The new Celebrity Xcel made its first visit to PortMiami earlier this month while getting ready to welcome its first paying guests. After being delivered to Celebrity Cruises in October, the latest Edge-class ship called in the port during a pre-inaugural cruise that departed from Fort Lauderdale.

Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam was the first cruise ship to bring passengers back to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, since Hurricane Melissa.

Cruise industry icon Larry Pimentel has been appointed the first executive-in-residence for international cruise curriculum development at FIU.

Royal Caribbean just confirmed what many fans suspected after the cruise line released 2027/2028 cruise itineraries from Florida ports on Nov. 4. One popular ship that currently sails from Miami was missing from the deployment release, suggesting that the ship could be moving to a new home port in 2027.