Cruise news (Manila Philippines-tagged)

NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line repatriates fleet's non-essential crew by April 2021
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced it will return all crew who joined recently and were not part of the skeleton crew back home. In hopes it...
January 27, 2021
Cruise Industry
Marella Cruises announces winter 2021-2022 itinerary program
TUI's UK-based brand Marella Cruises' winter 2021 itinerary program has gone on sale from September 10. The company revealed details of new...
September 16, 2020
Cruise Industry
Costa Cruises repatriates 200 Indonesian crew from Manila, Philippines
200 Indonesian crew members from Costa Cruises liners anchored off the coast of Manila (Luzon Island, Philippines) were repatriated Thursday evening...
July 11, 2020
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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
Accidents
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
Cruise Industry
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
Cruise Industry
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