Miami Growth, Cruises to Nowhere, Green Claims

Today on Cruise News: PortMiami has announced a 16-ship arrival lineup spanning 12 cruise brands for the 2026-27 season, opening with Ponant Explorations' L'Austral and Explora III in October 2026 and closing with Royal Caribbean's Hero of the Seas in August 2027; the port handled 8,564,151 cruise passengers in fiscal 2025. China's Ministry of Transport has named Xiamen, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the next trial cities for cruises to nowhere, though official guidance does not set out a comprehensive nationwide passenger and immigration framework for these voyages. And Antarctica21's Magellan Discoverer, which pairs diesel engines with battery storage, is nearing completion in Chile ahead of its first revenue passengers on December 15, but the company has not published independently verified fuel-consumption data or comparative emissions figures. Read today's stories and sign up for email alerts at CruiseNews.io.