Tag: cruise

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Expedition cruise Ultramarine anchored in Ushuaia bay finally cleared to sail

  

  The expedition cruise Ultramarine from Quark Expeditions, anchored in Ushuaia Bay, extreme south of Argentina, finally was liberated after Covid-19 testing among the crew proved negative. The crew was never allowed ashore and had to wait until the Covid-19 outbreak was considered under control.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  The 5,600 guests MSC Seashore delivered; inaugural Six Pearls cruise in the Mediterranean

  

  The largest cruise ship to be built in Italy, the MSC Seashore was delivered this week to MSC Cruises. The Fincantieri Monfalcone shipyard is building a sister ship MSC Seascape, which is expected to come into service in early 2022.

• Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  CLIA announces voluntary suspension of cruise operations from US ports

  

  Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) issued the following statement to announce that the association’s ocean-going cruise line members will voluntarily extend the suspension of cruise operations from U.S. ports until 15 September 2020.

• Monday, May 11th 2020 - 19:49 UTC

  End of nightmare for Greg Mortimer cruise crew members who begin their long journey back home

  

  Finally a month after passengers were rescued and medically evacuated to Australia from Uruguay, the 89 crew which remained trapped in the coronavirus infested “Greg Mortimer” cruise have started their long return home.

• Monday, April 6th 2020 - 10:17 UTC

  Argentine authorities allow cruise M/V Ushuaia crew members ashore Argentine authorities allow cruise M/V Ushuaia crew members ashore

  

  An Argentine federal judge lifted precautionary measures impeding the access and docking at Mar del Plata port of a cruise vessel with 37 crewmembers which were originally believed to include some positive cases of COVID-19.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:16 UTC

  Australia to check some 9.000 crew in cruise ships stranded near Sydney

  

  Australian police and military will soon begin flying doctors to several cruise ships stranded near Sydney to assess nearly 9,000 crew for COVID-19, officials said on Thursday.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Cruise operators agree to “Blue Charter” in French waters

  

  The main cruise ship operators in French waters have agreed on measures to limit pollution caused by their vessels, including hooking up to the power grid instead of keeping their engines running during stopovers.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Uruguay hosting a cruise industry conference at the end of September

  

  Uruguay will be hosting at the end of the month, September 26/27, the VII edition of the Regional Encounter of the Cruise industry and Fluvial nautical tourism, organized by Uruguay's ministries of Transport and Tourism the Ports Administration and county governments from Maldonado, Montevideo and Colonia.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Another serious cruise incident rattles Venice and questions large vessels' traffic in canals too close to the city

  

  A giant cruise ship very narrowly missed a yacht while being towed out of Venice late Sunday, just a month after a collision there renewed the controversy over the giant vessels. The 12-deck Costa Deliziosa, which is nearly 300 meters long and carries more than 3,800 passengers and crew, was being towed out in stormy conditions when the near-miss happened.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:21 UTC

  Viking Star makes it to port with 900 people; 480 passengers were airlifted with helicopters

  

  A luxury Viking Sun cruise ship that was left floating due to engine failure and nearly crashed into the rocks in rough waters has safely arrived in the port of Molde on the west coast on Norway, with over 900 people on board. The Viking Sky was towed to safety by two tugs, with one sailing in front of the vessel and another behind it.