Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas homeported in Hong Kong 2021-2022
For 2x months (December 2021 through January 2022), RCI-Royal Caribbean’s liner Spectrum of the Seas (max passenger capacity 4819) is to be...
July 21, 2020
VIDEO:Construction on Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras ship progressing at Meyer Turku shipyard
Construction on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s newest and largest ship Mardi Gras is progressing at the Meyer Turku Shipyard in Turku Finland. The...
July 21, 2020
TUI Cruises cancels the first "Blue Cruise" on Mein Schiff 1
TUI Cruises restarts cruises with Mein Schiff 2 from Port Hamburg Germany on July 24. However, the first departure of Mein Schiff 1 (out of Kiel...
July 21, 2020
Bahamas bans cruise ship tourists from the USA due to Coronavirus
Just 3 weeks after having opened borders to international travelers, the Bahamas banned visitors from the United States due to spike in COVID cases...
July 20, 2020
CMV-Cruise And Maritime Voyages goes into administration/bankruptcy
CMV-Cruise And Maritime Voyages has gone into administration (similar to the USA's filing for bankruptcy). The company has appointed Paul Williams...
July 20, 2020
Alton Illinois plans vote on revised American Cruise Lines pact
Alton Illinois aldermen will meet at 6 PM on Monday (July 20) as a committee of the whole for a teleconference to consider an ordinance authorizing...
July 20, 2020
Debut of the world's largest cruise ship delayed by the Coronavirus crisis
The construction of the world's biggest cruise ship was delayed. Citing the impact of the pandemic, the future shipowner Royal Caribbean announced...
July 20, 2020
Windstar Cruises retrofits its fleet for health and safety
In order to address health concerns brought on by the pandemic, the premium travel brand Windstar Cruises committed to a holistic Beyond Ordinary...
July 19, 2020
German shipyard Meyer Werft suspends operations for 6 weeks
German shipyard Meyer Werft halts production and suspends operations from Monday, July 20, for 6 weeks (through August 30) due to a slump in orders...
July 19, 2020
Crew repatriation efforts of Carnival Cruise Line near completion
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line is now in the final stages of repatriating its crew. 26,000+ crew were sent home from the CCL’s 26 ships. The...
July 18, 2020
Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Inspiration cruise ships to be scrapped in Turkey
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's vessel Carnival Fantasy (1990-built, 30-years-old) has been sold for scrap. The ship is currently on a 14-day...
July 18, 2020
Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean groups receive UK state aid
In the UK, RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and Carnival PLC (both are UK entities of the two world's largest cruise companies) received millions of...
July 18, 2020
Explorer Dream's crew test negative for COVID-19 and return onboard
Genting Cruise Lines (subsidiary of GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd) is the first large cruise company to restart voyages via the deployment of Explorer...
July 18, 2020RCI-Royal Caribbean International cancels cruises through October 1
RCCL-Royal Caribbean Group announced that most voyagess in the RCI-Royal Caribbean International's schedule through October 1, 2020, were cancelled...
July 17, 2020
UK's FCO updates travel advice to allow river cruises
It has been a week since the UK Government hindered the passenger shipping industry, with the FCO (UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office) advising...
July 17, 2020