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Introduction to 2018 Cruise Season
2018 Prince Rupert
October
October 2 -- Vikings off the shores of Prince Rupert? NCR
September
September 25 -- Seabourn Sojourn already making plans for 2019 cruise season NCR
September 23 -- Open market connects Rupert vendors with tourists
September 21 -- As cruise season winds down, Prince Rupert prepares for an outdoor market NCR
September 20 -- Outdoor market takes a test drive this Saturday
August
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July
July 6 -- Biggest cruise ship to call on Prince Rupert in 2018
July 6 -- By the hundreds visitors come ashore from Crystal Symphony port call NCR
July 5 -- A Prince Rupert 4th of July for the Regatta NCR
June
June 27 -- Clan VIII calls on Cow Bay NCR
June 22 -- Alaska Cruise Expansion; Norwegian Bliss becomes the talk of Ketchikan NCR
June 13 -- Seabourn Sojourn comes aside Northland for ten hour visit NCR
June 1 -- Prince Rupert Cruise Ship Ambassadors (video)
June 1 -- Regatta reigns large at Northland during Thursday visit NCR
May
May 29 -- Prince Rupert Cruise Season (video)
May 29 -- First Port Call of the Year! NCR
May 23 -- Cruise ship countdown underway as first vessels set for end of May arrival NCR
April
April 30 -- Promenade work heads toward homestretch at Cow Bay terminals area NCR
April 13 -- Prince Rupert Cruise Schedule adjustments (video)
April 13 -- Largest Cruise to Prince Rupert cancelled
April 13 -- Prince Rupert Cruise season sees adjustments
April 13 -- Change of itinerary for Radiance of Seas, delays Prince Rupert's Cruise season opening to May 29th NCR
April 3 -- Waterfront walkway making progress towards tourist season debut NCR
March
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March 15 -- Prince Rupert Cruise season schedule released (video)
March 13 -- Prince Rupert expecting 25 cruise ship visits this season
March 14 -- Prince Rupert's Cruise Season looking strong for 2018
March 13 -- 25 cruise ships to call on Prince Rupert
March 13 -- 25 port calls make for increased North Coast Cruise Ship schedule for 2018 NCR
February
February 19 -- Windstar Cruises includes Prince Rupert stops as part of return to Alaska Cruise options NCR
February 5 -- City of Prince Rupert shares the word of Cow Bay Marina at Seattle Boat Show NCR
January
January 17 -- Changes ahead for usage rates at Cow Bay Marina NCR
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2018 Ketchikan and Alaska
December
December 31 -- Petersburg debated senior sales tax, cruise industry expansion in 2018
December 28 -- Cruise industry's victory over Juneau has implications for other port communities
December 14 -- Assembly to discuss implications of cruise head-tax ruling
December 7 -- Ruling limits how Juneau can spend cruise passenger fees
December 6 -- Ketchikan council members discuss cruise tax ruling
December 4 -- Business owners, residents show up in force against letter to cruise company
October
October 26 -- Marine pilots put megaships to the test in Southeast Alaska
October 4 -- Cruise season ends as industry looks to see even more visitors next year
October 2 -- Assembly waits on discussion of expanded cruise industry presence in Petersburg
September
September 26 -- Larger small cruise company looking for other potential ports
September 18 -- Juneau's cruise passenger fee lawsuit heads toward trial
September 17 -- Southeast by the numbers: Cruise industry continues to grow
September 14 -- Cruise ship air quality violations spike in Alaska
September 11 -- Ketchikan City Council candidates answer your questions
August
August 6 -- High winds, seas hamper search for missing Amsterdam crewman
August 3 -- How can small Southeast towns compete in the Alaska tourism market?
August 1 -- City reports on cruise discharge complaints
July
July 19 -- Does the investment in tourism pay off?
July 11 -- Luxury cruise line returns to Alaska, brining opportunity
June
June 29 -- Norovirus on a cruise ship? Juneau would like a call.
June 27 -- Ketchikan Cruise dock expansion plans on hold (audio)
June 25 -- Council to discuss cruise dock expansion project (audio)
June 22 -- Holland America cruise in Alaska hit by norovirus
June 22 -- Alaska Cruise Expansion; Norwegian Bliss becomes the talk of Ketchikan NCR
June 12 -- Norwegian Bliss brings optimism, challenges for future (audio)
June 6 -- Newest megaship docks in Juneau for the first time (audio)
June 5 -- Hollywood on the High Seas: Star Legend visits Sitka (audio)
June 1 -- Safari Quest returns to Petersburg (audio)
May
May 31 -- Coast guard medevacs cruise ship passenger
May 20 -- A D.I.Y. Trip through Alaska's Inside Passage
May 17 -- Council hears from tour vendors and operators
April
April 27 -- Ketchikan readies for summer cruise season
March
March 15 -- Council tentatively moves forward with raising sales tax cap
February
February 22 -- Can Southeast share the wealth of tourism growth?
February 16 -- City needs to choose how to expand downtown dock (audio)
February 14 -- Port expansion presentation planned for Ketchikan City Council
February 9 -- Ketchikan borough aims to 'wean off' department use of CPV funds (audio)
February 7 -- Petersburg close to passing new cruise ship fee (audio)
February 2 -- Council talks port changes, parking
February 1 -- Port development could take a bite out of public parking (audio)
January
January 31 -- Ketchikan council to hear dock expansion presentation
January 10 -- Petersburg looks at fees for tax exemptions, cruise passengers
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2018 Vancouver-Victoria-Nanaimo
December
December 27 -- Coast Guard stops search for missing cruise ship member
December 26 -- Coast Guard searching for overboard cruise ship member
December 12 -- 2.8 million pounds of seafood, 640,000 cruise ship passengers pass through Victoria's harbour
October
October 19 -- Despite Vancouver's strong cruise ship season, Seattle's industry dominates
October 19 -- Vancouver wraps up successful 2018 Cruise season
October 10 -- 640,000 passengers for record Victoria cruise season
October 9 -- Victoria's 2018 Cruise season sees record 640,000 passengers
September
September 27 --Vancouver to welcome its largest ever cruise ship this weekend
September 19 -- Last cruise ship of the season stops in Harbour City
August
August 24 -- Cruiser rank Vancouver as top destination
August 3 -- Hotel rooms going for as much as $1,100 ahead of BC Day Long weekend
July
July 19 -- Expanding the future of shipbuilding on Canada's West Coast
June
June 13 -- SAR team rescues passenger from cruise ship off Vancouver Island
June 11 -- Victoria police say missing Norwegian Pearl cruise ship worker found safe
June 5 -- Missing cruise ship employee found
June 3 -- Vancouver: a new gateway for cruises to Alaska
June 2 -- Mammoth Cruise ship sails into Victoria harbour (video)
June 2 -- James Bay residents unhappy with cruise ship bus traffic (video)
June 1 -- Largest cruise ship ever to dock in B.C. sails into Victoria
June 1 -- Ogden Point hosts largest cruise ship to ever come to the Island
June 1 -- Mammoth Cruise ship brings travel-agent invasion to capital
June 1 -- Norwegian Bliss: largest cruise ship ever to dock in Victoria arrives (video)
June 1 -- Largest cruise ship to ever visit B.C. pulls into Victoria
June 1 -- Ogden Point hosts larges cruise ship to ever come to the Island
May
May 31 -- The biggest cruise ship to ever dock in Victoria's harbour set to arrive tomorrow (video)
May 30 -- Cabbies ready for cruise season? Hardly, says local couple
May 30 -- Sixteen cruise ships in six days: Vancouver cabbies say they're ready
May 30 -- West Coast's largest home ported cruise ship arrives in Seattle (video)
May 23 -- Vancouver welcomes 25,000,000th cruise ship passenger
May 23 -- Vancouver port welcomes 'so excited' 25 millionth cruise ship passenger
May 19 -- All things big and small, expensive and economical
May 19 -- Vancouver prepares for 25 millionth Cruise passenger
May 16 -- Nanaimo Harbour welcomes Explorer of the Seas cruise ship Wednesday
May 15 -- B.C. cruise industry heading for milestone
May 14 -- B.C. tourism on a roll ahead of summer season
May 13 -- For Port of Vancouver underestimating Pacific sea-level rises could come at a high price
May 11 -- Has the Cruise industry outgrown Vancouver?
May 7 -- Largest cruise ship to dock at Ogden Point set to arrive in June
May 5 -- Thousands of cruise ship passengers expected in Vancouver this weekend
May 4 -- Busy days at Canada Place signal potential limits to growth of cruise sector: industry association
May 4 -- Cruise ship season brings a high volume of traffic to Canada Place over the next two weeks
May 1 -- Princess Cruises kicks off 2018 Alaska Cruise Season
April
April 13 -- Vancouver a spring board for Alaska Cruises
April 11 -- First cruise ship of the season finally docks in Victoria after challenging wind
April 11 -- Westerdam's arrival starts Victoria's cruise ship season Wednesday
April 11 -- A windy welcome for Victoria's first cruise ship of the season
April 11 -- Ahoy! Vancouver welcomes first cruise ship of 2018 season
April 10 -- By the numbers: Vancouver gears up for 2018 season of cruise ship crowds
April 10 -- Star Princess arrival kicks off banner cruise season in Vancouver
April 10 -- Vancouver's largest cruise season in eight years to start April 10
April 10 -- Star Princess port of call kicks off cruise season in Nanaimo
April 9 -- Vancouver's 2018 cruise season marks largest-ever vessel, 25M passengers
April 9 -- Vancouver's 2018 cruise season to bring close to 900,000 visitors
April 9 -- Cruise season starts in Vancouver
April 9 -- Nanaimo sees first cruise ship of 2018
April 9 -- By the number: Vancouver gears up for 2018 season of cruise ship crowds
April 4 -- Cruise ship from hell arrives in Victoria for refit
April 2 -- The 2018 Alaska cruise season in Vancouver kicks off April 10
March
March 15 -- Cruise ship visits to Nanaimo dip for 2018, Port Authority looking for alternate amenities
February
February 24 -- Port Alberni to host cruise ships again in 2019
February 24 -- Cruise Industry job fair on Saturday
February 22 -- All aboard! Job fair ports this weekend in Victoria
January
January 31 -- First border control kiosks installed on a cruise ship
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2018 Prince Rupert
October
October 2 -- Vikings off the shores of Prince Rupert? NCR
September
September 25 -- Seabourn Sojourn already making plans for 2019 cruise season NCR
September 23 -- Open market connects Rupert vendors with tourists
September 21 -- As cruise season winds down, Prince Rupert prepares for an outdoor market NCR
September 20 -- Outdoor market takes a test drive this Saturday
August
--
July
July 6 -- Biggest cruise ship to call on Prince Rupert in 2018
July 6 -- By the hundreds visitors come ashore from Crystal Symphony port call NCR
July 5 -- A Prince Rupert 4th of July for the Regatta NCR
June
June 27 -- Clan VIII calls on Cow Bay NCR
June 22 -- Alaska Cruise Expansion; Norwegian Bliss becomes the talk of Ketchikan NCR
June 13 -- Seabourn Sojourn comes aside Northland for ten hour visit NCR
June 1 -- Prince Rupert Cruise Ship Ambassadors (video)
June 1 -- Regatta reigns large at Northland during Thursday visit NCR
May
May 29 -- Prince Rupert Cruise Season (video)
May 29 -- First Port Call of the Year! NCR
May 23 -- Cruise ship countdown underway as first vessels set for end of May arrival NCR
April
April 30 -- Promenade work heads toward homestretch at Cow Bay terminals area NCR
April 13 -- Prince Rupert Cruise Schedule adjustments (video)
April 13 -- Largest Cruise to Prince Rupert cancelled
April 13 -- Prince Rupert Cruise season sees adjustments
April 13 -- Change of itinerary for Radiance of Seas, delays Prince Rupert's Cruise season opening to May 29th NCR
April 3 -- Waterfront walkway making progress towards tourist season debut NCR
March
--
March 15 -- Prince Rupert Cruise season schedule released (video)
March 13 -- Prince Rupert expecting 25 cruise ship visits this season
March 14 -- Prince Rupert's Cruise Season looking strong for 2018
March 13 -- 25 cruise ships to call on Prince Rupert
March 13 -- 25 port calls make for increased North Coast Cruise Ship schedule for 2018 NCR
February
February 19 -- Windstar Cruises includes Prince Rupert stops as part of return to Alaska Cruise options NCR
February 5 -- City of Prince Rupert shares the word of Cow Bay Marina at Seattle Boat Show NCR
January
January 17 -- Changes ahead for usage rates at Cow Bay Marina NCR
January 16 -- Port of Prince Rupert breaks ground on Atlin Promenade project NCR
January 11 -- Containers rule! But Diversification helping drive Port of Prince Rupert to record levels NCR
March 13 --
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2018 Ketchikan and Alaska
December
December 31 -- Petersburg debated senior sales tax, cruise industry expansion in 2018
December 28 -- Cruise industry's victory over Juneau has implications for other port communities
December 14 -- Assembly to discuss implications of cruise head-tax ruling
December 7 -- Ruling limits how Juneau can spend cruise passenger fees
December 6 -- Ketchikan council members discuss cruise tax ruling
December 4 -- Business owners, residents show up in force against letter to cruise company
October
October 26 -- Marine pilots put megaships to the test in Southeast Alaska
October 4 -- Cruise season ends as industry looks to see even more visitors next year
October 2 -- Assembly waits on discussion of expanded cruise industry presence in Petersburg
September
September 26 -- Larger small cruise company looking for other potential ports
September 18 -- Juneau's cruise passenger fee lawsuit heads toward trial
September 17 -- Southeast by the numbers: Cruise industry continues to grow
September 14 -- Cruise ship air quality violations spike in Alaska
September 11 -- Ketchikan City Council candidates answer your questions
August
August 6 -- High winds, seas hamper search for missing Amsterdam crewman
August 3 -- How can small Southeast towns compete in the Alaska tourism market?
August 1 -- City reports on cruise discharge complaints
July
July 19 -- Does the investment in tourism pay off?
July 11 -- Luxury cruise line returns to Alaska, brining opportunity
June
June 29 -- Norovirus on a cruise ship? Juneau would like a call.
June 27 -- Ketchikan Cruise dock expansion plans on hold (audio)
June 25 -- Council to discuss cruise dock expansion project (audio)
June 22 -- Holland America cruise in Alaska hit by norovirus
June 22 -- Alaska Cruise Expansion; Norwegian Bliss becomes the talk of Ketchikan NCR
June 12 -- Norwegian Bliss brings optimism, challenges for future (audio)
June 6 -- Newest megaship docks in Juneau for the first time (audio)
June 5 -- Hollywood on the High Seas: Star Legend visits Sitka (audio)
June 1 -- Safari Quest returns to Petersburg (audio)
May
May 31 -- Coast guard medevacs cruise ship passenger
May 20 -- A D.I.Y. Trip through Alaska's Inside Passage
May 17 -- Council hears from tour vendors and operators
April
April 27 -- Ketchikan readies for summer cruise season
March
March 15 -- Council tentatively moves forward with raising sales tax cap
February
February 22 -- Can Southeast share the wealth of tourism growth?
February 16 -- City needs to choose how to expand downtown dock (audio)
February 14 -- Port expansion presentation planned for Ketchikan City Council
February 9 -- Ketchikan borough aims to 'wean off' department use of CPV funds (audio)
February 7 -- Petersburg close to passing new cruise ship fee (audio)
February 2 -- Council talks port changes, parking
February 1 -- Port development could take a bite out of public parking (audio)
January
January 31 -- Ketchikan council to hear dock expansion presentation
January 10 -- Petersburg looks at fees for tax exemptions, cruise passengers
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2018 Vancouver-Victoria-Nanaimo
December
December 27 -- Coast Guard stops search for missing cruise ship member
December 26 -- Coast Guard searching for overboard cruise ship member
December 12 -- 2.8 million pounds of seafood, 640,000 cruise ship passengers pass through Victoria's harbour
October
October 19 -- Despite Vancouver's strong cruise ship season, Seattle's industry dominates
October 19 -- Vancouver wraps up successful 2018 Cruise season
October 10 -- 640,000 passengers for record Victoria cruise season
October 9 -- Victoria's 2018 Cruise season sees record 640,000 passengers
September
September 27 --Vancouver to welcome its largest ever cruise ship this weekend
September 19 -- Last cruise ship of the season stops in Harbour City
August
August 24 -- Cruiser rank Vancouver as top destination
August 3 -- Hotel rooms going for as much as $1,100 ahead of BC Day Long weekend
July
July 19 -- Expanding the future of shipbuilding on Canada's West Coast
June
June 13 -- SAR team rescues passenger from cruise ship off Vancouver Island
June 11 -- Victoria police say missing Norwegian Pearl cruise ship worker found safe
June 5 -- Missing cruise ship employee found
June 3 -- Vancouver: a new gateway for cruises to Alaska
June 2 -- Mammoth Cruise ship sails into Victoria harbour (video)
June 2 -- James Bay residents unhappy with cruise ship bus traffic (video)
June 1 -- Largest cruise ship ever to dock in B.C. sails into Victoria
June 1 -- Ogden Point hosts largest cruise ship to ever come to the Island
June 1 -- Mammoth Cruise ship brings travel-agent invasion to capital
June 1 -- Norwegian Bliss: largest cruise ship ever to dock in Victoria arrives (video)
June 1 -- Largest cruise ship to ever visit B.C. pulls into Victoria
June 1 -- Ogden Point hosts larges cruise ship to ever come to the Island
May
May 31 -- The biggest cruise ship to ever dock in Victoria's harbour set to arrive tomorrow (video)
May 30 -- Cabbies ready for cruise season? Hardly, says local couple
May 30 -- Sixteen cruise ships in six days: Vancouver cabbies say they're ready
May 30 -- West Coast's largest home ported cruise ship arrives in Seattle (video)
May 23 -- Vancouver welcomes 25,000,000th cruise ship passenger
May 23 -- Vancouver port welcomes 'so excited' 25 millionth cruise ship passenger
May 19 -- All things big and small, expensive and economical
May 19 -- Vancouver prepares for 25 millionth Cruise passenger
May 16 -- Nanaimo Harbour welcomes Explorer of the Seas cruise ship Wednesday
May 15 -- B.C. cruise industry heading for milestone
May 14 -- B.C. tourism on a roll ahead of summer season
May 13 -- For Port of Vancouver underestimating Pacific sea-level rises could come at a high price
May 11 -- Has the Cruise industry outgrown Vancouver?
May 7 -- Largest cruise ship to dock at Ogden Point set to arrive in June
May 5 -- Thousands of cruise ship passengers expected in Vancouver this weekend
May 4 -- Busy days at Canada Place signal potential limits to growth of cruise sector: industry association
May 4 -- Cruise ship season brings a high volume of traffic to Canada Place over the next two weeks
May 1 -- Princess Cruises kicks off 2018 Alaska Cruise Season
April
April 13 -- Vancouver a spring board for Alaska Cruises
April 11 -- First cruise ship of the season finally docks in Victoria after challenging wind
April 11 -- Westerdam's arrival starts Victoria's cruise ship season Wednesday
April 11 -- A windy welcome for Victoria's first cruise ship of the season
April 11 -- Ahoy! Vancouver welcomes first cruise ship of 2018 season
April 10 -- By the numbers: Vancouver gears up for 2018 season of cruise ship crowds
April 10 -- Star Princess arrival kicks off banner cruise season in Vancouver
April 10 -- Vancouver's largest cruise season in eight years to start April 10
April 10 -- Star Princess port of call kicks off cruise season in Nanaimo
April 9 -- Vancouver's 2018 cruise season marks largest-ever vessel, 25M passengers
April 9 -- Vancouver's 2018 cruise season to bring close to 900,000 visitors
April 9 -- Cruise season starts in Vancouver
April 9 -- Nanaimo sees first cruise ship of 2018
April 9 -- By the number: Vancouver gears up for 2018 season of cruise ship crowds
April 4 -- Cruise ship from hell arrives in Victoria for refit
April 2 -- The 2018 Alaska cruise season in Vancouver kicks off April 10
March
March 15 -- Cruise ship visits to Nanaimo dip for 2018, Port Authority looking for alternate amenities
February
February 24 -- Port Alberni to host cruise ships again in 2019
February 24 -- Cruise Industry job fair on Saturday
February 22 -- All aboard! Job fair ports this weekend in Victoria
January
January 31 -- First border control kiosks installed on a cruise ship
Archive items from 2016
Archive from 2015
Archive items from 2014
Archive items from 2013 and before
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