Cruise news (policies-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises lifts onboard & pre-cruise COVID testing
Effective immediately, Viking Cruises will no longer conduct daily onboard COVID tests. The line will also stop requiring pre-cruise COVID testing in...
June 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises drops COVID vaccination requirement for passengers under 18 on European sailings
Celebrity Cruises dropped its vaccination requirements for guests 17 years old and under. A recent update on the company's website shows that...
June 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
COVID testing no longer required for cruisers flying into the USA
Cruise shipping companies welcomed the latest announcement from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) that testing will no longer be...
June 12, 2022 - Accidents
MSC Cruises revoking crew privileges due to COVID cases onboard MSC Seaside
Due to the increase in COVID cases on MSC Seaside ship, MSC is revoking crew privileges/access to public areas. In an email sent to the crew...
June 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Port Barcelona imposes new cruise tax on tourists to curb pollution
Cruise ship tourists visiting Port Barcelona (Spain) will soon have to pay another tax in order to help curb in-port pollution and combat CO...
June 8, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Havila Kystruten became the first to operate emissions-free cruises in Geirangerfjord (Norway)
The Norwegian cruiseferry company Havila Voyages made history on June 2, 2022, becoming the first to operate 100% emissions-free while navigating in...
June 6, 2022 - Cruise Industry
10,000 Jamaicans to be recruited to work on cruise ships overseas
Beginning Sunday, June 5, a total of 10,000 Jamaicans will be recruited to work on cruise ships overseas, according to Edmund Bartlett (Jamaica's...
June 5, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises extending FCC Expiration Date but removing 25% Bonus
RCI-Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises made major changes to their future cruise credit/non-refundable deposit schemes. RCI is...
June 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises Germany eases the health protocols for passengers
Hamburg-based company TUI Cruises, which is the operator of the "Mein Schiff" liners, announced the easing of the health protocols for cruise...
May 31, 2022 - Accidents
Mask mandate returns on HAL-Holland America’s ms Rotterdam due to COVID cases onboard
The mask mandate returned, at least on one cruise ship when HAL-Holland America’s ms Rotterdam departed from Amsterdam (Netherlands) on May 29...
May 29, 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 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America extending Worry-Free Promise through December 2022
HAL-Holland America is giving its customers the confidence to make cruise plans through the summer, fall, and winter holidays with the extension of...
May 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
New rule gives cruise passengers more rights to refunds
During the COVID crisis, a lot of cruisers lost thousands for voyages that never happened. As of April 2022, there is a new rule that is better...
May 22, 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 - Cruise Industry
Port Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Spain) signs an agreement to limit the number of cruise ships by...
On Thursday, May 5, Port Palma de Mallorca (Majorca Island, Balearic Spain), signed an agreement to limit the number of cruise ships by 2026. The...
May 7, 2022