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Virgin Voyages removes pre-embarkation COVID testing
In response to the conclusion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-CDC’s voluntary program, Virgin Voyages announced it will...
July 22, 2022 - Accidents
At least 9 dead after ferry sinks off Pulau Ternate Island Indonesia (Maluku)
At least 9 bodies have been found after a passenger ferry sank off Pulau Ternate Island (Maluku Indonesia) due to bad weather, a search and rescue...
July 22, 2022 - Accidents
UK's Ministry of Defence used P&O Ferries despite condemning the company for sacking ~800 staff
The UK government admitted that P&O Ferries had been used by the military, despite condemning the company for sacking ~800 staff without notice...
July 21, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Silversea announces World Voyage 2025 on Silver Dawn ship
Silversea announced its World Voyage 2025, featuring a total of 59 destinations and 31 overnight in-port stays. Silversea's 167-day/136-night...
July 21, 2022 - Accidents
"No" to cruise ships in Norway
Protest in Norway against "tourism generated by cruise ships" is now growing after posters appeared in Norway's port cities Bergen, Flam, Oslo...
July 21, 2022 - Accidents
18 passengers rescued after ferry explosion off South Thailand
18 people were rescued after a ferryboat exploded on its way out of Chumpon to Koh Tao Island today, July 21, at ~2:30 pm local time. All 18...
July 21, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MSC Bellissima became the largest cruise ship ever to call at Port Tarragona (Spain)
On Sunday, July 17th, at 7 am local time (5 am UTC), MSC Cruises' ship MSC Bellissima docked at the new Baleares Wharf at Port Tarragona (Spain Costa...
July 20, 2022 - Accidents
UnCruise Adventures' Wilderness Legacy ship's skiff partially flooded in Bartlett Cove (Glacier Bay...
The small-ship company UnCruise Adventures experienced an accident shortly after departing Bartlett Cove dock in Glacier Bay NP (Alaska) on July 18...
July 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line using facial biometrics at Port Baltimore (Maryland USA)
US CBP (Customs and Border Protection), in partnership with CCL-Carnival Cruise Line, has expanded the use of facial biometrics in the debarkation...
July 20, 2022 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from NCL Norwegian Encore cruise ship in Chatham Strait (Alaska)
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew medevaced a male passenger from the NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line ship Norwegian Encore in Chatham Strait (Alaska...
July 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Azamara will no longer require pre-cruise COVID testing
Beginning July 25, the ultra-luxury cruise travel brand Azamara will no longer require its passengers to submit a COVID test before their voyage...
July 20, 2022 - Accidents
13 missing after ferry sinks off Pulau Ternate Island Indonesia (Maluku)
Many people were rescued after a ferry sank due to bad weather off the coast of Pulau Ternate Island (Maluku Indonesia) but 13 others are still...
July 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Tallink Victoria I cruiseferry serves as a hotel ship for ~700 Ukrainian refugees in Leith...
Tallink Victoria I ferry docked in Port Leith/Edinburgh (Scotland UK) to serve as hotel ship for ~700 Ukrainian refugees. Health experts warn the...
July 19, 2022 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels Serenade of the Seas' Europe/Baltic cruises in 2023 summer
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced it is canceling the European season of Serenade of the Seas previously scheduled for summer 2023. Serenade OTS...
July 19, 2022 - Accidents
CDC ends reporting COVID cases on cruise ships
The USA's agency CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ended its COVID Program (for reporting Coronavirus outbreaks on cruise vessels) on...
July 19, 2022