of its 15 ships in Europe –Eurodam, Maasdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Prinsendam, Rotterdam and Ryndam- to cruise throughout Europe on 103 departures that span from the northern tip of Norway to the Baltic and Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

MSC Cruises will broadcast the Royal Wedding of Britain’s Prince William and Catherine Middleton on April 29. The event is expected to draw a global audience of 2.4 billion people.

Royal Caribbean International will redeploy Navigator of the Seas to the Caribbean for the 2011-12 winter cruise season. The ship will now reposition to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and sail a variety of five- to nine-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries beginning on Nov. 20.

Royal Caribbean International is planning a major renovation of its 90,090-ton, 2,112-passenger Radiance of the Seas. The project is part of the $70 million five-ship Royal Advantage initiative.Vicki Freed, Royal Caribbean senior vice president, shared details of the project, which is more extensive than on the other vessels.

The Port of Valencia, Spain reached 37 percent of cruise passengers in 2009, putting it in fifth place in Spain’s national ranking, after Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Malaga and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.