Cruise news (crew-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean's entire fleet returns to service
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced that its entire fleet was back in service. The final Royal Caribbean ship to restart - Rhapsody of the Seas, rounded...
June 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises introduce new shore excursions specifically designed by the ships’ Captains
Celebrity Cruises unveiled its newly curated list of shore excursions specifically designed by its ships’ Captains. The exclusive shore...
May 31, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises eliminating embarkation quarantine of joining crew
Celebrity Cruises is eliminating embarkation quarantine of the joining onboard staff/crew, effective at each vessel’s next turnaround. The...
May 29, 2022 - Accidents
Cruise lines cancel voyages and reduce passenger capacity due to crew shortages
The cruise shipping industry is experiencing difficulties with hiring crew which hindered several operations, leaving some passengers with fewer...
May 29, 2022 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises investing in sustainable cruise market as part of the Green Cruising Strategy
AIDA Cruises has been investing in a future-proof/sustainable cruise market as part of the line's Green Cruising Strategy. As part of the...
May 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line limits passenger numbers due to crew shortages
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced it would pause some onboard events and limit the number of passengers sailing on some of its liners due to crew...
May 18, 2022 - Accidents
Cunard Line limits passenger capacity on some sailings due to lack of crew
The UK-based company Cunard Line announced it is limiting the max passenger capacity on some voyages aboard RMS Queen Mary 2 and Queen...
May 16, 2022 - Accidents
Crew found dead onboard cruise ship Aegean Goddess at Port Heraklion (Crete Greece)
A male crew was found dead Thursday afternoon, May 12, onboard the cruise ship Aegean Goddess (formerly named "Pacific Aria" for P&O Australia...
May 14, 2022 - Accidents
COVID outbreak on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Spirit in Seattle WA
Passengers on the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Spirit that docked on Tuesday, May 3, in Seattle (Washington USA) say 100+ people aboard the vessel...
May 5, 2022 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Costa Cruises' ship Costa Luminosa
The Portuguese Navy rescued a crew member from Costa's ship Luminosa Tuesday night, April 26. The operation was a medical rescue for a crew who had...
April 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
ALMACO delivers catering areas and cabins for Viking Line's cruiseferry Viking Glory
VIKING LINE's 2022-built cruiseferry Viking Glory (delivered in Dec 2021) is now ready for sailing in the Baltic Sea. In charge of all the ship's...
April 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Ferries prepare to restart Dover-Calais route
P&O Ferries is preparing to get its boats Spirit of Britain and Pride of Kent back in service on the England-France route Dover-Calais "by...
April 8, 2022 - Accidents
Criminal investigations opened into P&O Ferries UK after it sacked 786 employees
The UK government's business misconduct watchdog launched criminal & civil probes into P&O Ferries. The move comes a couple of weeks after P...
April 2, 2022 - Accidents
Mysterious death of an MSC Orchestra cruise ship crew in Durban (South Africa)
Police in KwaZulu-Natal are currently investigating the death of a 29-year-old female crew on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Orchestra in Durban (South Africa...
March 29, 2022 - Accidents
COVID-positive passengers and crew on Princess Cruises' ship Ruby Princess
COVID-positive passengers and crew on a 15-day Princess Cruises Panama Canal voyage that returned on Sunday to Port San Francisco California USA...
March 28, 2022