List of cruise lines

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See also List of ferry operators

This is a list of cruise lines, companies that operate cruise ships.

Name	Status	Headquarters	Notes
A'Rosa	Continues as a river cruise ship operator	Germany
Admiral Cruise Line	Defunct	USA	Merged into Royal Caribbean International
AIDA Cruises	Operational	Germany
American Cruise Lines	Operational	USA
American Hawaii Cruises	Defunct	USA
American Canadian Caribbean Line	Operational	USA
Ånedin Linjen	Operational	Sweden
Azamara Cruises	Operational	USA
Baltic Shipping Company	Defunct	Soviet Union
Birka Cruises	Operational	Finland
Black Sea Shipping Company	No longer operates cruise ships	Soviet Union
Bora Bora Cruises		USA
Carnival Cruise Lines	Operational	USA
CDF Croisières de France	Operational	France
Celebrity Cruises	Operational	USA
Chandris Cruises	Defunct	Greece
Classic International Cruises	Operational	Portugal
Clipper Cruise Line	Defunct	USA
Club Cruise	No longer operates cruise ships	Netherlands	Continues to charter cruise ships to other companies
Commodore Cruise Line	Defunct	USA
Costa Cruises	Operational	Italy
Crown Cruise Line	Defunct	Unknown
Croisières Paquet	Defunct	France	Merged into Costa Cruises
Cruceros Australis	Operational	Chile
Cruise West	Operational	USA
Crystal Cruises	Operational	Japan
CTC Cruises	Defunct	United Kingdom
Cunard Line	Operational	United Kingdom /  USA
Custom Alaska Cruises		USA
Delfin Cruises	Defunct	Finland
Disney Cruise Line	Operational	USA
Dolphin Cruise Line	Defunct	Greece	Merged into Premier Cruise Line
Eastern Cruise Lines Western Cruise Lines	Defunct	USA	Merged with Sundance Cruises to form Admiral Cruise Line
EasyCruise	Operational	Greece
Effoa	Defunct	Finland
Far East Shipping Company	No longer operates cruise ships	Soviet Union
Festival Cruises	Defunct	Greece
Finnlines	No longer operates cruise ships	Finland
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines	Operational	United Kingdom
G.A.P Adventures	Operational	Canada
Hamburg Atlantic Line German Atlantic Line Hanseatic Tours	Defunct	Germany	Merged into Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises	Operational	Germany
Hebridean International Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom
Holiday Cruises	Defunct	Germany
Holland America Line	Operational	USA (originally  Netherlands)
Home Lines	Defunct	Italy	Merged into Holland America Line
Hurtigruten	Operational	Norway	Also marketed as Norwegian Coastal Express
Imperial Majesty Cruise Line	Operational	USA
Iberocruceros	Operational	Spain
Island Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom
Italian Line / Italian Cruises	Defunct	Italy
Japan Cruise Line	Operational	Japan
Jose Cruise Lines	Operational	USA
Kristina Cruises	Operational	Finland
Louis Cruise Lines	Operational	Cyprus
Majestic International Cruises	Operational	Greece
Majesty Cruise Line	Defunct	Unknown	Merged into Norwegian Cruise Line
Mano Cruise	Operational	Israel
Monarch Classic Cruises	Operational	Greece
MSC Cruises	Operational	Italy	Previously Lauro Lines, Starlauro Cruises
Norwegian America Line	Defunct	Norway	Merged into Cunard Line
Norwegian Capricorn Line	Defunct	Australia	Merged into Star Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line	Operational	USA (originally  Norway)
Ocean Cruise Line	Defunct	Unknown	Merged into Croisières Paquet
Ocean Village	Operational	United Kingdom	Operations due to cease in 2010
Oceania Cruises	Operational	USA
Orient Lines	Defunct	USA	Restart of operations planned for 2009
Orion Expedition Cruises	Operational	Australia
P&O Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom
P&O Cruises Australia	Operational	Australia
Page & Moy	Operational	Europe[specify]
Pearl Seas Cruises	Due to begin operation in 2009	United Kingdom
Peter Deilmann Cruises	Operational	Germany
Phoenix Reisen	Operational	Germany
Polar Star Expeditions	Operational	Canada
Ponant Cruises	Operational	France
Premier Cruise Line	Defunct	USA
Princess Cruises	Operational	USA
Pullmantur Cruises	Operational	Spain
R Family Vacations	Operational	USA	Caters to Gay & Lesbian families / Owned by Rosie & Kelli O'Donnell and Gregg Kaminsky
Regent Seven Seas Cruises	Operational	USA	Previously Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
Regency Cruises	Defunct	Greece
Renaissance Cruises	Defunct	USA
Royal Caribbean International	Operational	USA (originally  Norway)
Royal Cruise Line	Defunct	Greece	Merged into Norwegian Cruise Line
Royal Olympia Cruises	Defunct	Greece
Royal Viking Line	Defunct	Norway	Merged into Cunard Line
Safmarine	No longer operates cruise ships	South Africa
Sally Cruise	Defunct	Finland	Merged into Silja Line
Seabourn Cruise Line	Operational	USA
Scandinavian World Cruises SeaEscape	Defunct	Unknown
Shaw, Savill & Albion Line	Defunct	United Kingdom
Silversea Cruises	Operational	USA/ Italy
Sitmar Cruises	Defunct	Italy	Merged into P&O Cruises/Princess Cruises
Silja Line	No longer operates cruise ships	Finland
Star Cruises	Operational	Malaysia
Sun Cruises	Defunct	United Kingdom
Sundance Cruises	Defunct	Unknown	Merged with Eastern Cruise Line to form Admiral Cruises
Swan Hellenic	Operational	United Kingdom
Swedish American Line	Defunct	Sweden
Thomson Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom
Transocean Tours	Operational	Germany
Travel Dynamics International	Operational	USA
TUI Cruises	Due to begin operations 2009	Germany
United States Lines	Defunct	United States	Not to be confused with the transatlantic shipping company with the same name
Uniworld River Cruises	Operational	USA
Van Gogh Cruises	Defunct	United Kingdom
Vermont Discovery Cruises		USA
Viking Line	Operational	Finland	A ferry company that has also operated cruises.
Voyages of Discovery	Operational	United Kingdom
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises	Believed to be defunct.[citation needed]	USA
Windstar Cruises	Operational	USA