American Cruise Lines christened American Liberty, the third new Coastal Cat in the company’s series of 100-passenger ships, in Newport, Rhode Island this week. The celebration took place at Fort Adams State Park, where all American’s small ships dock when visiting Newport.

American Cruise Lines has overnight confirmed it will add two new small ships to its fleet in 2025, American Patriot and American Pioneer – foreshadowed exclusively by LATTE last month.

American Cruise Lines has revealed plans to introduce a new class of coastal ocean ships, with the first vessel to launch in 2025.

Effective this month, American Cruise Lines (ACL) is including all Port Charges & Fees in the cost of its cruise prices for new bookings, making them commissionable for travel advisors. ACL says the change is the first in the US domestic cruise market and is the latest example of American leading the river and small ship cruise industry.

American Cruise Lines has launched its first-ever land and river package that combines an 8-day cruise on the Columbia & Snake Rivers in the US Northwest, with a 7-day land itinerary of three National Parks.

American Cruise Lines christened its latest modern riverboat, American Symphony, on 30 August in Natchez, Mississippi.

American Cruise Lines is set to launch its first-ever California cruise beginning in 2023 – a San Francisco Bay voyage.

American Cruise Lines’ 5th vessel in its new riverboat class – American Symphony – was launched earlier this month in the US.

American Cruise Lines is set to overhaul its fleet of four classic paddlewheelers, giving them a new look in line with the ‘modern design’ of its new riverboats. The vessels will also rebrand under the moniker ‘American’.

American Cruise Lines has launched its newest modern riverboat, American Melody. The 91-room American Melody is currently sailing the line’s longest Mississippi River voyage – the 22-Day Complete Mississippi River Cruise.

Cruise lines have been left scratching their head and scurrying to devise new itineraries after the Government of Canada kiboshed cruise ships carrying 100+ passengers in all Canadian waters until March 2022.

American Cruise Lines will launch two additional modern riverboats for the 2021 season, with construction already underway. The US cruise company is readying for the debut of another ship, American Jazz, the line’s third modern riverboat, which will begin operation from New Orleans in 2020.