Cunard Line announced today the retirement of Captain, Christopher Wells, after a stellar 20 year career with the company, part of 30 years spent working across Carnival Corporation cruise lines. Wells embarked on his retirement this week, as he was awarded the rank of Commodore in recognition of his long outstanding career with the brand.

The past few days have been devastating for the people on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent after La Soufriere volcano erupted several times in an explosion of ash and hot gas. The larges eruption happen this Monday, since the volcanic activity started last week, and poses a serious threat to residents yet to be evacuated.

A 44-year-old electrician, member of the crew of the cruise ship MSC Lirica, was injured on Wednesday while trying to change a valve of the cooling mechanism. At the time of the accident, MSC Lirica was at the port of Corfu, Greece where the ship is currently in warm layup. The crew member, whose name was not released, was first checked by the ship’s doctor and later transported by EKAB ambulance service to the Corfu General Hospital, for further medical treatment.

The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have declared Red Alert and ordered mandatory evacuations on Thursday after La Soufriere volcano is in danger of exploding. Evacuation is underway by land and sea in preparation for an explosive eruption of the volcano.

The German-based cruise line Nicko Cruises, announced today its long-awaited maiden voyage onboard the small expedition ship WORLD VOYAGER. The 200 pasanger ship is expected to set sail on April 10, with an 11-day itinerary around the Canary Islands, departing from Tenerife.

Virgin Voyages will restart cruise operation this summer from the UK with Scarlet Lady. One day after Virgin Voyages announced the decision to cancel Miami sailings thought September 17, 2021, the cruise line released an exciting announcement that Scarlet Lady will sail out of Portsmouth, UK starting August 6.

Montenegro's Ministry of Health will allow entry of cruise ships and lift the ban which has been in force since March 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ban will most likely be lifted by the end of this week, for cruise ships with medical facilities for PCR testing on passengers and crew on a daily basis.

Virgin Voyages has cancelled summer cruises on Scarlet Lady departing from Miami until September 17, 2021.

Nearly three weeks after Viking announced the restart of cruise operations in the UK with the newest ocean-going ship Viking Venus, the company released exciting news that it will continue restarting limited operations on two additional ships for the upcoming summer season. In June Viking will deploy the ocean ships Viking Orion and Viking Sky to Bermuda and Iceland respectively. With the latest announcement, Viking will operate 3 out of 7 cruise ships in its ocean fleet by this summer.

Seabourn, the ultra-luxury brand of the Carnival Corporation family, announced the restart of cruise operations in the Mediterranean with a series of voyages out of Athens from July 3, 2021. The company will start cruises with the Seabourn Ovation sailing series of 7 and 14-day itineraries throughout the Greek Isles with a variety of different ports on each.