Cruise news (curious-tagged)

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
Cruise Industry
Cruise pause caused by COVID-19 marked by industry innovation
Affected by the health crisis, cruise shipping companies were forced to delay newbuild launches and cancel voyages to cut costs. However, the...
January 1, 2021
Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises cancels New Year's Eve voyages due to IT problems
The Carnival Corporation-owned company AIDA Cruises announced it had to cancel New Year's Eve voyages around the Canary Islands due to IT issues. The...
December 29, 2020
Accidents
Royal Caribbean's Empress of the Seas ship sold to Cordelia Cruises India (Essel Group)
A week after RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced that Empress of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas leave the fleet, Waterways Leisure Tourism...
December 28, 2020
Cruise Industry
GHK-Genting Hong Kong terminates plan to sell and lease back Crystal Endeavor megayacht
GHK-Genting Hong Kong announced that the plan to sell and lease back the Crystal Endeavor megayacht for a total price of EUR 350 million had...
December 26, 2020
Cruise Industry
CLIA releases State of the Cruise Industry Outlook Report for 2021
CLIA-Cruise Lines International Association, the largest cruise industry trade organization in the world, released the 2021 State of the Cruise...
December 26, 2020
Cruise Industry
Ocean Builders sell Crypto Cruise Ship MS Satoshi for scrap
Saying they had been unable to obtain insurance for the concept of a community living onboard a former P&O Cruises ship, the organizers of the...
December 21, 2020
Cruise Industry
Ponant's Le Jacques Cartier awarded with notation to manage underwater radiated noise
The last sistership in the PONANT EXPLORERS series of 6 expedition class cruise ships, Le Jacques Cartier, has been awarded Bureau Veritas class...
December 21, 2020
Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America Line launches ‘Buy One, Gift One’ cruise promotion
HAL-Holland America Line is now offering a free 2nd stateroom with new cruise bookings - a rarity in the industry and huge value, as well as a...
December 21, 2020
Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises signs ‘Single-Use Plastic Charter’
MSC Cruises signed a new ‘Single-Use Plastic Charter’ which was established by the UK Chamber of Shipping. The charter aims to scrap the...
December 20, 2020
Cruise Industry
No cruise ships in Alaska's Glacier Bay give whales ‘room to roam’
Southeast Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve usually gets 150+ cruise ship visits annually. According to National Park Service...
December 20, 2020
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Hamburg opens new YouTube Channel ‘Hamburg Cruise News’
Since November 1, 2020, Germany is in lockdown. Technical ship calls and layups are permitted but ship cruises have been suspended. During the past...
December 18, 2020
Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages introduces e-learning platform for travel advisors
Virgin Voyages has launched a new e-learning platform for travel advisors, a 4-tiered programme called Seacademy. The company, which refers to...
December 17, 2020
Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Princess discounts 950+ cruises
The first TV ad of Princess Cruises since passenger shipping operations were suspended in March 2020 (due to the pandemic) coincides with discounts...
December 15, 2020
Cruise Industry
China Merchants and Viking Cruises announce new joint venture cruise line
Viking Cruises and China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings announced a joint venture cruise line that is focused on mid-sized luxury cruise...
December 15, 2020
Cruise Industry