Cruise news (virus-tagged)
- Accidents
Hurtigruten cuts short Antarctic cruise due to COVID outbreak on MS Roald Amundsen
Hurtigruten Expeditions will cut short a sailing in the Antarctic region after a COVID outbreak, the Norwegian cruise company announced on Thursday...
January 6, 2022 - Accidents
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line cancels sailings on 8 ships
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced the cancellation of sailings on 8 ships, citing "ongoing travel restrictions." Norwegian Getaway's voyage set to...
January 6, 2022 - Accidents
2500+ passengers held on Royal Caribbean's Spectrum OTS in Hong Kong
Hong Kong announced a 2-week ban on incoming flights from 8 countries, including the United States and Britain. It also tightened restrictions on...
January 5, 2022 - Accidents
NCL-Norwegian Pearl returns to PortMiami FL as crew test positive for COVID
Just a day after Norwegian Pearl left PortMiami Florida for an 11-day voyage through the Panama Canal, guests were told on Tuesday they would be...
January 5, 2022 - Accidents
3000 passengers disembark AIDAnova ship after 5 days in Lisbon due to COVID outbreak
Due to a COVID outbreak among the crew of the AIDAnova ship, the vessel was stuck/tracker in Port Lisbon (Portugal). ~3000 passengers had...
January 5, 2022 - Accidents
45 passengers test positive for COVID on MSC Grandiosa in Genoa (Italy)
One of the largest cruise ships sailing in the Mediterranean became the latest to be hit by COVID amid the global surge in cases. MSC Cruises...
January 4, 2022 - Accidents
26 passengers and 2 crew test positive for COVID on MSC Preziosa at Rio de Janeiro
Passengers on the MSC ship Preziosa had to wait 6+ hours to disembark at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on Sunday, January 2, due to an inspection by...
January 4, 2022 - Accidents
2000+ passengers stuck on Cordelia Empress ship due to COVID-positive crew
At least 2000 tourists were stuck on the Mumbai-Goa Cordelia Empress ship after a crew tested COVID-positive. The ship arrived from Mumbai and...
January 3, 2022 - Accidents
2 COVID-positive passengers on Coral Discoverer ship in Hobart (Tasmania)
Passengers on a cruise ship in Hobart (Tasmania) are being held onboard and tested for COVID after two confirmed cases. Public health officials...
January 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Explorer Dream restarts in Taiwan with 157 COVID-negative passengers and crew
Genting Cruise Lines restarted sailings in Taiwan with Explorer Dream ship on December 31 after the halt due to the COVID outbreak in May 2021...
January 2, 2022 - Accidents
2844 AIDAnova passengers held in Lisbon (Portugal) due to crew COVID outbreak
Because of dozens of COVID cases among the crew of AIDA's ship AIDAnova, the boat is still stuck/tracker in Port Lisbon (Portugal). ~3000 passengers...
January 1, 2022 - Accidents
~30 crew test COVID-positive on Costa Firenze ship
The latest cruise liner to report a COVID outbreak is Costa Firenze that recently started sailing from homeport Dubai UAE. ~30 positive crew...
December 31, 2021 - Accidents
MSC Seashore cruise ship refused entry to Ocean Cay (Bahamas private island)
MSC Cruises' flagship MSC Seashore was refused entry to Ocean Cay (MSC's private Bahamian island) on December 30 due to COVID cases onboard...
December 31, 2021 - Accidents
Hapag-Lloyd's Europa and Europa 2 cancel cruises due to COVID
The flagships MS Europa and MS Europa 2 of the Hamburg-based cruise shipping company Hapag-Lloyd were affected by COVID outbreaks onboard...
December 30, 2021 - Accidents
Cunard Line disrupts the Christmas cruise of RMS Queen Mary 2 due to COVID
The COVID crisis forced Cunard Line to disrupt the Christmas voyage of RMS Queen Mary 2 and fly all Americans to NYC New York from Bridgetown...
December 30, 2021