Royal Caribbean International will boost its China capacity in June 2013, when it deploys the 3,114-passenger Mariner of the Seas to replace the 1,800-passenger Legend of the Seas.

Jamaican authorities are putting a full court press on Disney Cruise Line, in an effort to get the family friendly cruise line to include the island country as a stop. Disney executives were recently invited to the country as guests of the Port Authority of Jamaica.

The US Virgin Islands has welcomed the unveiling of Royal Caribbean International's new Caribbean itineraries which include two additional ships regularly calling on the Virgin Islands. The deployment will include an increase in summer calls to the Virgin Islands by 16 vessels in all.

Costa Crociere and Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi presented their plan to Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner Franco Gabrielli to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia from the coast of Giglio Island. Work will begin in a few days and is expected to last about 12 months.