Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)
- Accidents
2 crew test COVID-positive aboard Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas
RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Odyssey of the Seas arrived at Port Palma de Mallorca (Majorca Island, Balearic Spain) Monday morning, May 24, as there...
May 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean cruises in Alaska (starting July 19, 2021) with Serenade OTS
The U.S. comeback of RCI-Royal Caribbean International marked the line's first step forward with the return to Alaska this summer. RCI revealed...
May 23, 2021 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels Vision OTS' Bermuda-to-Bahamas cruises 2021
RCI-Royal Caribbean International gave up on the idea of homeporting in Bermuda for summer 2021 of Vision Of The Seas. The largest cruise company in...
May 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean unveils details about its new Pier 10 cruise terminal in Galveston TX
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced details about its new "Cruise Terminal 3" at Pier 10 in Galveston Texas and its positive impact on...
May 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean changes health and safety protocols on Quantum's ship cruises from Singapore
RCI-Royal Caribbean International has changed its health and safety protocols on Quantum Of The Seas ship's cruises to nowhere from Singapore. The...
May 18, 2021 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean International cancels Odyssey of the Seas' Israel cruise season
RCI-Royal Caribbean International canceled Odyssey of the Seas' sailings from Israel scheduled for the summer season from Haifa to Greece and Cyprus...
May 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean International again hiring crew from India
Starting May 21, RCI-Royal Caribbean International will again hire crew members from India. The news comes a couple of weeks after the line...
May 10, 2021 - Cruise Industry
PortMiami FL wins $2M EPA grant for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s Shore Power Pilot Program
Environmental Protection Agency’s DERA (USA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act) announced a US$2 million allocation for PortMiami Florida's Shore...
May 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line, RCI-Royal Caribbean International, MSC Cruises vaccinate all crew
Following the recent announcement by the USA's CDC agency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) that cruises could resume from US seaports by...
May 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas ship homeported in Barbados for winter 2022-2023
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced a second consecutive winter cruise season sailing from Bridgetown Barbados. Rhapsody of the Seas will...
April 29, 2021 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels all assignments for Indian crew
Indian crew will not be able to board RCI-Royal Caribbean International cruise ships at this stage after the company decided to temporarily cancel...
April 24, 2021 - Accidents
Crew commits suicide aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean ship Odyssey of the Seas
On Thursday afternoon, April 22, the Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing crew who went overboard the RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ship...
April 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean's newest ship Wonder of the Seas homeported in China (Shanghai and Hong Kong...
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced that its latest evolution of the revolutionary Oasis Class, Wonder of the Seas, would set sail from...
April 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
700 crew join Royal Caribbean's ship Odyssey of the Seas in Limassol, Cyprus
RCI-Royal Caribbean International's newest Quantum Ultra Class ship Odyssey of the Seas arrived in Port Limassol Cyprus to collect its crew ahead of...
April 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises' ship Celebrity Reflection evacuates US citizens from Saint Vincent Island
Following the recent developments on Saint Vincent Island (Kingstown, Grenadines), the USA's Overseas Security Advisory Council released a revised...
April 16, 2021