Individuals from two more cruise ships operated by Princess Cruises had to be tested for coronavirus before the ships were allowed to resume sailing. Princess Cruises said that the Covid-19 test results for one Royal Princess (IMO 9584712) crew member and two disembarked guests were negative. The...
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Passengers sue over Grand Princess Covid-19 outbreak
The first legal action against a major cruise line has begun with a Florida couple suing the owner of cruise ship Grand Princess (IMO 9104005) for more than $1m, claiming that the company put profits over safety, and that it did not have proper screening protocols in place. Ronald and Eva...
Canadians advised to avoid all cruise travel
Canadians should avoid all cruise ship travel during the current coronavirus outbreak, chief medical officer Theresa Tam advised on Monday March 9th. “Cruise ships have passengers from around the world who may be arriving from areas of known or unknown spread of the novel coronavirus,” she said,...
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US health officials clear Regal Princess to dock at Port Everglades
US health officials on Sunday night March 8th gave permission for cruise ship Regal Princess (IMO 9584724) to dock at Port Everglades. The vessel was being held off the coast of Florida pending a review of crew history. That included the testing of crew who had recently served on Grand Princess....
Costa Fortuna to be allowed to dock in Singapore
Cruise ship Costa Fortuna (IMO 9239783), which had been turned away by Malaysia and Thailand because of coronavirus fears, will be allowed to dock in Singapore, its home port. Costa Fortuna left Singapore on March 3rd. Italian cruise line Costa Crociere said there were no suspected virus cases...
Canada will fly home its citizens disembarked from the Grand Princess
Canada will fly home its citizens who disembark cruise liner Grand Princess (IMO 9104005), which was due to dock in Oakland, California on Monday March 9th. The Canadian government said on Sunday that the aircraft will take them from San Francisco to the Canadian forces Base Trenton in Ontario,...
Department of State and CDC advise US citizens to avoid cruise travel
Global concerns that the US does not seem to have a coordinated response to the threat of a Covid-19 epidemic were exacerbated over the weekend when mixed messages appeared about whether or not Americans should still be taking cruise ship holidays. On Sunday March 8th both the US Department of...
Egypt evacuates 45 suspected Covid-19 cases on Nile cruise ship
Many foreign tourists and Egyptian crew remained quarantined last night on board Nile river cruise ship A-Sara. US, French and Indian nationals were among those stranded on the vessel, which is now docked near the southern tourist city of Luxor. On Saturday Egyptian authorities reported moving 45...
Grand Princess heading for Oakland
In what had been beginning to look like a re-run of the Diamond Princess situation off Japan last month, 3,350 cruise ship passengers and crew on the Grand Princess (IMO 9104005) found themselves stuck ‘in limbo’ off San Francisco late last week, awaiting tests for coronavirus. An initial test of...
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MSC Opera turned away from Malta amid doctor threats
Cruise ship MSC Opera (IMO 9250464) has been turned away from Malta after doctors threatened industrial action if she docked Mediterranean Shipping Co said it had agreed not enter the country’s port on Friday March 6th to “avoid unnecessary public unrest”. The Maltese government said the decision...