Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)
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PortMiami FL wins $2M EPA grant for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line’s Shore Power Pilot Program
Environmental Protection Agency’s DERA (USA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act) announced a US$2 million allocation for PortMiami Florida's Shore...
May 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line, RCI-Royal Caribbean International, MSC Cruises vaccinate all crew
Following the recent announcement by the USA's CDC agency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) that cruises could resume from US seaports by...
May 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas ship homeported in Barbados for winter 2022-2023
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced a second consecutive winter cruise season sailing from Bridgetown Barbados. Rhapsody of the Seas will...
April 29, 2021 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels all assignments for Indian crew
Indian crew will not be able to board RCI-Royal Caribbean International cruise ships at this stage after the company decided to temporarily cancel...
April 24, 2021 - Accidents
Crew commits suicide aboard RCI-Royal Caribbean ship Odyssey of the Seas
On Thursday afternoon, April 22, the Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing crew who went overboard the RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ship...
April 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean's newest ship Wonder of the Seas homeported in China (Shanghai and Hong Kong...
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced that its latest evolution of the revolutionary Oasis Class, Wonder of the Seas, would set sail from...
April 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
700 crew join Royal Caribbean's ship Odyssey of the Seas in Limassol, Cyprus
RCI-Royal Caribbean International's newest Quantum Ultra Class ship Odyssey of the Seas arrived in Port Limassol Cyprus to collect its crew ahead of...
April 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises' ship Celebrity Reflection evacuates US citizens from Saint Vincent Island
Following the recent developments on Saint Vincent Island (Kingstown, Grenadines), the USA's Overseas Security Advisory Council released a revised...
April 16, 2021 - Accidents
St Vincent volcano: Carnival and Royal Caribbean ships accept only COVID vaccinated evacuees?
The St Vincent volcano La Soufriere erupted just days after the Caribbean island's prime minister said that only people vaccinated against COVID-19...
April 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Royal Caribbean's Odyssey of the Seas from steel cutting to delivery
RCI-Royal Caribbean’s liner Odyssey of the Seas completed the final chapter in her construction milestone on March 31. The ...
April 11, 2021 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean and Carnival ships evacuate islanders in the path of La Soufriere volcano eruption
The eruption of La Soufriere, following decades of inactivity, threw massive clouds of ash into the air and thousands of people had to be evacuated...
April 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Montenegro lifts cruise ship ban on April 10
Montenegro's Ministry of Health allows entry of cruise ships and lifts the ban which has been in force since March 2020, due to the pandemic. The...
April 10, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group extending the suspension of ex-USA cruises until June 30
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group announced it is extending the suspension of some cruises, including all sailings from the United States through June 30...
April 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean again extending Quantum ship's Singapore homeporting
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced it is extending the season for one of Asia’s biggest cruise ships, because of the “overwhelming demand...
April 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean starts ex-UK cruises with Anthem OTS ship on July 7
RCI-Royal Caribbean International is returning to the UK this summer. The cruise line announced that its Anthem of the Seas will begin sailing from...
April 1, 2021