218 people infected with coronavirus on board Diamond Princess
The number of people on board cruise ship Diamond Princess that has been infected by the coronavirus has risen to 218. The ship is currently quarantined near Japan. Some older passengers affected by the coronavirus, will...Read more
Cruise ship Westerdam welcomed in Cambodia
The cruise ship the Westerdam, with 1455 passengers on board, arrived in the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Thursday 13 February at around 07:00 local time. The Westerdam was not welcome in several Asian ports...Read moreHAL cruise ship seeks port for cruise ship Westerdam
Shipping company Holland-America Line (HAL) is working on a solution for its cruise ship Westerdam. Although it was first allowed to dock in a port near Bangkok on Monday 10 February, that permission was revoked...Read more130 cases of coronavirus on cruise ship near Japan
The number of people carrying the novel coronavirus on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan has increased by sixty. A total of 130 people on the ship are infected with the virus. The...Read moreTwenty people infected with coronavirus on cruise ship in Japan
So far, twenty people on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. This was reported by the Japanese Ministry of Health according to broadcaster NHK. The Diamond Princess...Read moreCruise ship on lockdown in Japan because of passenger with coronavirus
Japanese authorities quarantined 3700 people on board cruise ship Diamond Princess, after one of the passengers was found to be infected with the new coronavirus. The cruise ship is now docked off the coast of...Read more
Cruise ships deny boarding to passengers who have been to China
Passengers and crew who have recently been to China are not allowed to board cruise ships because of the novel coronavirus. Industry organisation Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) reports that shipping companies are taking these...Read more
Passengers cruise ship not infected with coronavirus
Two Chinese passengers on the cruise ship Costa Smeralda in the port of Civitavecchia in Italy are not infected with the coronavirus. This means that all passengers are now allowed to disembark again. The crew of...Read morePassengers stranded on cruise ship due to corona anxiety
Approximately 6000 passengers on a cruise ship in the port of Civitavecchia in Italy are not allowed to leave the vessel for the time being. Two Chinese passengers on board may be infected with the...Read more
Cruises cancelled over coronavirus
Several cruise companies have cancelled trips in Asia due to the outbreak and spread of the coronavirus. The American cruise companies Royal Caribbean and Carnival, among others, keep their ships in port. For Royal Caribbean, the...Read more
Damen Cancels Its First Cruise Ship Order
SeaDream Yacht Club and Damen Shipyards have decided not to proceed with the building of a new cruise ship for SeaDream. The new ship, SeaDream Innovation, was scheduled to be delivered in September of 2021...Read more
‘Cruise Ship Viking Sky Came Within a Ship’s Length of Grounding’
The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIBN) has issued an interim report about the cruise ship Viking Sky. This vessel had a black-out near Hastadvika, Norway, on 23 March 2019 in stormy conditions and came very...Read more
‘In Big Seas I Kept Waiting for the Slamming – It Never Came’
Captain Ulf-Peter Lindstrøm says he had to ‘relearn how to interpret vessel behaviour’ on the first Ulstein X-Bow polar cruise vessel, the Greg Mortimer. He was at the helm of the vessel during its transit...Read more
Princess Cruises’ Latest Addition to the Fleet Sets Sail
The Fincantieri Shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, officially handed over the Sky Princess to Princess Cruises on 15 October, which left for its first cruise five days later. The first purpose-built Princess MedallionClass ship (capacity 3660...Read more
Princess Cruises Names 2021 Fleet Addition
Princess Cruises newest ship will be called the Discovery Princess. The sister ship of the Royal Princess, Regal Princess, Majestic Princess, Sky Princess and Enchanted Princess (launch June 2020) will come into service at the...Read more