Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)
- Accidents
NZ White Island Volcano eruption victims plan to sue Royal Caribbean
Victims are planning to sue RCI-Royal Caribbean over 2019 volcano eruption on White Island (Whakaari, New Zealand) which killed 21 people and left...
April 27, 2020 - Cruise Industry
More cruise ships to disembark crew in India
More cruise ships are expected to visit ports in India in the next few days to disembark some of their crew after Marella Discovery evacuated a total...
April 27, 2020 - Cruise Industry
NCL Holdings suspends cruises through end of June
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line and its sister brands will not be sailing until at least July due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. On Friday, April...
April 24, 2020 - Accidents
Third Royal Caribbean cruise ship crew member dead in 8 days
An RCI-Royal Caribbean crew (assigned to a Coronavirus-hit cruise ship 2 days after the passenger debarkation) has died after being hospitalized in...
April 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean announces job cuts due to the Coronavirus pandemic
The world's second-largest global cruise shipowner RCCL (Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd) is preparing to announce furloughs and layoffs. RCCL's...
April 18, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean resumes cruise shipping operations on June 12
RCI-Royal Caribbean is joining Carnival Corporation and delaying the reopening of cruise shipping operations by another month. The...
April 17, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Cruise lines offer cheap deals for 2021
Cruises have a rough time as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to severely impact the global tourism industry. All major cruise lines have been...
April 15, 2020 - Accidents
An Indonesian crew dies after being medevaced from Royal Caribbean's ship Symphony OTS
A month after cruise companies suspended shipping operations, Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks at sea go on as ships' crew remain onboard. A...
April 14, 2020 - Accidents
Crew transfers between two Royal Caribbean ships in Sydney Australia
Crew transfer is underway between two Royal Caribbean ships off Sydney NSW's coast - Radiance of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas. It is thought the...
April 4, 2020 - Accidents
1 crew dies on Celebrity Infinity, 2 crew medevaced from Oasis of the Seas
A crew has died on Celebrity Infinity, and two crew have been medevaced (airlifted) from Oasis of the Seas. Both cruise liners are passenger-free...
April 3, 2020 - Cruise Industry
RCCL-Royal Caribbean requests 1-year extension of Port Galveston’s Pier 10 Cruise Terminal...
World's second-largest cruise shipowner - RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd - has requested a year-long extension before it commences construction on...
April 1, 2020 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean introduces “Cruise With Confidence”
RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd announced it is offering a “Cruise With Confidence” plan to all already booked customers, or those...
March 29, 2020 - Accidents
Ovation of the Seas linked to 31 Coronavirus cases
Nearly 3,000 cruise passengers have been allegedly told that they could 'walk off and go home' without medical checks before at least 31 of them had...
March 26, 2020 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises extend fleet suspension over Coronavirus
RCI-Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises laid up their fleets through May 11, a month later than the date both Miami-based companies had originally...
March 25, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Port Galveston Projecting Record-Breaking Revenues
Galveston Wharves announced it is projecting record-breaking lay-ship revenues for the first quarter of the year. The port is forecasting a record...
March 22, 2020