Qatar Tourism Authority announced the recovery of cruise tourism despite the unprecedented challenges caused by the Covid pandemic, as Qatar received nearly 58,000 passengers and crew members during the first half of the 2021/2022 cruise tourism season, which began in December.
A 42-year-old Filipino crew member has died on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Quantum of the Seas, according to a crew member who wishes to remain anonymous.
The ship’s medical team were called this afternoon to report of a cardiac arrest and Code Alpha was sounded on the PA system.
The crew aboard the cruise ship MSC Orchestra are devastated after the death of one of their colleague. The tragic event reportedly took place yesterday in the crew areas after the crew member sustained severe injury, our source said.
MSC Cruises announced easing of the crew shore leave restrictions across its fleet. Starting March 31, all crew members who are fully vaccinated and not on duty will be allowed to disembark and enjoy the destinations visited by MSC cruise ships. More details will be shared in the coming days about the leave allowed at ports depending of the ship’s deployment region and based on the current local COVID 19 requirements.
With the return to guest operations of the cruise ship Arcadia this week, P&O Cruises will have its full fleet return to service. Arcadia will sail to the Canary Islands on March 27, marking an important milestone for P&O Cruises as all six ships will be back in operation after its pause in operations.
Norwegian Cruise Line's cruise ship Pride of America will return to service on April 9th. The only major US-flagged cruise ship will operate 7-day year-round sailings from Honolulu, Hawaii, as it did before the pandemic.
A huge tornado touched down in New Orleans and its suburbs, as the severe weather slammed the area on Tuesday night. The tornado has been filmed by citizens across the city, which captured the moment when a cruise ship sailing on the Mississippi River with a tornado in the background.
A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Raiatea, French Polynesia after the discovery of 46 pounds of methamphetamine found in his luggage. The authorities say that the passenger, who is a Tahitian national, sailing aboard the Holland America Line cruise ship MS Zuiderdam wanted to offload a suitcase when the vessel arrived in Raiatea on Thursday, March 17. When they inspected his luggage they found more than 9 pounds of the illicit drug in the suitcase.
A young cruise ship crew member has been reported missing in the war-torn city of Mariupol. Family and friends are searching for the 26-year-old Anatoly Burma, who went missing on March 2. He is a crew working for the Italian cruise company Costa Cruises as an assistant bartender. Anatoly completed his contract and returned back to Ukraine on February 20, and arrived in Mariupol on February 22, just two days before the invasion of Ukraine started.
MSC Cruises has announced that the company is now the official Global Partner of Formula 1 for the upcoming 2022 season. The multi-year deal will see the Swiss-based cruise line, bring some of MSC’s most technologically advanced cruise ships port-side during select Grand Prix weekends, enabling guests to complement the high-end experience of F1 and drive global visibility for its brand.
