Sources and methods

Theshipdeck operates as a factual reference and news service focused exclusively on the ship, its itinerary, and related cabin, port, and price information. Our news content is sourced from a curated selection of published feeds and indexes from established news publications that cover this specific maritime sector. Each story is processed using automated assistance to extract the core factual developments, which are then summarised and rewritten into plain English. The original publication is clearly credited on each summarised article.

When a reported fact appears in only a single source publication, it is treated as an unverified claim. Such information is either excluded from our summary or explicitly noted as originating from a sole report, pending corroboration from additional reliable outlets. This practice ensures the information presented maintains a high standard of verifiability.

Our reference pages, covering ships, ports, cruise lines, itineraries, cabins, shore excursions, and cruise groups, are constructed from stable, widely-reported facts. Each page features a concise facts table and a credited photograph sourced from official or publicly available channels. These pages are deliberately static, only updated when confirmed changes occur, such as a ship’s refurbishment, a port’s new terminal, or a cruise line’s policy amendment.

The frequency of updates varies by section. News summaries are refreshed daily as new information is published by our source outlets. Reference pages are reviewed and updated on a continuous, event-driven basis, ensuring they reflect the current reality. All content across theshipdeck is routinely audited to remove outdated information and incorporate the latest verified details relevant to our LatAm audience.