Cruise news (Manila Philippines-tagged)

Costa Mediterranea completes crew repatriation in Manila Bay, Philippines
The last group of Costa Mediterranea's Italian crew members and supervisors was disembarked on Thursday, July 2. The Costa Cruises ship finally...
July 4, 2020
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700 Costa Cruises Filipino crew disembark from Costa Mediterranea
Nearly 700 Costa Cruises Filipino crew will disembark from Costa Mediterranea on June 26 and 27. The Italian cruise ship arrived Monday morning, June...
June 23, 2020
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Costa Mediterranea disembarks 400 Indonesian crew in Jakarta
The Costa Cruises-operated ship Costa Mediterranea arrived on Monday, June 15, off the coast of Jakarta in order to disembark Indonesian crew. Around...
June 16, 2020
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Coronavirus-hit Costa Atlantica leaves Nagasaki, Japan
The CSSC Carnival China Cruise Shipping-owned liner Costa Atlantica left Port Nagasaki Japan on Sunday, May 31, after all onboard tested COVID...
May 31, 2020
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Costa Mediterranea repatriates Filipino and Indonesian crew
The Costa Cruises-operated ship Costa Mediterranea departed on May 15 from Brindisi Italy on a crew repatriation voyage to Asia (The Philippines and...
May 18, 2020
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NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's Extraordinary Journey itineraries 2021-2022-2023
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line opened bookings for itineraries in 2021-2022-2023, with 20+ new cruise port destinations across the 7 continents...
May 11, 2020
Cruise Industry
5000+ Filipino cruise ship crew to be tested for Coronavirus before disembarking in Manila
A Princess Cruises ship being investigated in Australia over Coronavirus infections entered The Philippines to repatriate its Filipino crew. The...
May 7, 2020
Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean fleetwide crew repatriation plan
In early-May 2020, RCI-Royal Caribbean developed a plan to repatriate the fleet's all non-essential crew by using 12x RCI liners - Adventure OTS...
May 4, 2020
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5 Carnival Cruise Line ships used for a global crew repatriation
(crew repatriation plan) On April 18, 2020, CCL-Carnival Cruise Line (the largest subsidiary company of Carnival Corporation) announced a plan to use...
April 23, 2020
Cruise Industry
Coronavirus cruise ship Ruby Princess finally leaves NSW Australia
The Ruby Princess cruise ship is finally on the move. Tug boats were seen pulling the liner away from the dockside at Port Kembla (Wollongong, NSW...
April 23, 2020
Accidents
Carnival Panorama heading to Manila Philippines to bring crew home
In an effort to bring CCL-Carnival Cruise Line crew home safely, Carnival Panorama is en route to Asia. The liner departed Los Angeles (San Pedro...
April 22, 2020
Cruise Industry
Cruise ship Ruby Princess to leave NSW Australia with 171 Coronavirus crew
Ruby Princess is scheduled to leave NSW Australia in 3 days, despite 171 crew members infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19). According to NSW...
April 20, 2020
Accidents
440 Filipino crew of NCL-Norwegian cruise ships repatriated amid Coronavirus pandemic
440 Filipino staff-crew from NCL cruise vessels in the USA arrived home on Friday, April 10, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. In a...
April 10, 2020
Accidents
Holland America Liner Stuck in South China Sea
Up to 2000 people were stuck on a cruise liner in the South China Sea after the Holland America ship was refused entry to the Philippines due to...
February 3, 2020
Accidents
Chinese Ship Denied Entry into Subic
Two ships - one from China and another from Hong Kong - docked in Manila (Luzon Island, Philippines) this week, with nearly 800 Chinese cruise...
January 29, 2020
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