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Steel Cutting Held for Aurora Expeditions’ Sylvia Earle
A steel cutting ceremony was held for the new CX103 expedition cruise design, Sylvia Earle, on March 16, 2020, at CMHI Haimen yard in China. Sylvia...
March 27, 2020
Cruise Industry
Costa Victoria disembarks at Civitavecchia
In Civitavecchia (cruise port to Rome City) ended the debarkation of all Costa Pacifica passengers. The ship was not affected by the Coronavirus...
March 27, 2020
Accidents
Major cruise companies left out of the USA's Coronavirus economy stimulus bailout?
All the world's largest cruise companies have completely suspended passenger shipping operations (fleetwide) due to the spreading Coronavirus (COVID...
March 27, 2020
Cruise Industry
MS Maasdam disembarks at Port San Diego
Holland America Line's liner ms Maasdam arrived at Port San Diego on Thursday, March 26, with 800+ passengers. San Diego Port Authority...
March 27, 2020
Accidents
Ovation of the Seas linked to 31 Coronavirus cases
Nearly 3,000 cruise passengers have been allegedly told that they could 'walk off and go home' without medical checks before at least 31 of them had...
March 26, 2020
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Azamara Journey docks in Auckland NZ only for provisioning
Citizens in Auckland NZ are not to worry about a cruise vessel coming into port on the first day of the city's Coronavirus (COVID-19) alert level 4...
March 26, 2020
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Two Coronavirus cruise ships plan to dock at PortMiami
Two Costa Cruises ships - Favolosa and Magica - are scheduled to dock at PortMiami Florida on Thursday, March 26, with 30 sick people onboard, a...
March 26, 2020
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Ketchikan will allow cruise ships despite the Coronavirus pandemic
An Alaska port city is considering whether to allow cruise vessels to dock there while waiting out the ocean cruise suspension due to the outbreak of...
March 26, 2020
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Coronavirus cruise ship passengers quarantined on Rottnest Island, Western Australia
WA Premier Mark McGowan is currently "exercising the Rottnest option" to quarantine Australian cruise passengers set to disembark in Fremantle (Perth...
March 25, 2020
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Cruise ships allowed to refuel at Honolulu
The Hawaii Department of Transportation Harbors Division notified the public that additional cruise ships were planning to enter Honolulu Harbor for...
March 25, 2020
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Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises extend fleet suspension over Coronavirus
RCI-Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises laid up their fleets through May 11, a month later than the date both Miami-based companies had originally...
March 25, 2020
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VIDEO: Carnival’s illuminating ‘We Will Be Back’ message
In the midst of the cruise industry's pause in operations, Carnival is lighting up all of its vessels in North America and Australia with an...
March 24, 2020
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Ocean Victory launched at CMHI Haimen yard
Ocean Victory, the third ship in the Infinity-class SunStone Ships (cruise shipowner) had her official launching ceremony on March 16 at the CMHI...
March 24, 2020
Cruise Industry
Carnival Victory-Radiance drydock reconstruction delayed by 2 months due to Coronavirus
With the temporary shutdown of all Spanish shipyards due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the launch of Carnival Radiance (ex Carnival Victory) was pushed...
March 24, 2020
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Portugal repatriates MSC Cruises passengers stuck on Fantasia ship
More than 1,000 cruise passengers aboard a ship docked in Port Lisbon will be flown back home on Tuesday, March 24, even though a fellow traveller...
March 24, 2020
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