Cruise news (virus-tagged)
- Accidents
2 crew test COVID-positive aboard Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas
RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Odyssey of the Seas arrived at Port Palma de Mallorca (Majorca Island, Balearic Spain) Monday morning, May 24, as there...
May 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises changes vaccine, mask, shore excursion rules
Celebrity Cruises announced new protocols for passengers sailing this summer including changes to vaccine, mask, and shore excursion rules. The...
May 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean International again hiring crew from India
Starting May 21, RCI-Royal Caribbean International will again hire crew members from India. The news comes a couple of weeks after the line...
May 10, 2021 - Accidents
Passenger tests positive for COVID-19 aboard Costa Cruises' ship Costa Smeralda
On May 5, a passenger tested COVID-positive on Costa's ship Smeralda. The liner which left homeport Savona Italy on May 1 with a total of 1613...
May 7, 2021 - Accidents
Passenger tests positive for COVID-19 aboard NYK Cruises' ship Asuka 2
NYK LINE's subsidiary and travel brand NYK Cruises revealed on Friday, April 30, that its luxury cruise ship Asuka 2 was returning to port after a...
May 1, 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
VIDEO: CCL-Carnival Cruise Line NOT to mandate COVID vaccine once sailing begins?
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line is not developing plans for sailings entirely outside the USA, as some other major cruise companies are, CCL's President...
March 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
UnCruise Adventures requires COVID-19 vaccine for Alaska sailings
UnCruise Adventures announced that it will mandate adults be fully vaccinated to sail with the company this summer in Alaska. In a statement...
March 23, 2021 - Accidents
Crew tests positive for COVID-19 on NYK Cruises' ship Asuka 2
The Japanese shipping company NYK Cruises (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) announced that 3 upcoming voyages on the Asuka 2 ship were suspended after a crew...
March 18, 2021 - Accidents
2 Coronavirus crew on Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas
Two employees on Royal Caribbean's newest ship - Odyssey of the Seas have tested COVID positive. According to a spokesman for the shipbuilder...
March 7, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Saga extends cruise suspension until June 27
Saga UK has written to its Cruise and Holidays guests in order to inform them of the company's decision to extend the current suspension of travel...
March 5, 2021 - Accidents
Manslaughter allegations against Costa Cruises over Coronavirus deaths
French investigators are opening manslaughter allegations against the Carnival Corporation-owned Italian company Costa over Coronavirus deaths. The...
February 24, 2021 - Accidents
Coronavirus passenger on MSC Cruises' ship Grandiosa
Tuesday night, February 16, a positive COVID passenger was detected on the MSC Cruises' liner MSC Grandiosa sailing in the Western Mediterranean. As...
February 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Costa's Savona Cruise Terminal turned into Covid vaccination site
Costa Cruises' passenger terminal Palacrociere (in Port Savona Italy) now serves as a Coronavirus/COVID vaccination site for elderly people (aged 80...
February 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
USA's CDC requires masks for all cruise ship passengers and crew
The industry adopted face masks for cruise passengers as policy months ago. The USA's CDC agency issued an order going into effect on February 1...
February 1, 2021