MSC Cruises tightened up Covid measures on MSC Virtuosa after Southampton port health officer raised passengers’ concerns
Complaints over social distancing and mask wearing
Shipmonk voted best blogger at Cruise International Awards
Top award for Dave Monk
Spectacular views of western Canada on a pre-cruise Titan Travel trip
Photos of stunning scenery
Wondering if that’s Rob Brydon’s real wife in the P&O Cruises ad? Here’s the answer
It's the question some viewers have been asking...
My top ten Wow factors about Quantum of the Seas
This is a fuller version of a piece I wrote for a Royal Caribbean advertorial in Metro newspaper, UK.
Days of Rhine and poses: Recreating the adventure of my cycling trip as a 17-year-old in Germany by taking a Viking river cruise
‘This story I am about to write is the strangest true tale I can recount. To think we two youths,...
A love story that shaped a city: The amazing piece of history hidden in Fort Lauderdale
Driving along the sprawling freeways past vast developments towards the towering ocean-front hotels of Fort Lauderdale, it’s hard to imagine...
Jamie Oliver: I’d like to teach children to cook on Quantum and Anthem of the Seas
Dave Monk chats to Jamie Oliver about his plans for his first restaurants at sea
Historic rare newspapers from transatlantic liners are published online
Papers used to be printed on the voyage
Iona is designed so you can’t ‘do it all’ in seven days and want to come back again, says P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow
New P&O Cruises ship Iona is designed so passengers can’t ‘do it all’ in seven days and will want to book another cruise, the line’s president Paul Ludlow has said. Speaking to a press conference […]
Back for good! Gary Barlow to perform on new P&O Cruises ship Iona ‘several times’ next year, says line president Paul Ludlow
‘He’s itching to get back on board’
International cruising gets the go-ahead to return from England starting on August 2
Industry welcomes news
To patisserie – and beyond! Chef Eric Lanlard talks about his dream to fly into space
P&O Cruises ‘food hero’ signs up for Virgin Galactic flight
‘Freedom Day’ in England – but cruise lines react with caution when asked when Covid restrictions on UK sailings will be relaxed
Masks and social distancing will continue
With the smashing of a bottle of English sparkling wine, Saga’s new ship Spirit of Adventure has been named in Portsmouth
Ceremony streamed on Facebook
‘I lost all confidence in the owner to deliver Golden Horizon to the standard required,’ says Tradewind Voyages CEO who quit job
Stuart Mcquaker breaks silence
Golden Horizon ‘will continue her voyages as planned’ following ship’s arrest in Dover, say operators Tradewind Voyages
Square rigger had just finished second cruise
A Scottish lament: As my cruise is cancelled, why I’m begging Nicola Sturgeon to once again open the lochs and give us the quays
End this ban on cruise ships