Cruise news (crew-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Port Canaveral first cruise port in the USA to sponsor COVID-19 vaccinations for seafarers
Port Canaveral is the first port in the United States to support COVID-19 vaccine distribution to vessel crew members and port workers in response to...
May 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises announces fleetwide COVID-19 vaccination for all crew
MSC Cruises announced a fleet-wide COVID-19 vaccination programme for all crew members. The programme has already started on Friday, April 30, on...
May 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels all assignments for Indian crew
Indian crew will not be able to board RCI-Royal Caribbean International cruise ships at this stage after the company decided to temporarily cancel...
April 24, 2021 - Accidents
Crew commits suicide aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean ship Odyssey of the Seas
On Thursday afternoon, April 22, the Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing crew who went overboard the RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ship...
April 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises' ship Viking Orion collects crew in Bodrum, Turkey
Viking Ocean's ship Viking Orion arrived in Port Bodrum Turkey on April 18, to collect crew and supplies as part of preparations for the upcoming...
April 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
700 crew join Royal Caribbean's ship Odyssey of the Seas in Limassol, Cyprus
RCI-Royal Caribbean International's newest Quantum Ultra Class ship Odyssey of the Seas arrived in Port Limassol Cyprus to collect its crew ahead of...
April 19, 2021 - Accidents
Injured crew medevaced from MSC Cruises' ship MSC Lirica in Corfu, Greece
A 44-year-old electrician, crew member on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Lirica, has been injured on Wednesday, April 7, while trying to change a cooling...
April 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Riviera River Cruises requires full COVID-19 vaccination or negative test
UK-based company Riviera River Cruises - Scylla's main riverboat charterer - announced that all passengers boarding its ships when European river...
April 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
COVID-19 vaccine required for all Virgin Voyages' passengers and crew
Tom McAlpin (Virgin Voyages' President and CEO) announced today that the company would require all of its passengers (Sailors) and crew to be fully...
March 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Bodrum Turkey welcomes 2021's first cruise ship
Turkey welcomed the first cruise ship of season 2021 in a development that comes after the Coronavirus/COVID crisis restrictions brought travel to a...
March 15, 2021 - Accidents
VIDEO: Fire on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Lirica in Greece
A fire broke out aboard one of MSC Cruises' ships idled in Greece on Thursday, March 11. The fire was reported at 3:42 p.m. local time aboard MSC...
March 12, 2021 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from TUI cruise ship Marella Explorer
A crew from one of the anchored at Torbay England UK cruise liners has been brought ashore for medical treatment after being taken ill onboard...
March 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings crew repatriated on charter flights
The repatriation voyage for the NCLH-Norwegian cruise crew on Norwegian Joy has been canceled. Instead, the company has decided to repatriate the...
February 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Cruises requires COVID vaccination for passengers and crew fleetwide
The GHK-owned, ultra-premium brand Crystal Cruises announced that it had updated its new health and safety protocols to require all passengers to be...
February 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Cadiz' Navantia Shipyard drydocks Celebrity Infinity ship for 16 days
Navantia Shipyard (in Cadiz Spain) received the Celebrity Cruises' ship Celebrity Infinity for conventional drydocking scheduled to last 16 days...
February 18, 2021