List of cruise lines

A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships and markets cruises to the public.^[1] Cruise lines are distinct from passenger lines which are primarily concerned with transportation of their passengers. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the ship's captain, and a hospitality staff headed by the equivalent of a hotel manager.

Because of mergers and consolidations, a cruise line may also be a brand of a larger holding corporation. For example, as noted below, Carnival Cruise Line and Holland America Line are cruise lines within the larger parent corporation Carnival Corporation & plc. This industry practice of using the brand, not the larger parent corporation, as the cruise line is also followed in the member cruise lines in Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA);^[2] the listing of cruise ship sales, transfers,^[3] and new orders;^[4] cruise line market share;^[5] and the member-based reviews of cruise lines.^[6]

Cruise ships can cruise in oceans or rivers. The listing of cruise lines below includes both ocean cruise lines and, as noted, river cruise lines.

List of cruise lines

In operation

Operational

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Name	Status	Headquarters	Notes
AIDA Cruises	Operational	Germany	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
AmaWaterways	Operational	USA	River cruises in Europe, Asia and Africa and Antarctica
American Cruise Lines	Operational	USA	Based in Guilford, Connecticut, operates eight ships
Avalon Waterways	Operational	USA	River cruises in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America
Azamara Club Cruises	Operational	USA	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line	Operational	USA	Formed by former executives from the defunct Celebration Cruise Line, operates the Grand Celebration
Birka Line	Operational	Finland	Subsidiary of Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö, operates the Birka Paradise
Carnival Cruise Line	Operational	USA/ United Kingdom	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
CDF Croisières de France	Operational	France	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Celebrity Cruises	Operational	USA	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Celestyal Cruises	Operational	Cyprus	Previously named Louis Cruises
Compagnie du Ponant	Operational	France	Based in Marseille, operates yacht cruises
Costa Cruises	Operational	Italy	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
Cruise & Maritime Voyages	Operational	United Kingdom	Started by Cruise & Maritime Services International, after German based Transocean Tours (for whom they were the UK representative) filed for bankruptcy
Crystal Cruises	Operational	Japan
Cunard Line	Operational	United Kingdom	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
Disney Cruise Line	Operational	United Kingdom	Headquartered in Hammersmith, London as The Magical Cruise Company Limited
European Waterways	Operational	United Kingdom	River cruises
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines	Operational	United Kingdom
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises	Operational	Germany
Holland America Line	Operational	USA (originally Netherlands)	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
Hurtigruten	Operational	Norway	Also marketed as Norwegian Coastal Express
Kristina Cruises	Operational	Finland
Majestic International Cruises	Operational	Greece
The Majestic Line	Operational	United Kingdom
Mano Maritime	Operational	Israel
MSC Cruises	Operational	Italy
Norwegian Cruise Line	Operational	USA (originally Norway)	Partially owned by Star Cruises
Oceania Cruises	Operational	USA	Owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Orion Expedition Cruises	Operational	Australia
P&O Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
P&O Cruises Australia	Operational	Australia	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
Paul Gauguin Cruises	Operational	United States
Peter Deilmann Cruises	Operational	Germany
Phoenix Reisen	Operational	Germany
Polar Star Expeditions	Operational	Canada
Portside	Operational	Brazil	Since 2008
Poseidon Expeditions	Operational	United Kingdom	Expedition cruises
Princess Cruises	Operational	USA	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
Pullmantur Cruises	Operational	Spain	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Quark Expeditions	Operational	USA	Expedition cruising
Regent Seven Seas Cruises	Operational	USA	Previously Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Royal Caribbean International	Operational	USA (originally Norway)	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Saga Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom
Seabourn Cruise Line	Operational	USA	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
SeaDream Yacht Club	Operational	Norway
Silversea Cruises	Operational	USA/ Italy
Star Cruises	Operational	Malaysia
Swan Hellenic	Operational	United Kingdom
Thomson Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom
Transocean Tours	Operational	Germany
TUI Cruises	Operational	Germany	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Uniworld River Cruises	Operational	USA
Un-Cruise Adventures	Operational	USA
Viking Cruises	Operational	USA	Formerly known as Viking River Cruises until May 2013 and since then, offering ocean cruises embarking in 2015
Windstar Cruises	Operational	USA

Shipping lines no longer operating cruise ships

Name	Status	Headquarters	Notes
Club Cruise	No longer operates cruise ships	Netherlands	Continues to charter cruise ships to other companies
Far East Shipping Company	No longer operates cruise ships	Soviet Union
Finnlines	No longer operates cruise ships	Finland
Ocean Star Cruises	No ships in operation.	Mexico
Silja Line	No longer operates cruise ships	Finland

Defunct

Name	Status	Headquarters	Notes
American Classic Voyages	Defunct	USA	Bankrupt
Baltic Shipping Company	Defunct	Soviet Union
Black Sea Shipping Company	Defunct	Soviet Union
Blue Star Line	Defunct	United Kingdom	Merged and sold into P&O Nedlloyd
Celebration Cruise Line	Defunct	USA	Was re-branded into Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line in 2014
Chandris Cruises	Defunct	Greece	Was merged and re-branded into Celebrity Cruises in 1988
Classic International Cruises	Defunct	Australia	Liquidated on 20 December 2012^[7]
Commodore Cruise Line	Defunct	USA
Crown Cruise Line	Defunct	USA
Cruise West	Defunct	USA	Ceased operations September 18, 2010 ^[8]
Dolphin Cruise Line	Defunct	Greece	Merged into Premier Cruise Line
EasyCruise	Defunct	Greece	Sold to Hellenic Seaways
Effoa	Defunct	Finland
Festival Cruises	Defunct	Greece
Hamburg Atlantic Line German Atlantic Line Hanseatic Tours	Defunct	Germany	Merged into Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Home Lines	Defunct	Italy	Merged into Holland America Line
Iberocruceros	Defunct	Spain	Merged into Costa Cruises
Imperial Majesty Cruise Line	Defunct	USA	Became Celebration Cruise Line in 2009
Island Cruises	Defunct	UK
Italian Line / Italian Cruises	Defunct	Italy
Majesty Cruise Line	Defunct	Unknown	Merged into Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian America Line	Defunct	Norway	Merged into Cunard Line
Norwegian Capricorn Line	Defunct	Australia	Merged into Star Cruises
Ocean Village	Defunct	United Kingdom	Operations ceased in 2010
Orient Lines	Defunct	USA
Premier Cruise Line	Defunct	USA
Renaissance Cruises	Defunct	USA	Merged into Oceania Cruises
Royal Viking Line	Defunct	Norway	Merged into Cunard Line
Sally Cruise	Defunct	Finland	Merged into Silja Line
Shaw, Savill & Albion Line	Defunct	United Kingdom
Sitmar Cruises	Defunct	Italy	Merged into P&O Cruises/Princess Cruises
Swedish American Line	Defunct	Sweden
Van Gogh Cruises	Defunct	United Kingdom
White Star Line	Defunct	United Kingdom	Merged with Cunard Line to form Cunard-White Star Line in 1934
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises	Defunct	USA

References

^ "Cruise line definition". Travel industry dictionary. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Member Cruise Lines". Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Ship sales and transfers". Cruise industry news. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Cruise ship orderbook". Cruise Industry News. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Cruise line market share". Cruise market watch. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Member reviews of cruise lines". Cruise Critic. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Classic International Cruises Pty Ltd". Press Release. Lawler Partners. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
^ Cruise West

[1] "Cruise line definition". Travel industry dictionary. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[2] "Member Cruise Lines". Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[3] "Ship sales and transfers". Cruise industry news. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[4] "Cruise ship orderbook". Cruise Industry News. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[5] "Cruise line market share". Cruise market watch. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[6] "Member reviews of cruise lines". Cruise Critic. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[7] "Classic International Cruises Pty Ltd". Press Release. Lawler Partners. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2013.

[8] Cruise West

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