Tag: cruise ships

Commenting on the call by US CDC to the public to avoid cruise ships, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) noted that this decision is "particularly perplexing."

CDC updated the COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. This reflects increases in cases onboard cruise ships since identification of the Omicron variant.

An Italian court has ordered Costa Crociere cruise line to pay 92,700 euros to a passenger who was aboard the Costa Concordia.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed that it is investigating about 70 cruise ships after reports of COVID-19 cases on board, as the Omicron variant upended holiday travel over the Christmas weekend.

A teenage passenger aboard the cruise ship MSC Seashore fell to his death, in what is believed to be a suicide last week. 

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads rapidly, ports are starting to reject cruise ships.

Northern Xplorer AS (NX) announced the launch of its zero-emission cruise concept that claims is world’s first hydrogen-powered zero-emission cruise ship concept.

Australia’s Minister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt announced that the country would extend the heath regulations first put in place in March 2020 as a response to the Omicron variant.

A Carnival Cruise Line ship helped a sailboat in distress in the Gulf of Mexico, on November 4.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended its COVID-19 restrictions onboard cruise ships until January 2022.