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 18 the first-ever International Day for Women in Maritime started its maiden festivity honoring women seafarers with a seminar covering the areas where improvement is needed.
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.
Celebrity Cruises, known for its next-generation ships at the crossroads of architecture and design, galloping on the wave of the future with its first art on non-fungible token.
The naming ceremony of the Viking Mars took place on May 17, in Valletta's Grand Harbour attended by friends and business partners of Viking, including Maltese officials.
The search for a 40-year-old woman who went overboard off the cruise ship Celebrity Solstice in Alaska is over. The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search efforts in Alaska’s Inside Passage on Tuesday after searching for the woman for about nine hours, Petty Officer Ali Blackburn said. USCG conducted a search by boat and a helicopter in the waters near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal, 20 miles (30 kilometers) west of Juneau.
The former Dream Cruises ship, Genting Dream will set sail once again on June 15 from Singapore under the brand new company Resorts World Cruises.
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,”
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) announced that the Seafarers' section has won the right to mandatory Internet access in international law, implemented in the updates to the 2006 Maritime Labor Convention (MLC), but is disappointed that the majority of ship owners will continue to charge its crew.
For the first time in two years Star Clippers, the unique tall-ships continues the full sailing program with all the vessels in the Mediterranean.
