Tag: cruise ships

Alaska is the most hardly hit US nation by the cost of canceled 2020 cruise season, according to a new report by Commissioner Louis Sola which examines the economic impact on Alaskan citizens and tourism related businesses. 

Carnival Cruises' ship rescued 24 people off a sinking boat, 37 miles off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday 17 October. 

Malta stopped passengers disembarking from the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship over a suspected case of COVID-19, on Friday, according to information by Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli.

Indian cruise line Jalesh Cruises, will not be resuming operations, noting that as its creditors had arrested the ship Karnika, 60 crew members were stranded on the ship.

Following Singapore's decision to restart cruising amid COVID-19 outbreak, the region informed that two cruise lines will be allowed to offer Singapore residents "cruises to nowhere" under a pilot program.

The shipping industry has been suffering from the pandemic. Norwegian health authorities now reported that more than 700 cruise passengers aboard a deluxe Norwegian ferry may have been exposed to the COVID-19.

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, Royal Caribbean extended its voluntary cruise suspension by canceling all of its November 2020 cruises.

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the extension of a No Sail Order for cruise ships through October 31, 2020.

Amid the pandemic crisis and the disruption that has caused within the cruise operations, Singapore is planning to restart cruising, the Straits Times reported.

The UK Chamber of Shipping, the trade association for the UK shipping industry, closely collaborated with the cruise industry for more than six months to develop new Framework documents for cruise ship operators to issue new measures with improved public health protection.