Cruise news (policies-tagged)
- 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 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line introduces new protocols for sailings aboard its Mardi Gras ship
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line sent the latest COVID-related protocols to clients booked to sail on its new Mardi Gras ship in July & August 2021...
June 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Denmark reopens for cruise ship tourists on June 26
From June 26, cruise passengers are allowed to go ashore in Denmark. The authorities require that travellers have been vaccinated with an EMA...
June 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Cruises UK's deployment and phased restart plan for 2021
P&O Cruises UK announced its expected deployment and phased restart plan for the remainder of the year and into early 2022. MS Britannia will...
June 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Windstar Cruises restarted with 4-masted sailing yacht Wind Star from Athens
The owned by Xanterra Parks and Resorts premium company Windstar Cruises is sailing again with vaccinated passengers and crew onboard. The first...
June 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O UK cut Britannia cruise ship's passenger capacity to meet government measures
P&O Cruises UK is offering FCC (future cruise credit) or cash refund to customers booked on early summer 2021 sailings on MS Britannia to try to...
June 22, 2021