Cruise news (Royal Caribbean-tagged)

PortMiami Florida sees massive construction boom
PortMiami (Florida USA) is in the middle of a massive construction boom with a number of new cruise terminals and cruise line headquarters currently...
July 6, 2020
Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean repatriates 95% of its crew
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced on July 1 that it had repatriated 95% of its fleetwide crew. Vicki Freed (RCI's Senior VP of Sales and...
July 5, 2020
Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean International resumes cruises on September 16
RCI-Royal Caribbean International announced it plans to resume cruises starting on September 16, 2020. According to the company, their first voyage...
July 5, 2020
Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean delays Odyssey of the Seas for 6 months
RCI-Royal Caribbean International is delaying the inauguration of its newest ship Odyssey of the Seas for 6 months. Currently under construction...
July 1, 2020
Cruise Industry
Repatriated to Trinidad and Tobago crew from Enchantment of the Seas tests Coronavirus-positive
On Friday, June 26, Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Health confirmed another COVID case after samples had been sent for testing on Thursday. The...
June 27, 2020
Accidents
Pullmantur Cruises ships to be sold or scrapped
In mid-June 2020, Pullmantur Cruceros' owners (Cruises Investment Holding + RCCL-Royal Caribbean) filed for a supervised reorganization/bankruptcy...
June 22, 2020
Cruise Industry
CLIA cruise lines suspend departures from USA ports until September 15
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced that its ocean-going member brands/companies would voluntarily extend the cruise suspension...
June 20, 2020
Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean substitutes Venice with Ravenna in Rhapsody OTS' 2021 Mediterranean schedule
RCI-Royal Caribbean emailed all booked passengers on roundtrips from Venice Italy in 2021, stating that their cruise will instead depart from Ravenna...
June 20, 2020
Cruise Industry
11 cruise ships disembarked 10000+ crew in Port Mumbai India
Beginning on Friday, June 12, and ending on June 28, a total of 11 cruise ships will call at Port Mumbai India to disembark 10,000+ Indian crew stuck...
June 13, 2020
Cruise Industry
Female crew commits suicide on Harmony of the Seas
Police are probing the discovery of the body of a young woman who was working as a crew member aboard an RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked at...
June 10, 2020
Accidents
Royal Caribbean delays Royal Amplified drydock refurbishments until further notice
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced that due to financial losses caused by the ongoing pandemic, upcoming major drydock refurbishment projects (by the...
June 10, 2020
Cruise Industry
300+ Trinidad and Tobago cruise ship crew repatriated
More than 300 Trinidad and Tobago nationals employed by RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd will return home on Friday, June 12, following COVID...
June 7, 2020
Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean cancels all 2020 cruises to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and New England
Royal Caribbean informed travel agents that because of the Canadian Government restricting all cruise traffic through October, its Alaska, Hawaii...
June 3, 2020
Cruise Industry
Antigua and Barbuda’s 5th cruise ship berth ready for the winter tourist season
While the pandemic has impacted the tourism sector, Antigua and Barbuda officials said it was continuing to build a 5th cruise ship berth, which is...
May 30, 2020
Cruise Industry
RCI Allure of the Seas begins refurbishment in Cadiz, Spain
RCI-Royal Caribbean's liner Allure of the Seas arrived at Navantia Shipyard (in Cadiz Spain) on Friday (May 22) to start a delayed and revised...
May 24, 2020
Cruise Industry