Cruise news (St Thomas Island USVI US Virgin Islands-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Carnival Signs 5-Year Agreement with the City of Norfolk
Carnival Cruise Line announced that it had signed a 5-year agreement with Norfolk VA for seasonal homeporting at Half Moone Cruise Center - 2020...
February 21, 2020 - Accidents
VIDEO: Passenger Overboard from Symphony of the Seas
In the early hours Wednesday morning, August 14, a passenger aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean's liner Symphony of the Seas has gone overboard during a...
August 15, 2019 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean Modifies Allure of the Seas Cruises Due to Propulsion Issues
Royal Caribbean modified the itineraries for voyages on its Allure of the Seas due to a technical issue. The sailings were altered because of a...
May 6, 2019 - Accidents
Carnival Magic's Port Call Cancelled Due to Technical Issue
Due to a technical issue, passengers boarding Carnival Magic for a 7-night cruise over the weekend learned there would be a change to the itinerary...
June 17, 2018 - Accidents
Crew Member Overboard from MSC Seaside
A crew member of MSC Seaside has gone overboard early Wednesday, May 16. US Coast Guard rescue crews are searching the waters 8 mi southeast of St...
May 17, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Norwegian Getaway Re-routed to Western Caribbean
NCL has changed the route of Norwegian Getaway. From the middle of April through September 2018, the cruise ship will offer a western Caribbean route...
February 1, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Grand Celebration Returns to Palm Beach
After chartering its only cruise ship for hurricane relief mission in the Caribbean, now Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line intends to come back. The...
December 14, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Brands Return to Caribbean
With the majority of the Caribbean now open for business, cruise line brands from Carnival Corp. begin returning to Grand Turk, Saint Thomas USVI and...
November 6, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Returns to St. Thomas and St. Maarten in January
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line is taking it slow about returning to hurricane-ravaged St Thomas USVI and St Maarten. Next month Royal Caribbean resumes...
October 24, 2017 - Cruise Industry
St. Thomas Back on Cruise Itineraries in November
Cruise ships will return to St Thomas USVI on November 10, less than a couple of months after the island was ravaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria...
October 17, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Port Tortola Reopens in November
Port Tortola, British Virgin Islands, is currently on course to partially re-open November 1, 2017, after the Caribbean territory was devastated by...
October 4, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Former Carnival Cruise Line Ship Chartered to House National Guard
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency chartered the only ship of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, Grand Celebration, to house first responders in...
September 21, 2017 - Accidents
St Thomas and St Martin Off the Cruise Schedules
A research note by Instinet analyst Harry Curtis estimates it could take "several quarters or more" to repair Saint Thomas USVI and...
September 15, 2017 - Accidents
Cruise Lines Help Evacuate Hurricane-Ravaged St Thomas
Two cruise lines yesterday, September 10, said they were diverting their ships to the hurricane-ravaged St Thomas USVI to evacuate stranded travelers...
September 10, 2017 - Accidents
Missing Cruise Passenger Who Disappeared in St Thomas Is Found
Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) announced on Sunday, September 3, that the 26-year-old female passenger who went missing in St...
September 5, 2017