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River Cruising’s Return Is Welcome WJ Editorial

River Cruising’s Return Is Welcome

June 16, 2023

The past few years since the COVID-19 lockdowns have been rough ones for the passenger cruising industry, but as a story in this issue notes, a recovery is underway. Most… Read More

Viking Mississippi Enters Final Construction Phase

March 11, 2022

Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Asia, Egypt. These are the places Viking offers river cruises around the world. And with Viking’s first U.S.-built riverboat now in the water and entering its final… Read More

American Jazz Freed From Sandbar

July 23, 2021

An inland river cruise boat stranded on Lake Barkley in western Kentucky for more than a week was refloated July 16. The American Jazz was able to immediately get underway on its own… Read More

Cruise Boat Remains Grounded On Lake Barkley Sandbar The Lake Barkley Unified Command approved dive operations to assess underwater conditions where the American Jazz is grounded in Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River. The boat ran aground outside the channel at Mile 62 on July 7. Passengers were deboarded using pontoon boats. Some crew members remain aboard. (photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom/U.S. Coast Guard)

The Lake Barkley Unified Command approved dive operations to assess underwater conditions where the American Jazz is grounded in Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River. The boat ran aground outside the channel at Mile 62 on July 7. Passengers were deboarded using pontoon boats. Some crew members remain aboard. (photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom/U.S. Coast Guard)

Cruise Boat Remains Grounded On Lake Barkley Sandbar

July 12, 2021

Note: this is an updated version of a story that was originally posted July 12. Fuel is being removed from American Cruise Lines’ American Jazz before authorities try again to… Read More

Port NOLA Sets New Cruise Record The Carnival Dream departs Port NOLA’s Erato Street Cruise Terminal, while the Norwegian Breakaway is berthed at the Julia Street Cruise Terminal. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

The Carnival Dream departs Port NOLA’s Erato Street Cruise Terminal, while the Norwegian Breakaway is berthed at the Julia Street Cruise Terminal. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

Port NOLA Sets New Cruise Record

February 8, 2019

For the fifth year in a row, the Port of New Orleans topped 1 million cruise passenger movements in 2018, according to end-of-the-year statistics the port released last week. With… Read More