Cruise Lines International Association member lines adopted a 10-point Passenger Bill of Rights including the right to timely updates about itinerary changes in the event of a mechanical failure or emergency and the right to an emergency power source in the case of a main generator failure.

Many of the provisions in the new document are longstanding practices by CLIA member lines—such as providing emergency medical care and transporting passengers back to the embarkation port or their home city in the event a cruise ends early due to a mechanical failure—but the Passenger Bill o

Current calculations suggest operating costs will shoot up 30% in the Canada/New England region in 2015 if nothing is done to mitigate the impact of the North American Emission Control Area, Stein Kruse, president and ceo of Holland America Line, warned on Wednesday.