Tagged: American Cruise Lines

American Cruise Lines explores the Mississippi River like no one else— offering unique cruise experiences along the length of the river, from St. Paul to New Orleans—also cruising the famous Mississippi tributaries, the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers. (more…)

American Cruise Lines announced that the 2022 river cruise season on the Columbia and Snake Rivers has begun. In April, American celebrated the new season with the opening of a new cruise dock in Kalama, WA, which the company built in partnership with the Port of Kalama. (more…)

American Cruise Lines has officially opened the 2022 cruise season. On Saturday, February 26th, riverboat American Heritage and small cruise ships American Independence and American Star, set sail on the Mississippi River and in the Southeast. (more…)

American Cruise Lines is pleased to reveal details of Project Blue—a brand new fleet of go-anywhere ships for the U.S. market. (more…)

American Cruise Lines announced that its fleet of four classic paddlewheelers will be undergoing a major redesign, refit, and rebranding. The new interior design will bring paddlewheel cruising to the same sophisticated standard already exhibited on American’s newest modern riverboats, while retaining traditional elements true to steamboat history. (more…)

American Cruise Lines is pleased to announce it has accepted delivery of “American Melody” from Chesapeake Shipbuilding on time. Despite various challenges, the Maryland shipyard continued building through the pandemic and delivered American Melody, as promised and on schedule. (more…)

American Cruise Lines said Friday efforts are taking longer than expected to assist the American Jazz riverboat off a stranded sandbar in Kentucky. The Coast Guard assisted in disembarking the 120 passengers stranded on the boat. (fox17.com)

An American Cruise Lines river cruise with more than 160 people on board is aground near Canton, Kentucky. It now seems they will begin evacuating the vessel. Reports say the ship has been aground since Wednesday, when it strayed from the main shipping and planted itself on sandbar in just feet of water. (gcaptain.com)

American Cruise Lines announced today (June 15, 2021) that it has signed contracts with Chesapeake Shipbuilding of Salisbury, MD, to build 2 more modern riverboats in 2022. (more…)