A 26-year-old Indonesian woman part of the crew of Mein Schiff 4 tested positive for Covid-19 and nine crew are in quarantine during the last days of the cruise. The young woman who had symptoms of the virus tested positive on swab test and disembarked the cruise ship in Salerno, Italy where she was admitted to “Mauro Scarlato” hospital in Scafati, fortunately in good health.
Today is another step towards a healthy return to service and the big comeback of Azamara as the crew get vaccinated for COVID-19 in Glasgow, Scotland. The crew on all three Azamara ships docked at King George V Dock received Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccination was organized onboard the ships.
Following the successful restart of operations with the Carnival Horizon, Carnival Vista and Carnival Breeze, Carnival Cruise Line announced today seven more ships will resume cruises by the end of October this year.
In September the cruise line plans to resume sailings on three ships including:
Royal Caribbean International's new flagship Wonder of the Seas will depart on her first sea trials from August 22 to 25 from the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in France.
A 25-year-old man was rescued from drowning thanks to the lifeguards and Cyprus port police after he attempted to swim towards one of the cruise ships anchored off the coast of Pyrgos. According to the photo posted by the lifeguards the young man attempt to swim towards Seabourn Sojourn.
Fred. Olsen cruise ship Borealis will not be able to set sail today after the vessel experienced technical issue, the cruise line said.
"We recently upgraded our onboard technology, and although in our sea trials this worked perfectly, we have since identified a potential issue which we are working hard to resolve," the company said in a statement on social media.
Port of Civitavecchia started to coordinate COVID-19 vaccine distribution to cruise ship crew members which will be able to get vaccinated directly on board. Around 10.000 crew are expected to be vaccinated in the following weeks, thanks to the Lazio Region, the Port System Authority of the Central Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Asl Roma 4 and Usmaf.
Canada federal authorities announced today lifting of the ban on cruises sailing out from its ports and will allow large cruise vessels back into Canadian waters starting November 1.
Canada's Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said cruise ships will be allowed to return if the cruise lines are able to fully comply with the federal public health requirements.
MSC Cruises plans a glamorous event in Dubai for the naming ceremony of the company's newest flagship MSC Virtuosa which will take place on November 27, 2021.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has filed a lawsuit against the Florida surgeon general, Dr Scott Rivkees calling for an end to the new law and asking for a preliminary injunction that would prevent the state from enforcing it until the suit is settled.
