Cruise news (crew-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group requires crew to receive COVID-19 vaccine
RCI-Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity, and Silversea Cruises will require the crew to receive the COVID vaccine before boarding and resuming...
February 12, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCL Norwegian Joy repatriates non-essential crew
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Joy will soon repatriate the entire fleet's non-essential crew after further cancelations of NCL voyages...
February 11, 2021 - Accidents
Blocked Ponant cruise ship Le Laperouse calls off New Zealand season
A French, luxury cruise ship stopped at the New Zealand border cancelled her summer season. After 61 crew were refused work visas on route to...
February 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
USA's CDC requires masks for all cruise ship passengers and crew
The industry adopted face masks for cruise passengers as policy months ago. The USA's CDC agency issued an order going into effect on February 1...
February 1, 2021 - Accidents
Ponant's cruise ship Le Laperouse denied entry to New Zealand
A top-luxury cruise ship that sailed from Singapore to New Zealand to finally restart operations was stuck 300 mi (500 km) out at sea due to a visa...
January 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line repatriates fleet's non-essential crew by April 2021
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced it will return all crew who joined recently and were not part of the skeleton crew back home. In hopes it...
January 27, 2021 - Accidents
Crystal Cruises cancels voyages until June 2021
Crystal Cruises announced an extension of its pause in operations until the end of May. The line’s latest polar-class expedition megayacht...
January 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
COVID-19 vaccine required for NCL-Norwegian crew
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line and its brand RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises announced they will be requiring all staff-crew to receive the COVID vaccine...
January 24, 2021 - Accidents
2nd COVID-19 case confirmed on Marine Atlantic's Blue Puttees ferry
Canadian federal (state-owned) corporation Marine Atlantic announced on Thursday, January 21, that a second crew had tested COVID-positive after a...
January 22, 2021 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from HAL-Holland America's cruise ship MS Zaandam
A male crew from the HAL-Holland America Line's ship ms Zaandam, currently anchored off the coast of Torbay UK (England), was medically evacuated on...
January 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean's ships Grandeur OTS and Rhapsody OTS remain in BVI
RCI-Royal Caribbean International received permission for two of its ships to remain in BVI (British Virgin Islands) in a warm lay-up state. All RCI...
January 10, 2021 - Cruise Industry
327,000+ overseas Filipino crew repatriated in 2020
The DFA-Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines capped its repatriation efforts in 2020 by bringing home a total of 327,511 overseas...
January 5, 2021 - Accidents
Singapore Air Force medevacs a Crown Princess cruise ship crew
The RSAF-Singapore Air Force helicopter medevaced a male crew suffering from a life-threatening medical condition from a Princess Cruises ship on...
January 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Passenger-free cruise ships start docking at Port Los Angeles in January-February 2021
Cruise ships without passengers are scheduled for technical calls periodically at Port Los Angeles California in January and February 2021 as the...
December 29, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Port San Diego welcomes 5 Holland America and 1 Princess Cruises ships
5 HAL-Holland America Line ships and 1 Princess Cruises' liner are arriving this week and through the new year at Port San Diego CA, periodically...
December 22, 2020