Cruise news (Hamburg Germany-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
North Americans can now cruise to Norway with a negative COVID test
Hurtigruten is celebrating the reopening of Norway as the country will no longer require North Americans to quarantine for ten days upon arrival...
January 31, 2022 - Accidents
Hurtigruten's MS Fridtjof Nansen runs aground in Norway
In the early hours of Wednesday, January 12, Hurtigruten's MS Fridtjof Nansen had ground contact in Sognefjord close to Maloy (Vagsoy Island, Norway...
January 13, 2022 - Accidents
MSC Cruises cancels Northern Europe voyages on MSC Magnifica through January 14
MSC Cruises canceled the 7-night Northern Europe sailings onboard MSC Magnifica through January 14. The reason for the cancellations is the...
December 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises takes delivery of its newest ship AIDAcosma in Bremerhaven (Germany)
AIDA Cruises announced that on December 21, 2021, it had taken delivery of its newest cruise ship AIDAcosma in Bremerhaven (Bremen, Germany) from the...
December 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDAnova restarts from Hamburg (Germany) as AIDA Cruises' 10th ship to return to service
Monday morning, December 13, 2021, AIDAnova arrived at the port of Hamburg (Germany) for the first time. Upon arrival, the crew sent a message of...
December 14, 2021 - Accidents
1-year-old sick girl medevaced from AIDAprima in Hamburg (Germany)
A 1-year-old kid needed medical help on Saturday evening, December 4, and had to be taken off-board by the sea rescuers. As the DGzRS (German...
December 7, 2021 - Cruise Industry
UK Government tightens travel restrictions on cruise ships
The UK government tightened travel restrictions on cruise ships after fears grew about the COVID Omicron variant. The new regulation (passed on...
December 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDAprima to offer 26 winter & spring European cruises from/to Hamburg (Germany) until April 2022
AIDA Cruises restarted sailings on AIDAprima on Saturday, October 30, under the motto “Moin Hamburg!” Guests and crew last visited the...
October 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
4 AIDA Cruises' ships to sail in the Caribbean during the 2021-2022 winter season
AIDA is sending 4 of its ships to the Caribbean during the 2021-2022 winter season. On October 16 AIDAsol started her 40-day journey “large...
October 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' Magnifica ship offers 7-night cruises to the Northern Pearls
After the success of its Northern European season during the summer and due to ongoing demand from passengers to sail in the region, MSC Cruises...
October 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten returns to Antarctica with MS Fram and MS Roald Amundsen
The world’s largest expedition cruise company Hurtigruten returns to Antarctica with the battery-hybrid powered ships MS Fram and MS Roald...
October 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises to deploy AIDAnova in the Canary Islands winter 2021-2022
The Carnival Corporation-owned German subsidiary AIDA Cruises announced it will deploy the 2018-built AIDAnova ship in the Canary Islands in winter...
September 24, 2021 - Accidents
COVID crew on Nicko Cruises' ship World Voyager in Hamburg (Germany)
A COVID outbreak was reported among the crew of the World Voyager ship. Currently docked in Hamburg Germany, the vessel is not allowed to leave the...
September 17, 2021 - Accidents
Cunard Line cancels the first Transatlantic cruises of RMS Queen Mary 2
Cunard Line canceled the first 4 scheduled for RMS Queen Mary 2 voyages, saying Thursday (September 2) that after the long layoff during the COVID...
September 3, 2021 - Accidents
Body of missing millionaire Kai Wunsche (JOOP!), who fell overboard from MS Europa, found in...
A body found washed up on a beach on Terschelling in the northern Netherlands was identified as that of the 81-year-old German millionaire Kai...
August 29, 2021