American Cruise Lines announced January 26 that its American Jazz, the newest of the company’s 10 riverboats, is repositioning from the Mississippi River to the West Coast for river cruises… Read More
American Jazz
An inland river cruise boat stranded on Lake Barkley in western Kentucky for more than a week was refloated July 16. The American Jazz was able to immediately get underway on its own… Read More
Note: this is an updated version of a story that was originally posted July 12. Fuel is being removed from American Cruise Lines’ American Jazz before authorities try again to… Read More
While blue water cruising in the United States is about to resume, river and coastal cruise operator American Cruise Lines (ACL) has been full steam ahead since the spring. The… Read More
American Cruise Lines (ACL) has restarted cruising in the United States, with the 100-passenger Independence departing Amelia Island, Fla., March 13 on an eight-day cruise concluding in Charleston, S.C. That… Read More
American Cruise Lines announced August 31 that the American Jazz has passed sea trials. Following the successful trials, the company accepted delivery of the riverboat from Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury,… Read More
River cruising in the United States has a long and storied history, from the endearing accounts of Mark Twain in the late 1800s to the fabled steamboat races of the… Read More
