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 separate lists for both areas. Cruise lines operating ocean and river ships can be found in both lists.

List of ocean cruise lines

In operation

Name	Status	Headquarters	Notes
AIDA Cruises	Operational	Germany	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
American Cruise Lines	Operational	USA	Based in Guilford, Connecticut, offers coastal cruises and paddle-steamer cruises
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 Stockholm
Carnival Cruise Line	Operational	USA/ United Kingdom	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
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	Owned by South Quay Travel & Leisure Ltd.
Crystal Cruises	Operational	Japan	Owned by Genting Hong Kong
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
Dream Cruises	Operational	Hong Kong	Owned by Genting Hong Kong
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines	Operational	United Kingdom
FTI Cruises	Operational	Germany	Cruise branch of Bavarian travel company FTI Group, operates MS Berlin
Hansa Touristk	Operational	Germany	Privately owned (Kilian family), offers ocean cruises with MV Ocean Majesty and river cruises
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises	Operational	Germany	Owned bei TUI Group
Holland America Line	Operational	USA (originally  Netherlands)	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
Hurtigruten	Operational	Norway	Also marketed as Norwegian Coastal Express
Majestic International Cruises	Operational	Greece
St Hilda Sea Adventures	Operational	United Kingdom	Dunoon (Scotland), offers Scottish island cruises
The Majestic Line	Operational	United Kingdom	Dunoon (Scotland), offers Scottish island cruises
Mano Maritime	Operational	Israel
MSC Cruises	Operational	Italy	Privately owned (Aponte family)
Norwegian Cruise Line	Operational	USA (originally  Norway)	Partially owned by Genting Hong Kong
Oceania Cruises	Operational	USA	Owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
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	Branch of Regent Seven Seas Cruises till 2010, offers South Pacific cruises
Pearl Seas Cruises	Operational	United States	Offers Great Lakes, New England and Cuba cruises
Phoenix Reisen	Operational	Germany	Privately owned (Zurnieden family)
Plantours Kreuzfahrten	Operational	Germany	Operates MS Hamburg and several river cruise ships
Poseidon Expeditions	Operational	United Kingdom	Arctic cruises with nuclear icebraker 50 Let Pobedy
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	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	Owned by Saga Group
Seabourn Cruise Line	Operational	USA	Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc
SeaDream Yacht Club	Operational	Norway	Privately owned (Atle Brynestad)
Silversea Cruises	Operational	Monaco	Privately owned (Lefebvre family)
Star Cruises	Operational	Malaysia	Owned by Genting Hong Kong
Thomson Cruises	Operational	United Kingdom	Owned by TUI Group
Transocean Tours	Operational	Germany	Since 2014 German branch of Cruise & Maritime Voyages
TUI Cruises	Operational	Germany	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and TUI Group
UnCruise Adventures	Operational	USA
Viking Ocean Cruises	Operational	USA	Branch of Viking Cruises
Windstar Cruises	Operational	USA	Owned by Xanterra Parks & Resorts, Inc.
Voyages to Antiquity	Operational	United Kingdom

Shipping lines in service, but 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
Kristina Cruises	No ships in operation	Finland	Last cruise ship Kristina Katarina sold in 2013
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
Croisières de France	Defunct	France	Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., will cease operation in 2017
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
Orion Expedition Cruises	Defunct	Australia	Taken over by and merged with Lindblad Expeditions in 2013
Peter Deilmann Cruises	Defunct	Germany	Operations ceased in 2015
Polar Star Expeditions	Defunct	Canada	Operations ceased in 2011 after major damage to MV Polar Star
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
Swan Hellenic	Defunct	United Kingdom	Operations ceased in 2017 after shutdown of All Leisure Holidays
Swedish American Line	Defunct	Sweden
Van Gogh Cruises	Defunct	United Kingdom
Voyages of Discovery	Defunct	United Kingdom	Operations ceased in 2017 after shutdown of All Leisure Holidays
White Star Line	Defunct	United Kingdom	Merged with Cunard Line to form Cunard-White Star Line in 1934
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises	Defunct	USA

List of river cruise lines

In operation

Name	Status	Headquarters	Notes
1AVista	Operational	Germany	River cruises in Europe
AmaWaterways	Operational	USA	River cruises in Europe, Asia and Africa
American Cruise Lines	Operational	USA	Paddle-steamer cruises on US rivers
Aqua Expeditions	Operational	Peru	Privately owned (Francesco Galli Zugaro), eco-friendly river cruises on Amazon and Mekong rivers
A-ROSA Flussschiff	Operational	Germany	River cruises in Europe, offered ocean-going cruises with A-Rosa blu 2002-04
Australian Pacific Touring (APT)	Operational	Australia	Privately owned (McGeary family), river cruises in Europe, Asia and Africa, shares many ships with AmaWaterways
Avalon Waterways	Operational	USA	River cruises in Europe, Egypt, Asia and South America
CroisiEurope	Operational	France	Privately owned (Schmitter family), river cruises in Europe and Asia
Crystal Cruises	Operational	Japan	Owned by Genting Hong Kong, river cruises in Europe
Emerald Waterways	Operational	USA	Owned by Australian river cruise operator Scenic, river cruises in Europe and Asia
European Waterways	Operational	United Kingdom	Operates converted trading barges on European Rivers
Grand Circle Cruise Line	Operational	USA	Owned by Grand Circle Corporation, river cruises in Europe
Great Lakes Cruise Company	Operational	USA	Privately owned (Conlin family), Great Lakes and river cruises in USA and Canada
Hansa Touristk	Operational	Germany	Privately owned (Kilian family), offers ocean and river cruises (Europe, Asia)
Lüftner Cruises	Operational	Austria	Privately owned (Lüftner family), river cruises in Europe
nicko cruises	Operational	Germany	Owned by Mystic Invest, river cruises in Europe and Asia
Orthodox Cruise Company	Operational	Russia	River cruises in Russia
Phoenix Reisen	Operational	Germany	Privately owned (Zurnieden family), river cruises in Europe, Egypt, Asia and South America
Plantours Kreuzfahrten	Operational	Germany	Offers ocean and river cruises (Europe, Asia)
Reisebüro Mittelthurgau	Operational	Switzerland	Owned by Twerenbold Group, river cruises in Europe
Riviera Travel	Operational	United Kingdom	Luxury river cruises in Europe - Which? Travel Brand of the Year 2017[9].
Scenic	Operational	Australia	Owned by coach tour operator Transit Scenic Tours, river cruises in Europe and Asia
Tauck River Cruises	Operational	USA	Privately owned (Tauck family), river cruises in Europe
The River Cruise Line	Operational	United Kingdom	River cruises in Europe
Transocean Tours	Operational	Germany	Since 2014 German branch of Cruise & Maritime Voyages, river cruises in Europe
Uniworld River Cruises	Operational	USA	River cruises in Europe, Egypt and Asia
Viking River Cruises	Operational	USA	Branch of Viking Cruises, river cruises in Europe, Egypt and Asia
Vodohod	Operational	Russia	Owned by UCL Holding, river cruises in Russia

Defunct

Name	Status	Headquarters	Notes
TUI FlussGenuss	Defunct	Germany	Former river cruise branch of TUI Group, ceased operations in 2014

See also

• List of cruise ships
• List of ocean liners

References