Tag: cruise ships

Norwegian Cruise Line announced that the suspension for voyages embarking March 13 to May 14 has been extended to now include all voyages embarking through June 30, 2020.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese officials reported 57 additional confirmed coronavirus cases onboard the "Costa Atlantica" cruise ship. Specifically, until now there are 148 positive cases on the ship, while officials have completed the testing of all of its 623 crewmembers onboard.

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) reported that Germany, along with other European countries, will allow cruise lines to pause their repayments of export credit guarantees for one year.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, a IAPH-WPSP Port Economic Impact Barometer started monitoring the current situation in world ports and trends compared to previous weeks. In fact, the first survey results were collected in week 15 of 2020, collecting information from 67 ports around the global.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Finland informed that bans ferry passengers' entry from 11 April until 13 May, in an effort to reduce the spread of the disease. Specifically, the border restrictions will be forced until further notice from the authorities.

Australia launched a criminal investigation regarding a COVID-19 infected cruise ship which was allowed to dock in Sydney before releasing thousands of passengers directly into the community.

The US Coast Guard coordinated three at-sea cruise ship medevacs within the Miami and St. Petersburg areas of responsibility on April 4-5.

Another cruise ship with COVID-19, including two fatalities, is docking in Florida. Namely, the Coral Princess cruise carries 1,020 passengers and 878 crew members.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said it acquired an 8.2% stake in Carnival Corporation, the world’s biggest cruise operator. Carnival closed its registered public offering of 71,875,000 shares of common stock at a price of $8.00 per share on Monday. 

The Coral Princess cruise ship docked at Port Miami, after it was refused to dock in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The vessel has 1,000 passengers and 878 crew onboard - two are dead and at least 12 have tested positive for COVID-19.