TUI announced the cancellation of its calls to Russia and Ukraine this summer season.
All scheduled calls of Schiff 6 to Sankt Petersburg (Russia) will be canceled and replaced with alternative ports like Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Riga (Latvia) or Copenhagen (Denmark) and Visby (Sweden).
Mein Schiff Herz will cancel calls to Sochi (Russia) and Odessa (Ukraine) on her 14-day Black Sea voyage scheduled to depart from Heraklion (Crete Greece) on August 26.
TUI is working on alternative ports for the voyage.
TUI said that in front of the events, for ethical and moral reasons, they had decided to adjust the timetable of their Baltic Sea cruises from May to October 2022: they would no longer call in St Petersburg.
"Already in the last few weeks we have asked for alternative ports, the beginnings are expected to be through Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Riga (Latland) Replaced Copenhagen (Denmark) and Visby (Sweden).
"Also for the planned activities in Sotschi and Odessa in Ukraine of the "Black Sea cruise" on Mein Schiff Herz in August alternative ports are sought. As soon as the new timetable is finalized, we will inform our booked guests and distributors about it."