Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)
- Cruise Industry

300+ Trinidad and Tobago cruise ship crew repatriated
More than 300 Trinidad and Tobago nationals employed by RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd will return home on Friday, June 12, following COVID...
June 7, 2020 - Cruise Industry

Royal Caribbean cancels all 2020 cruises to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and New England
Royal Caribbean informed travel agents that because of the Canadian Government restricting all cruise traffic through October, its Alaska, Hawaii...
June 3, 2020 - Cruise Industry

Antigua and Barbuda’s 5th cruise ship berth ready for the winter tourist season
While the pandemic has impacted the tourism sector, Antigua and Barbuda officials said it was continuing to build a 5th cruise ship berth, which is...
May 30, 2020 - Cruise Industry

RCI Allure of the Seas begins refurbishment in Cadiz, Spain
RCI-Royal Caribbean's liner Allure of the Seas arrived at Navantia Shipyard (in Cadiz Spain) on Friday (May 22) to start a delayed and revised...
May 24, 2020 - Cruise Industry

RCI-Royal Caribbean post-Coronavirus buffets "morph into something different"
A week after announcing that health and safety changes planned for the post-COVID cruises included eliminating traditional buffets, RCI-Royal...
May 23, 2020 - Accidents

5 Royal Caribbean crew on Adventure of the Seas ship test Coronavirus-positive in Falmouth, Jamaica
RCI-Royal Caribbean's liner Adventures of the Seas docked at Falmouth Cruise Ship Pier (Trelawny, Jamaica) on Tuesday, May 19. So far, 5 persons...
May 23, 2020 - Cruise Industry

RCI-Royal Caribbean and NCL-Norwegian cancel all cruises through July 31
Due to the global pandemic, today (May 20) two of the world's top-3 largest cruise shipping companies - RCI-Royal Caribbean International and NCL...
May 20, 2020 - Cruise Industry

2 cruise ships carry out technical calls at Gibraltar including crew repatriation
A total of 154 crew from two cruise liners remained berthed at Gibraltar UK after the chartered flight for their repatriation developed...
May 19, 2020 - Cruise Industry

RCI-Royal Caribbean post-Coronavirus sailings exclude traditional buffets
The RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced that health and safety changes planned for the post-COVID cruises included eliminating...
May 16, 2020 - Cruise Industry

RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels most of Allure Of The Seas ship's drydock refurbishment works
In 2020-Q1, one of the world's most famous and largest cruise liners - Allure Of The Seas, had a scheduled major drydock refurbishment (Royal...
May 12, 2020 - Accidents

Royal Caribbean crew found dead on Mariner of the Seas
A crew member has been found dead in his cabin onboard RCI-Royal Caribbean's liner Mariner of the Seas. The crew member is a Chinese national...
May 11, 2020 - Accidents

15 Royal Caribbean crew on Navigator of the Seas stage hunger strike until repatriation
A group of 15 crew on RCI-Royal Caribbean’s cruise liner Navigator of the Seas staged a hunger strike until RCI confirmed they would be...
May 11, 2020 - Cruise Industry

Thousands of stranded cruise ship crew finally allowed to disembark in the USA
Thousands of cruise ship employees are soon expected to disembark for the first time in months, after agreements between major cruise companies and...
May 7, 2020 - Cruise Industry

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 - Accidents

Royal Caribbean crew overboard from Jewel Of The Seas
On May 1, 2020, the Jewel Of The Seas ship's Master (Captain Lis Lauritzen, 1971-born Danish female) announced via the PA (public address) system...
May 3, 2020