Cruise news (Genoa Italy-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises opens bookings for its 2023 World Cruise aboard MSC Poesia
MSC Cruises opened sales for the MSC World Cruise 2023 boasting 53 destinations in a total of 33 countries across 6 continents with a focus on Asian...
November 9, 2020 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises announces itinerary changes due to ongoing restrictions in France and Germany
MSC Cruises announced that given the prevailing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation in Germany and France with significant travel restrictions...
November 5, 2020 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ MSC Magnifica restarts sailings in West and East Mediterranean
MSC Cruises' ship MSC Magnifica departed from Genoa Italy on Monday, October 19, and became the second vessel of the line to welcome passengers back...
October 20, 2020 - Accidents
7 passengers test COVID-19 positive on Costa Cruises' Costa Diadema
Seven passengers on Costa Diadema tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) after disembarking in Palermo, Sicily Italy. The passengers had already...
October 16, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages cancels all scheduled November 2020 sailings
Virgin Voyages cancelled all of its scheduled cruises for November 2020. In a letter to travel agents, the line said that as they continued to...
September 30, 2020 - Accidents
Costa Diadema crew tests positive for Coronavirus
A crew who boarded the cruise liner Costa Diadema a few days ago has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The man (of Indian nationality...
September 27, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises is the first major cruise line to have two ships back in operation
Costa Cruises (subsidiary of Carnival Corporation) announced that the cruise ship Costa Diadema will depart from Genoa Italy on Monday, September 21...
September 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises' ship Costa Smeralda prepares for a October 10 restart
Wednesday morning, September 16, Costa Cruises' flagship and the group's first LNG-powered ship, Costa Smeralda, entered Port Savona Italy...
September 17, 2020 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ MSC Magnifica to boast a longer itinerary when she returns to sea
MSC Cruises announced that its second liner to return to service - MSC Magnifica, will have a richer and longer itinerary as well as a new restart...
September 13, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises resumes operations with Costa Deliziosa
Costa Cruises' ship Costa Deliziosa returned to service on Sunday, September 6, setting sail from the Adriatic port of Trieste following a...
September 7, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises temporarily cuts the salaries for the crew onboard their ships
The Carnival Corporation-owned Italian cruise shipping company Costa Cruises announced it will temporarily cut the salaries for the crew currently...
September 3, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Restart of MSC Magnifica postponed until September 26
MSC Cruises announced that regretfully the it had to postpone the restart of MSC Magnifica until September 26. In connection with the introduction...
August 24, 2020 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' MSC Grandiosa ends the first voyage in the Mediterranean
The MSC Cruises-operated liner MSC Grandiosa - the first large-sized cruise ship to resume voyages after the worldwide suspension of operations due...
August 23, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises introduces 2 new itineraries for the restart of operations in September
Costa Cruises announced two new itineraries for the restart of its operations in September 2020, allowing to rediscover Italy’s finest...
August 23, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Valletta Cruise Port welcomes its first cruise ship, MSC Grandiosa
Valletta Cruise Port welcomed its first cruise ship, MSC Grandiosa, on Friday, August 21, which will be operating under a new strict and...
August 21, 2020