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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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...
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...
Viking Line in the past few days has implemented a number of changes to its ferry services because of the Covid-19 outbreak. The company has suspended service on the Mariella and Gabriella between Helsinki and Stockholm from March 18th to April 13th. Viking Line said that it was following the...
The major cruise lines announced on Friday March 13th that with immediate effect they would halt US sailings for at least the next 30 days in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. Trade organization CLIA’s president and CEO Kelly Craighead said that “CLIA cruise line members are voluntarily and...
Five people on board cruise ship Braemar (IMO 9000699), which is operated by Fred Olsen Cruises, have tested positive for Covid-19. The tests were conducted on March 10th after a few people started experiencing flu-like symptoms. Of the people tested, four crew members and one guest tested...
Princess Cruises is to suspend global operations of its 18 cruise ships for two months out of what it described as an abundance of caution. “It is our intention to reassure our loyal guests, team members and global stakeholders of our commitment to the health, safety and well-being of all who sail...
Viking has suspended its river and ocean cruises until May 1st. The suspension went into effect on Thursday March 12th in a letter posted on their website by chairman Torstein Hagen. “I am writing today because the situation has now become such that operating as a travel company involves...
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Health authorities in the southern Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh want to stop cruise liner Silver Spirit (IMO 9437866) from docking at the city on Friday March 13th because of Covid-19 concerns, state media reported. The Health Department on Thursday advised the People’s Committee of the city not...
The Port of Seattle has cancelled two cruise ship calls to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Port of Seattle Commission President Peter Steinbrueck said on Wednesday March 11th that “this region is in a public health emergency and we will cancel the first two sailings of our cruise...
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