Federal health officials on Monday extended for three more months its rules that cruise ships must follow to sail during the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended into January the “Conditional Sailing Order” on the cruise industry that was set to expire next week, citing concerns over the highly contagious delta variant and breakthrough cases among vaccinated travelers.
MSC Cruises gives designers and artists from all over the world an opportunity to design the hull of the Euribia, currently under construction at Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint Nazaire, France. Since it is International Artists’ Day, MSC Cruises have decided to make it the beginning of the contest.
TUI Cruises has received the “World's Best Cruise Spa” award for the fourth time in a row. Experts from the SPA and Wellness industry as well as guests worldwide voted online for their respective favorites. A total of seven cruise companies were nominated for the “World's Best Cruise Spa 2021”. The coveted title was also awarded digitally this year.
P&O Cruises has announced that Captain Robert Camby will take the helm of the cruise line’s new LNG-powered ship Arvia. According to a press release, Captain Camby will bring out Arvia from the German shipyard Meyer Werft to the home port of Southampton where the vessel will sail its inaugural winter cruises in December 2022, before re-positioning to Barbados for its first Caribbean season.
Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and Norwegian Cruise Line have expressed their interest for the Amador Cruise Terminal in Panama City. Located on Perico Island of the Amador Causeway, Amador Cruise Terminal is in the final stage of construction, has a primary purpose to become a significant cruise port in the region. This port will be able to receive 5,000 passengers and two cruise ships at the same time.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced that it has been named by Forbes World’s Best Employers for 2021.
From November 8, the current pre-departure polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test will be replaced with an antigen rapid test (ART) for all the guests on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas. The test will be taken at the cruise terminal on the departure day. Currently, only two cruise ships are sailing from Singapore - Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas and Dream Cruises’ World Dream.
Disney Cruise Line announced its debut of the new float christened "Magic Meets the Sea"during the 95th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The imaginatively designed "ship" is modeled after the newest ship in their fleet, Disney Wish.
The world's largest parade, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be held on November 25 in New York City.
Today’s departure of the Norwegian Encore out of Ketchikan with 2,238 guests, marks the end of Alaska 2021 cruise season. On Wednesday Norwegian Encore was the final large cruise ship, to visit Juneau, sailing on a 7-Night Alaska itinerary out of Seattle. The ship started Alaska season on July 23, is not sailing with full capacity, as per CDC health and safety regulations.
Spectrum of the Seas ‘Ocean Getaway’ cruise-to-nowhere scheduled for October 21, from Hong Kong was canceled late on Thursday after one crew member onboard was suspected to have COVID-19 during routine testing.
