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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) shared new findings showcasing "cruise community's resilience." In addition, CLIA committed to pursue net-zero carbon cruising by 2050.

Canada issued a bulletin outlining new measures to strengthen Canadian discharge requirements for cruise ships operating in waters under Canadian jurisdiction during the 2022 cruise season.

Australia’s two-year-long ban on cruise ships officially expired on April 17, but individual states have the right to decide when vessels can enter.

Associated British Ports (ABP)’s Port of Southampton announced the commissioning and use of its shore power facility for cruise ships.

Faxagardur port area in Reykjavik has hired PSW Power & Automation, a Norwegian power systems provider, in order to deliver shore power solution for cruise ships that visit Iceland.

On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) removed its COVID-19 notice against cruise travel. 

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered its risk assessment of cruising to the lowest level since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Australia’s federal government announced that after two years since the beginning of the pandemic, it would lift the cruise ban on April and henceforth cruise ships can resume their operations.  

Celebrity Cruises announced that one third of its bridge officers are now female, in an industry where less than 2% of mariners are women.

All the cruise ships sailing from U.S. ports decided to join CDC’s new voluntary program for the management and reporting of COVID-19.