Carnival Corporation & plc, with its nine cruise brands, joined the global community Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, a nonprofit, independent research and development center committed to expediting the transition toward a net-zero future for the global maritime industry.
Recognizing the need for its crew members to stay connected with family and friends and receive a quality internet service, Carnival Cruise Line has invested in additional bandwidth for the fleet. The company announced a major increase of the current data volume by 50% per crew member, compared to before the pause in operations.
On May 12, 2022 Carnival Cruise Line held a groundbreaking ceremony of the new project worth $200 million at Freeport, Grand Bahamas which officials anticipate will bring additional value to the economy of the Bahamian nation's second city.
Carnival Cruise Line will pause some of the onboard events and limit the number of guests sailing on some ships due to crew shortages. In a post on social media Carnivals Brand Ambassador John Heald said that the company is unable to bring more crew on time because “of the situation with the United States Government who are themselves short staffed,”
Carnival Cruise Line celebrated the full fleet back to operations with the resumption of cruises of the final vessel back in service Carnival Splendor setting sail from the port of Seattle on Monday. This voyage celebrates the re-launch of an entire fleet as Carnival Cruise Line becomes the first major cruise line in the United States to reach that reference point.
Carnival Corporation shakes up things on the top replacing Arnold Donal who led Carnival to record results before Covid-19 with Josh Weinstein as president and chief executive on 1 August. Weinstein, currently chief operations officer, will become only the third person to lead the cruise giant founded by chairman Micky Arison.
Carnival Corporation & plc announced today that Renata Ribeiro, senior vice president of strategic operations, takes the lead of global port & destination development and legendary Giora Israel remains active, transitioning to new role advising leadership team.
After a 58-hour search covering over 2,078 square miles, the Coast Guard has made a difficult decision to suspend its search for a 43-year-old man who went overboard from the cruise ship Mardi Gras. Two Coast Guard cutters and an aircraft were searching for the man. The man was identified by the Coast Guard as Tang Tran. The report states that the man jumped overboard the Carnival cruise ship on Saturday, 55 miles off the Florida coast.
Carnival Cruise Line announced a new Miami-inspired themed area named after the company's original headquarters address, 820 Biscayne, and will be aboard Carnival Celebration, the company's newest ship arriving at PortMiami in November.
Hours after Carnival Horizon departed Grand Turk a Man Overboard was sounded onboard, and the ship’s crew started a search operation launching two lifeboats to find the missing person.
