Accidents
MSC Seaside cancels 2 port calls in the Canary Islands due to engine issues
MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside made adjustments to her current transatlantic cruise to Europe from Brazil due to technical issues. The vessel...
March 30, 2022- Accidents
USA's CDC drops COVID health notice for cruise ship travel
The USA's agency CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) dropped its risk assessment of cruise travel. For 2+ years now, health officials...
March 30, 2022 
Mysterious death of an MSC Orchestra cruise ship crew in Durban (South Africa)
Police in KwaZulu-Natal are currently investigating the death of a 29-year-old female crew on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Orchestra in Durban (South Africa...
March 29, 2022
COVID-positive passengers and crew on Princess Cruises' ship Ruby Princess
COVID-positive passengers and crew on a 15-day Princess Cruises Panama Canal voyage that returned on Sunday to Port San Francisco California USA...
March 28, 2022
Ambassador Cruise Line delays the launch of its first ship, Ambience
Ambassador Cruise Line UK delayed the launch of its first ship, Ambience, due to the crisis in Ukraine taking its toll on the supply chain that was...
March 27, 2022
Miami judge: 4 major cruise lines engaged in “prohibited tourism” and “trafficking activities” by...
In a consequential ruling on Monday, March 21, a Miami federal judge said 4 major cruise lines with South Florida ties - CCL-Carnival Cruise Line...
March 25, 2022
NCL redeploys Norwegian Getaway from Baltic-Russia to Caribbean (Port Canaveral Florida, June 2022)
With the Russia-Ukraine conflict continuing, NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line is redeploying liners scheduled to call this year at Port Sankt-Petersburg...
March 24, 2022
Tahitian cruise ship passenger arrested in Raiatea (French Polynesia) with 21+ kg of drugs worth US...
The French Polynesian border police seized ~US$50 million worth of methamphetamine drugs onboard a HAL-Holland America cruise ship arriving from the...
March 24, 2022
Swan Hellenic changes 2022-2023 cruises due to Russia-Ukraine crisis
Swan Hellenic announced a series of changes to the line's 2022-2023 cultural expedition cruises, thus responding both to the situation in Ukraine and...
March 23, 2022
NCL cancels another Norwegian Escape's voyage after the ship runs aground in Dominicana
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape set sail from Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) over the weekend for a 7-day voyage (March 19...
March 23, 2022
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels upcoming Australian season on Radiance OTS
RCI-Royal Caribbean International is changing the deployment plans for one of its ships which will now offer voyages to the Caribbean from the USA...
March 22, 2022
Poseidon Expeditions cancels Summer 2022 polar programs in Russian territorial waters
Poseidon Expeditions (fleet) announced that it had cancelled its Summer 2022 polar programs in Russian territorial waters. This affects a total of 7...
March 20, 2022
P&O Ferries UK lays off hundreds of workers
The British company P&O Ferries laid off 800 people with immediate effect on Thursday, March 17, many of them over video, leading to travel...
March 20, 2022
Costa Magica cruise ship to serve as a potential floating hotel for Ukrainian refugees
Costa Cruises announced they had offered the Magica ship (currently out of service) to the government of Italy as a potential floating hotel...
March 19, 2022
NCL's cruise ship Norwegian Joy cancels call to Cozumel (Mexico) due to propulsion issue
NCL's liner Norwegian Joy had to cancel her stopover in the Mexican port of Cozumel on March 17 due to technical problems. The NCL-Norwegian...
March 19, 2022