List of cruise line operators

The list of cruise line operators provides a global overview of cruise lines and tour operators in the cruise industry.

Explanation

• Name: Name of the shipping company
• Year: establishment or period of business operations
• Country: Country of origin of the shipping company
• Seat: Seat of the shipping company headquarters
• Ships: number of ships
• Pass .: Passenger capacity according to information from the shipping company (as of 2019) or when business operations are discontinued
• Comments: brief information about the company

Sea cruises

Surname	year	country	Seat	Ships	Passport.	Remarks
AIDA Cruises	1996	Germany	Rostock	14th	39,790	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
American Cruise Lines	1991	United States	Guilford	5	650	small ships for coastal traffic
Azamara Cruises	2007	United States	Miami	3	2,066	Subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Carnival Cruise Lines	1972	United States	Miami	27	88,340	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
Celebrity cruises	1989	United States	Miami	13	26,126	Subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Compagnie du Ponant	1988	France	Marseille	9	1,856	Luxury cruises
Costa Crociere	1854	Italy	Genoa	15th	53,013	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
Crystal Cruises	1988	United States	los Angeles	3	1,890	owned by Nippon Yūsen Kaisha (NYK)
Cunard Line	1840	United Kingdom United States	London Santa Clarita	3	7.172	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
Disney Cruise Line	1995	United States	Celebration	4th	14,925
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines	1848	United Kingdom	London	4th	4,075
Hapag-Lloyd cruises	1970	Germany	Hamburg	5	1,537	Luxury cruises, subsidiary of TUI AG
Holland America Line	1873	United States	Seattle	15th	26,934	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
Hurtigruten AS	1866	Norway	Tromso	15th	9,391
Celestyal Cruises	1935	Cyprus	Limassol	2	2,844
MSC Cruises	1970	Switzerland	Geneva	17th	61,822
Norwegian Cruise Line	1966	United States	Miami	17th	52,055	Subsidiary of Star Cruises Ltd.
Oceania Cruises	2002	United States	Miami	6th	5,798	owned by Prestige Cruise Holdings (PCH)
P&O Cruises	1837	United Kingdom	Southampton	7th	19,379	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
P&O Cruises Australia	1837	United Kingdom of Australia	Southampton Sydney	3	5,276	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
Phoenix travel	1973	Germany	Bonn	5	4.015	Organizers with chartered ships
Princess Cruises	1965	United States	Santa Clarita	18th	50,698	Subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
Pullmantur Cruises	1990	Spain	Madrid	4th	9,250	Subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises	1990	United States	Miami	4th	2,640	Luxury cruises
Royal Caribbean International	1968	United States	Miami	26th	97,720	Subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Saga Cruises	1996	United Kingdom	Folkestone	2	2.157	Brand name for cruise activities of Acromas Shipping Ltd.
Sea Cloud Cruises	1979	Germany	Hamburg	2	158	Luxury cruises with sailing ships
Seabourn Cruise Line	1987	United States	Miami	5	2,574	Luxury cruises, subsidiary of Carnival Corp. & plc
SeaDream Yachting	2002	Norway	Oslo	2	224	Yachting, privately owned
Silversea Cruises	1993	Monaco	Monaco	8th	2,796	Luxury cruises
Star cruises	1993	People's Republic of China	Hong Kong	4th	6.332
Star clipper	1992	Monaco	Monaco	3	567	Luxury cruises with sailing ships
Marella Cruises	1973	United Kingdom	Luton	6th	10,500	Joint venture between TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
TUI Cruises	2008	Germany	Hamburg	7th	17,780	Subsidiary of TUI AG
Transocean cruises	1954	Germany	Bremen	4th	5,499
Windstar Cruises	1984	United States	Seattle	6th	1.306	Luxury cruises with sailing ships
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line	2014	United States	Deerfield Beach	2	3.176
Birka Line	1971	Finland	Mariehamn	1	1,800
Dream cruises	1993	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	3	9,524
FTI Cruise	2011	Germany	Munich	1	420
Hansa Touristik		Germany	Bremen	1	621
Icleand Pro Cruises	2003	Switzerland	train	1	256
Jalesh Cruises		India	Mumbai	1	2,053
Mano Maritime	1945	Israel	Haifa	1	1,970
Nicko Cruises	1999	Germany	Stuttgart	2	400	originally river cruises, now with two newly built ocean-going ships
Plantours cruises	1989	Germany	Bremen	1	400
Poseidon expeditions	1999	United Kingdom	Limassol	2	238
Viking Ocean Cruises	1997	United States  Switzerland	Basel	6th	5,580

River cruises

Surname	year	country	Seat	Ships	Passport.	Remarks
A-ROSA river boat	2009	Germany	Rostock	11	2.132
Lüftner cruises	1980	Austria	innsbruck	11	1,688
Nicko Cruises	1999	Germany	Stuttgart	33	4,701	Organizers with chartered ships
Phoenix travel	1973	Germany	Bonn	24
Sea Cloud Cruises	1979	Germany	Hamburg	2	88	Luxury cruises
Transocean cruises	1954	Germany	Bremen	5	852
Viking River Cruises	1997	Switzerland	Basel	17th	3,000	Organizers with chartered ships
DDSG , today DDSG Blue Danube	1829	Austria	Vienna	2	160	historical; Cruises discontinued in 1993

See also

• List of cruise lines
• List of shipping companies

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Carnival Corp. & plc: Our Brands. Retrieved March 29, 2012 . 
2. ^ Celebrity Cruises: Ships. Retrieved March 29, 2012 . 
3. ^ Crystal Cruises: Media Center. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 19, 2016 ; Retrieved March 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ NYK Line: Cruise Business. Retrieved April 2, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Disney Cruise Line: Fact Sheets. Retrieved March 29, 2012 . 
6. ^ Oceania Cruises: About Oceania. Retrieved March 29, 2012 . 
7. ^ Royal Caribbean Intl .: Press Kit. Retrieved March 29, 2012 . 
8. ^ Lüftner Cruises: Fact Sheet. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 26, 2012 ; Retrieved March 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.