Tag: COVID-19

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the cruise vessel "Braemar" which five of its passengers tested positive to the disease, anchored in the Bahamas in order to get medical supplies.

The United States Coats Guard published an advisory highlighting that shipowners and operators should report the illness or death of persons on board, otherwise they will face delays and disruption of operations, such as returning to the previous port after sailing.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic and its rapid transmission, the United States Coast Guard issued an update to its Marine Safety Information Bulletin published on March 13, including restrictions implemented to more countries.

Following the COVID-19 outbreak, Australia and New Zealand decided to ban cruise ships arrivals at their foreign ports to avoid the spread of the disease.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 as a global pandemic; Thus, early detection, prevention and control of any possible case onboard the vessel has to become the number one priority to protect the health of the crewmembers and prevent the transmission of the virus.

Four cruise ships, including JAXPORT’s regular home-ported ship 'Carnival Ecstasy' already in port, will dock at the port and remain there, as the industry announced a voluntary suspension of US cruise operations due to COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Since the beginning of 2020, the world community has been under an unprecedented crisis facing uncertainty due to COVID-19 pandemic with the potential of the virus to change the history books. This could not leave ship operations out of the collateral damage.

Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the Athens-based cruise company, Celestyal Cruises, informed that will cancel its cruise operations until 1st of May 2020 to avoid the spread of the disease.

Reports have arose that the live map by the Johns Hopkins University has been cyber attacked by hackers who are selling malware claiming to compromise the map and infect users. It has been stated that cyber crime has been dramatically increased, as BBC also reported the rise of phishing emails after tracking down "campaigns" asking for money and personal data.

The COVID-19 crisis is the chance for hackers to attack following the stress of people and their need to find answers and solutions. That is why, it has been reported that email scams linked to coronavirus have increased dramatically.