Cruise news (UK-tagged)
- Accidents
A "small number" of COVID-positive crew onboard Cunard's Queen Elizabeth cruise ship
Crew members onboard Cunard's liner Queen Elizabeth tested COVID-positive, the company confirmed. The vessel is currently moored off the Dorset...
July 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines restarts with MS Borealis ship's maiden voyage
The UK-based company Fred Olsen Cruise Lines resumed passenger shipping on Monday, July 5, with its newest ship Borealis which departed on her Maiden...
July 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Anthem of the Seas to dock in Belfast UK 6 times this summer
RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Anthem of the Seas is set to dock in Belfast (Northern Ireland UK) 6 times this summer taking vacationers on staycation...
July 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
GBP 55 million cruise terminal at Port Southampton UK welcomes first cruise ship
A new GBP 55 million cruise ship terminal at Port Southampton (England UK) opened for the first time on Friday, July 2. The first vessel to dock at...
July 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady delivered, Resilient Lady floated out
The delivery of Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady took place on Thursday, July 1, and the line's Resilient Lady was floated out on Friday, July 2, at...
July 2, 2021 - Accidents
P&O UK cancels Aurora ship's World Cruise 2022
P&O UK replaced its 2022 world voyage with a 40-night journey to the Caribbean and a 12-night sailing to Portugal and the Canary Islands...
July 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC changes vaccine policy for UK cruises on Virtuosa ship
MSC Cruises announced a change to its vaccine policy for UK sailings this summer aboard MSC Virtuosa. MSC previously only required guests to show...
July 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean’s ship Anthem of the Seas arrives in Southampton UK ahead of July 7 restart
Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas arrived on Tuesday, June 29, in Southampton England before taking UK vacationers on new staycation voyages this...
June 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Spirit of Discovery departs on Saga Cruises' first round Britain voyage since early 2020
At 6 pm, Sunday night, Saga Cruises’ ship Spirit of Discovery, which was launched in July 2019, returned to the ocean from Tilbury Docks...
June 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Cruises UK's deployment and phased restart plan for 2021
P&O Cruises UK announced its expected deployment and phased restart plan for the remainder of the year and into early 2022. MS Britannia will...
June 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages' Scarlet Lady becomes the largest cruise ship ever to dock in Portsmouth, England UK
A new record was set in Portsmouth Harbour (England UK) as Virgin Voyages’ MS Scarlet Lady became the largest ever cruise ship to dock in the...
June 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Godmother announced for Saga Cruises’ newest ship Spirit of Adventure
In a mark of respect to the medical profession that worked hard over the last 18 months dealing with the pandemic, Commodore Inga J. Kennedy CBE QHNS...
June 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK cut Britannia cruise ship's passenger capacity to meet government measures
P&O Cruises UK is offering FCC (future cruise credit) or cash refund to customers booked on early summer 2021 sailings on MS Britannia to try to...
June 22, 2021 - Accidents
4 COVID-positive crew on Royal Caribbean's ship Anthem of the Seas
Since Sunday, June 20, the crew of the Royal Caribbean's ship Anthem of the Seas have gone in a "modified quarantine" after 4 members tested COVID...
June 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
ABP Southampton UK takes delivery of a new £5 million airbridge
Associated British Ports (ABP) took delivery of a new GBP 5 million airbridge in preparation for the opening of the Horizon Cruise Terminal. The 235...
June 20, 2021