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COVID-hit Carnival Freedom docks in PortMiami after being blocked from 2 Caribbean cruise ports
A cruise ship that was denied entry at Bonaire and Aruba because of COVID cases on board docked on Sunday, December 26, at the Port of Miami (Florida...
December 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
TUI's Mein Schiff 6 makes maiden call to Qatar (Doha Port)
Doha Port (Qatar) welcomed the TUI-operated cruise ship Mein Schiff 6 on Saturday, December 25. Carrying 1615 passengers and crew, this was the liner...
December 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises restarts in Taiwan with Explorer Dream
Genting Cruise Lines announced the restart of sailings in Taiwan with Explorer Dream ship beginning on December 31 after stopping due to...
December 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Palma de Mallorca (Majorca Island, Balearic Spain) limits cruise ships in 2022
One of the Mediterranean's most popular holiday destinations, Spain's Balearic Islands are limiting the number of cruise vessels in the dock. The...
December 26, 2021 - Accidents
At least 39 people killed after a ferry catches fire in southern Bangladesh
Authorities in Bangladesh announced that at least 39 people had died and 72+ had been injured when a passenger ferry caught fire on Friday, December...
December 26, 2021 - Accidents
Carnival Freedom ship denied entry to 2 Caribbean cruise ports due to COVID cases
A CCL-Carnival Cruise Line ship that departed PortMiami Florida has "a small number" of people onboard who have tested positive for COVID, and has...
December 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises changes health protocols due to Omicron
The Omicron variant of COVID didn't leave the ship cruising industry unconcerned. And yet another company updated the protocols, following the...
December 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Baltimore welcoming back Royal Caribbean's first cruise from Maryland
Port Baltimore welcomed back RCI-Royal Caribbean International for their first voyage from Maryland since the industry-wide COVID pause in...
December 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Valparaiso (Santiago, Chile) cruise season begins with arrival of Viking Jupiter
The Viking Jupiter cruise ship, which is owned by the Viking Cruises shipping company, commenced the 2021-2022 cruise season at the VTP (Valparaiso...
December 25, 2021 - Accidents
1000+ Americans stuck on Holland America's ship ms Koningsdam due to COVID outbreak
1000+ Americans were stuck on a HAL-Holland America cruise ship with a COVID outbreak after Mexico banned the tourists from disembarking. HAL's...
December 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Cruises takes delivery of its first expedition ship Viking Octantis
Viking Cruises announced it had taken delivery of the company’s first of 2 new purpose-built expedition ships, Viking Octantis. The official...
December 24, 2021 - Accidents
28 vaccinated crew and passengers test COVID-positive on cruise ship MSC Seashore
MSC Cruises' flagship MSC Seashore arrived on Thursday, December 23, in PortMiami Florida with dozens of COVID-positive crew and passengers. In a...
December 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean International pauses new bookings until January 10
As a reaction to the situation with COVID and the fast spreading of the Omicron variant, RCI-Royal Caribbean decided to voluntarily pause all...
December 24, 2021 - Accidents
15-year-old kid takes his own life on MSC Seashore ship
Authorities are investigating a suicide aboard an MSC Cruises ship. The cruise company confirmed that a 15-year-old boy traveling with his family...
December 24, 2021 - Accidents
MSC Cruises cancels Northern Europe voyages on MSC Magnifica through January 14
MSC Cruises canceled the 7-night Northern Europe sailings onboard MSC Magnifica through January 14. The reason for the cancellations is the...
December 23, 2021