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NABU together with representatives of cruises lines AIDA, TUI, Hapag Lloyd and MSC discussed the environmental and climate footprint of the cruise industry.

As shipping still deals with the challenges caused by the global pandemic’, Michael McNamara, Vice President Global Fuel Supply, Carnival Corporation, made a warning that the sector will need ‘a lot of flexibility’ from the marine fuel supply community.

The Carnival Panorama is the first cruise ship to depart from California in 17 months amid Covid-19.

Effective from 3 September, cruise ships will not be allowed to enter ports in the Bahamas if there are unvaccinated passengers onboard aged 12 and older, the government announced through an emergency executive order issued on Thursday. 

The UK government decided to allow some international travel, including cruises, as well as reducing the restrictions to enter England for individuals that have received vaccinations.

A federal appeals court reversed course and let stand a lower court order banning the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from enforcing COVID-19 cruise ship rules in Florida.

The Cruise Division of MSC Group, Fincantieri and Snam signed an agreement to jointly determine the conditions for the design and construction of what would become the world’s first oceangoing hydrogen-powered cruise ship.

An appeals court in the U.S. decided that the CDC will still be able to impose COVID-19 health and safety restrictions on the cruise industry.

Canada will allow cruise ships back into its waters from November as the COVID-19 pandemic fades. However, the ships must comply with public health requirements.

A Genting Cruise Lines’ ship on a “cruise to nowhere” has returned to Singapore after a passenger was suspected of having contracted COVID-19.