Cruise Industry
American Queen Steamboat Company resumes sailings on June 29
AQSC-American Queen Steamboat Company plans to resume sailings on the USA's rivers on June 29 with American Duchess (Mississippi). AQSC (which also...
May 26, 2020
Hurtigruten restarts coastal cruises between Bergen and Kirkenes from June 16
Norway’s Hurtigruten announced plans to resume coastal service between Bergen-Kirkenes from June 16, 2020. The first ship to sail will be MS...
May 25, 2020
Greece restarts island ferry services
On Monday, May 25, Greece restarted regular passenger ferry services to Greek islands. Bars and restaurants were also reopen as Greece accelerated...
May 25, 2020
RCI Allure of the Seas begins refurbishment in Cadiz, Spain
RCI-Royal Caribbean's liner Allure of the Seas arrived at Navantia Shipyard (in Cadiz Spain) on Friday (May 22) to start a delayed and revised...
May 24, 2020
674 crew repatriated from ms Koningsdam in Puerto Vallarta
For three consecutive days, Mexico's Jalisco State supported the cruise ship Koningsdam (operated by HAL-Holland America Line) with a humanitarian...
May 24, 2020
Cruise ships banned from entering Spanish waters until the state of emergency is lifted
As lockdown due to the pandemic begins to ease, Spain's cruise ship ban is being extended, just like it was extended in Australia (through September...
May 24, 2020
RCI-Royal Caribbean post-Coronavirus buffets "morph into something different"
A week after announcing that health and safety changes planned for the post-COVID cruises included eliminating traditional buffets, RCI-Royal...
May 23, 2020
American Cruise Lines resumes sailings on June 20
ACL-American Cruise Lines announced it restarts riverboat cruising operations in late-June 2020. The ship American Song starts Snake and...
May 23, 2020
The world's largest privately-owned cruise ship to lay up in Falmouth UK
The world's largest privately-owned (residential) cruise ship - MS The World, is currently cruising from the Mediterranean en-route to Falmouth...
May 23, 2020
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line to temporarily deploy Grand Celebration ship to the USVI
The US Virgin Islands may see its first-ever floating hotel operation in the harbour of St Thomas Island (Charlotte Amalie, USVI) courtesy of...
May 22, 2020
$130M raised by Nassau Cruise Port via bond offering
Nassau Cruise Port announced it had successfully raised USD 130+ million via its private bond offering launched on May 4 and closed on May 15, 2020...
May 22, 2020
Cruise ships banned from entering Australian waters until at least September 17
The Australian Border Force (ABF) today announced that cruise ships are banned from entering Australia's territorial waters until at least September...
May 22, 2020
River cruise company Scylla resumes operations with 34 boats in Europe
The Basel Switzerland-headquartered river cruise shipping company Scylla Cruises announced the sailing of 34 vessels on Europe’s waterways...
May 22, 2020
1970 crew working on German cruise ships return to Indonesia
As many as 1970 Indonesians working for several Germany-based cruise ships were repatriated / returned to Indonesia over the past few weeks...
May 21, 2020
Windstar Cruises resumes sailings on September 3 in Tahiti
The small-ship cruise company Windstar announced that its 148-passenger sailship Wind Spirit will be fleet's first to resume voyages after the...
May 21, 2020