Crystal Cruises has joined the growing band of cruise ship operators to announce that all guests must be fully inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to a cruise. Guests will need to provide proof of vaccination before embarkation and must have [Read more...]
An agreement signed between ASL 2 Savonese and Costa Cruises, has allowed Savona’s second Palacrociere terminal to be used as a vaccination centre during the local campaign against Coronavirus. The vaccination centre can accommodate up to 600 people per day and was introduced to speed [Read more...]
Royal Caribbean Group and Swan Hellenic will soon require their crew to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning to work, according to the Crew Center. In an email to crew members obtained by the Miami Herald, Royal Caribbean Group said the company was still working [Read more...]
Local Italian media has reported that the Master and certain crew members of the cruise ship ‘MSC Opera’ are facing jail terms, following an incident in Venice in 2019. However, MSC Cruises has informed ICSI that "all defendants were able to commute their sentences into [Read more...]
The Government of Canada has banned cruise ships until the end of February, 2022. The government also advised Canadian citizens and residents to avoid all cruise ship travel. It said that this move was in response to the continued risk cruise vessels in Canadian waters [Read more...]
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an order that requires people to wear masks on public transport, including ships. From 2nd February, this applies to all travellers into, within, or out of the US, eg, on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, [Read more...]
Saga has stipulated that anyone participating in a holiday or cruise this year must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The tour operator said it would delay restarting its travel packages until May to give customers enough time to get jabs. "The health and safety of [Read more...]
The US Coast Guard (USCG) is going ahead with its plans to ensure that US flag passenger vessels operate with a Safety Management System (SMS). SMS are structured and documented sets of procedures enabling company and vessel personnel to effectively implement safety and environmental protection [Read more...]
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has introduced a contracting opportunity for the Underway Foreign Passenger Vessel Examiner Course. USCG’s Cruise Ship National Centre of Expertise (CSNCOE) requires interested parties to bid to host three Foreign Passenger Vessel Examiner Courses on board a cruise vessel of [Read more...]
ALMACO and Genano are to become preferred partners in providing patented air de-contamination technology to improve overall passenger and crew health by removing airborne impurities, including the novel coronavirus, of all sizes. With over 20 years’ experience of providing the marine and offshore industries with [Read more...]