Carnival Adds Gas Cleaning Systems to 60 Cruise Ships

Carnival Corporation the world’s largest cruise operator announced yesterday it has installed Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) on 60 ships across its 10 brands. The company is planning to deploy the cleaning systems to 85 ships of its fleet through 2020 in its effort to improve the quality of air emissions and reduce the environmental impact of their ships. The investment is about $400 million to date. Continue reading

Carnival Breeze to Sail from Port Canaveral

Carnival_Magic_(12385606213)Carnival Breeze will replace Carnival Magic and will begin sailing from Port Canaveral in September 2018.

Carnival Breeze is a Dream-class cruise ship which debuted on June 3, 2012. The vessel sailed out of Barcelona and Venice and offered its guests Mediterranean cruises. Then the ship started sailing from Miami on Caribbean and Bahamian cruises. Afterward, Carnival Breeze moved to Galveston and replaced Carnival Magic.

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Carnival’s Ocean Medallion Will Take Cruise Experience to Another Level

800px-regal_princess_2014_7_17_3817OCEAN is Carnival’s new medallion wearable device that will level up guest experience on cruises.
The name OCEAN stands for One Cruise Experience Access Network. The tiny quarter-sized medallion was introduced by Arnold Donald, CEO of the world’s largest cruise company, at a keynote speech at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday. Continue reading

Carnival Splendor to Leave Fleet; Carnival Cruise Line to Get Third Vista-Class Ship

800px-Carnival_Cruise_ShipCarnival Splendor is leaving fleet to make way for a third Vista-class ship.

Carnival Vista, Horizon, and a third yet unnamed one are all Vista-class ships, coming out of the shipyard in Italy. Carnival Splendor is scheduled to leave the fleet in 2019 and moves to sister line P&O Cruises Australia.

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