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Slow steaming controversy

Slow steaming controversy

Slow steaming is being suggested by a number of cruise lines as a way of saving costs due to rising fuel prices, but there are challenges to this idea, both economic and legal. • On the economic side, unless the process is properly managed it could also increase the risk of machinery failure and could also mean that cruise ships have to auxiliary machinery such as stabilisers that would not be used during fast steaming, resulting in higher maintenance, replacement and associated costs. • On the legal side, there are complex contractual issues relating to charter-party clauses including the commitment to ‘prosecute a voyage with the utmost despatch’, an issue that recently went all the way to the House of Lords. Fuel surcharges that were levied at the beginning of the year have already been subject to legal judgement which required cruise companies to refund customers who’d been charged retrospectively.

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Bali & Singapore Stays & 5nt Spice of Southeast Asia Cruise

Date: 10 Feb 2025

Duration: 15 nights

Ship: Anthem of the Seas

Line: Royal Caribbean

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£2,199
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£2,279 OUTSIDE

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Grand Eastern Reflections from Abu Dhabi to Singapore

Date: 22 Dec 2024

Duration: 79 nights

Ship: Riviera

Line: Oceania Cruises

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£24,683
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Inside Passage with Glacier Bay National Park from Vancouver with Stay

Date: 15 Sep 2025

Duration: 10 nights

Ship: Coral Princess

Line: Princess Cruises

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£2,649
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Alaskan Inside Passage from Vancouver with Stay

Date: 22 Aug 2024

Duration: 10 nights

Ship: Koningsdam

Line: Holland America Line

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£2,199
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£2,649 OUTSIDE

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Round Australia from Adelaide to Sydney with Stay

Date: 23 Mar 2026

Duration: 27 nights

Ship: Crown Princess

Line: Princess Cruises

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£4,749
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£5,949 OUTSIDE

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Las Vegas & Mexican Riviera from Los Angeles with Stays

Date: 1 Apr 2025

Duration: 12 nights

Ship: Discovery Princess

Line: Princess Cruises

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£2,249
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