Sailawaze contributor Jeannine Williamson is an award-winning travel writer specialising in all things cruise and known as ‘the river cruise queen’. Clocking up thousands of nautical miles around the globe, her highlights include exploring the remote Austral Islands on a combined passenger and cargo vessel, crossing the Atlantic on a masted tall ship and getting close up to wildlife in the Galapagos, Indonesia and southern Africa. Still to be ticked off her bucket list are Antarctica and Australia.
Discover the full list of new ocean cruise ships launching in 2026 from record-breaking megaships to luxury yachts and innovative eco vessels.
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