Cruise news (policies-tagged)
- Accidents
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 - Cruise Industry
BC Ferries denies non-essential travel as part of COVID-19 restrictions
BC Ferries terminals are due to become checkpoints to help limit the spread of COVID-19. On Friday, April 23, the provincial government announced...
April 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Malaga, Spain is ready to resume cruise traffic
Port Malaga Spain revealed it is ready to resume cruise traffic after the approval of the protocol for cruise ship traffic by the Regional Government...
April 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises' MSC Seaside ship to sail in the Mediterranean for the first time in summer 2021
MSC Cruises announced that this summer passengers aboard MSC Seaside will benefit from a private beach experience in Taranto Puglia. This is in...
April 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Silversea opens sales for new Silver Moon cruises to the Eastern Mediterranean
The ultra-premium brand Silversea opened sales on new voyages aboard Silver Moon ship to the Eastern Mediterranean, departing from Greece from June...
April 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Inaugural voyage of Saga Cruises' new ship Spirit of Adventure sold out
The inaugural voyage of Saga’s newest ship - Spirit of Adventure, as well as 3 of the 4 British Isles cruises aboard Spirit of Discovery, have...
April 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
TUI Marella Cruises restarts on June 25 from Southampton UK aboard Marella Explorer
TUI Marella Cruises started selling summer voyages around the British Isles on Friday, April 16. The cruise company plans to join the armada of...
April 17, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises launches new voyages in Greece from May 23
AIDA Cruises announced it will offer new sailings in Greece from May 23 with 7-day voyages departing from Corfu and sailing through the Greek islands...
April 17, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Juneau, Alaska activists ask voters to consider limiting cruise ships’ access
Activists in Juneau, Alaska filed paperwork that could lead to local ballot questions in the fall asking voters to limit cruise ship access to the...
April 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
USA CDC’s health notice for cruises still at Level 4: Very High COVID-19
Despite increasing pressure to reopen the cruise industry, the USA's CDC agency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is still thinking...
April 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages restarts with ex-UK cruises on Scarlet Lady on August 6
Virgin Voyages is the latest cruise company moving sailings abroad as the timeline to resume operation in United States' waters remains unclear. In...
April 8, 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
Viking Ocean restarts with cruises around Bermuda and Iceland in June
Viking OCEAN announced it would continue restarting limited operations with sailings around Bermuda and Iceland beginning in June. As a result...
April 8, 2021 - Accidents
Virgin Voyages cancels Scarlet Lady ship's ex-USA cruises through September 17
Virgin Voyages announced that it had made the decision to cancel all ex-USA sailings from July 4 through September 17, 2021, aboard its Scarlet Lady...
April 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Seabourn restarts with Mediterranean cruises roundtrip from Athens on July 3
The ultra-luxury cruise line, Seabourn, together with the Government of Greece is currently developing plans to restart operations in the...
April 7, 2021