Four people on board cruise ship Ruby Princess (IMO 9378462), three passengers and one crew member, have tested positive to coronavirus, according to the New South Wales Ministry of Health, Australia. Princess Cruise Line said that “all four had reported flu-like symptoms during the cruise and,...
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Holland America Line cruise ship crew disembarks in Honolulu
Holland America Line cruise ship Westerdam (IMO 9226891) arrived in Honolulu last week and disembarked its roughly 800 crew. There were no passengers on board the vessel which left Manila in the Philippines on March 2nd Department of Transportation spokesman Tim Sakahara said that “none of the...
Cruise ship bound for Italy had 36 coronavirus cases when it stopped at Marseilles
Cruise ship Costa Luminosa (IMO 9398905) had 36 people on board infected with coronavirus when tests were undertaken on passengers during a stop in the French port of Marseilles, French authorities said on Friday March 20th. The vessel was bound for Savona in Italy, scheduled to leave Marseilles on...
Princess Cruises food workers spread Covid-19: study
Food-service employees aboard cruise liner Diamond Princess (IMO 9228198) accelerated the spread of coronavirus on cruise ship, according to Bloomberg. A study published earlier this week in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report noted that the first...
Grand Princess leaves Oakland
The Grand Princess (IMO 9104005) has left the Port of Oakland after all passengers and half of the crew members disembarked the vessel. The coronavirus-hit cruise ship had 3,533 people on board, comprising 2,422 guests and 1,111 teammates, is now anchored in San Francisco Bay, according to operator...
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Braemar passengers disembark in Cuba, to be flown back to UK
Passengers aboard cruise ship Braemar (IMO 9000699), which had been stranded for more than a week in the Caribbean after at least five people on board tested positive for the virus and more than 40 were tested, disembarked in Cuba on Wednesday March 18th and should be on their way home. Cuba...
Cruise operators increasing credit limits, borrowing, to survive Covid-19
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings have increased their credit facilities to boost liquidity. RCL said last week that it had increased its credit capacity to $550m. It withdrew its first-quarter and full-year guidance for 2020. RCL said that it was cutting capital...
Cruise ship Braemar finds sanctuary in Cuba
Cruise ship Braemar (IMO 9000699), which found herself barred from her home port after at five people on board tested positive for Covid-10, has set sail for Cuba which has said that it will allow to vessel to dock. Fred Olsen Cruise Lines said that “The Captain of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines ship...
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PVA pleads with US government for financial help
The US-based Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) has sent a letter to President Trump urging him to take immediate action to include US passenger vessel operators in the administration’s plans to provide economic assistance to US businesses that are suffering financial hardship because of the...
Brittany Ferries suspends passenger travel on new Rosslare-Bilbao route
Ferry operator Brittany Ferries has implemented a number of changes to its schedules as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. On March 12th the French government announced steps to protect its citizens. Brittany Ferries said that they therefore had to respond quickly. It needed to prepare for the...