Cruise news (policies-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Carnival's unvaccinated cruise ship passengers must buy travel insurance policy worth $10,000
Unvaccinated passengers who wish to board a Carnival-owned cruise liner must first buy a travel insurance policy that is worth at least US$10,000, a...
July 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings sues Florida over vaccine passport ban
The world's 4th-largest cruise shipowner NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is suing Florida's Surgeon General over the state's law prohibiting...
July 14, 2021 - Accidents
Celebrity Cruises cancels select 2021 sailings to Europe and Australia
The RCG-Royal Caribbean-owned Celebrity Cruises restarted sailings in the USA but announced more cancellations. Two liners scheduled to sail in 2021...
July 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
New rules forced for ferry travel to the Greek islands
New rules for ferryboat travel to the Greek islands came into force on Monday, July 5, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Passengers are...
July 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
The only fully COVID-vaccinated US river cruise line is AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company
AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company announced that its passengers will no longer be required to wear masks onboard or receive pre-cruise COVID...
July 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line launches first ex-USA ship since COVID pandemic's outbreak
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Corporation's largest brand company, is launching ships with paying passengers from homeports in the USA...
July 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Poseidon Expeditions restarts North Pole icebreaker cruises aboard 50 Years of Victory on July 10
Poseidon Expeditions announced the resumption of its North Pole icebreaker cruises aboard the nuclear-powered 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory...
July 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Self-serve Lido Buffets return to Carnival Cruise Line’s ships
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line' Ambassador John Heald said in a Facebook video posted on Wednesday, June 30, that self-serve buffets would return to the...
July 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC changes vaccine policy for UK cruises on Virtuosa ship
MSC Cruises announced a change to its vaccine policy for UK sailings this summer aboard MSC Virtuosa. MSC previously only required guests to show...
July 2, 2021 - Accidents
Princess Cruises cancels Australia-New Zealand voyages thru December 19, 2021
Princess Cruises announced that due to continued uncertainty regarding the timing for the resumption of passenger shipping operations in the region...
July 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean delays Spectrum of the Seas' Cruises to Nowhere from Hong Kong
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced it is postponing Spectrum of the Seas ship's Cruises to Nowhere from Hong Kong. The ship was scheduled to start...
July 1, 2021 - Accidents
Crystal Cruises cancels Crystal Symphony ship's Antigua and St Maarten homeporting
Crystal Cruises canceled voyages aboard its Crystal Symphony from homeports Philipsburg (St Maarten Island, Dutch Antilles) and St Johns (Antigua...
July 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises opens the 2021 season at a 3rd German cruise port with AIDAmar on July 31
After Kiel and Rostock-Warnemunde, AIDA Cruises announced it will open the 2021 season at a 3rd German port - Hamburg, with the ship AIDAmar on July...
June 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line suspends sailings on 5 ships
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line canceled more sailings on 5 of its ships as the company is working on a gradual return to service. Norwegian suspended...
June 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings taking action against climate change
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (currently the world's 3rd-largest cruise shipowner, which owns the subsidiaries NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line...
June 25, 2021