Cruise news (crew-tagged)
- 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 - Accidents
6 crew with Coronavirus on Stena Line's cruiseferry Stena Edda
322 passengers were stranded overnight in Birkenhead (a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England) after 6 crew tested COVID...
December 19, 2020 - Accidents
Marella Explorer 2 cruise ship crew medevaced after suffering heart attack
A male crew from Marella Cruises UK's ship Marella Explorer 2 (currently anchored in Tor Bay, off Devon England) was transferred ashore via one of...
December 14, 2020 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line completes embarkation of 160 crew on 13 ships off Nassau Bahamas
13 CCL-Carnival Cruise Line "Fun Ships" arrived at Nassau Harbour, The Bahamas on Saturday, November 28, for crewing, the Bahamian Ministry of...
December 2, 2020 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Marella Discovery cruise ship off Dorset England coast
A 43-year-old male crew on Marella Cruises' ship Marella Discovery was medevaced Saturday night, November 21, while the liner was anchored in...
November 24, 2020 - Accidents
SeaDream Yacht Club cancels all 2020 Caribbean cruises due to Coronavirus
The ultra-luxury brand SeaDream Yacht Club announced it had decided to cancel all voyages for the remainder of 2020 after COVID-positive test results...
November 17, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Port Lyttelton NZ's new $67 million cruise berth welcomes the first ship amidst pandemic
The Professor Khromov ship (fka Spirit of Enderby) departed from Vladivostok Russia and docked on Monday, November 16, at Port Lyttelton...
November 16, 2020