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Disney Cruise Line expanding to Singapore with Global Dream ship Disney Cruise Line plans to deploy the former Genting Hong Kong newbuild Global Dream, which it acquired and is going to complete, in Singapore, starting in 2025. Full article As net-zero dominates, Del Rio wants more focus on cruising's purpose There's such an obsession with getting to net zero that the cruise industry doesn't talk enough about its purpose — providing great vacations, Frank Del Rio said in a Seatrade keynote panel dominated by decarbonization. Full article 2023 global cruise numbers and intent to cruise higher than pre-pandemic Cruise tourism is rebounding faster than international tourism, with the global passenger count forecast to reach 106% of 2019 levels in 2023, or 31.5m, according to Cruise Lines International Association. Full article New Wärtsilä engine enables methanol for Celebrity's fifth Edge ship Celebrity Cruises' fifth Edge-class ship will sport a new Wärtsilä flex fuel engine with the ability to use three types of fuel, including methanol. Full article Shanghai cruise homeporting resumes after three-year hiatus Shanghai is returning to normal domestic cruise operations by welcoming the first cruise after 1,152 days' dormancy since the pandemic outbreak. Full article Cruise lines, ports seek clarity on EU decarbonization regulations If the Earth is the playing field and cruise lines are the players, the referees could very well be European Union regulators. Full article