P&O scraps all cruises until early 2021 but looks forward to ‘a new beginning’

P&O Cruises has extended its pause in operations because of the COV ID pandemic and cancelled all sailings until early 2021. All Caribbean cruises have been grounded until the end of January and all cruises in and out of Southampton are cancelled through February as well as Arcadia and Aurora, which have already been cancelled

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MSC Magnifica

MSC up Greek street as passengers cancel Magnifica cruises

MSC Cruises has postponed the restart of MSC Magnifica until 26 September because of  a passenger exodus. Cancellations and a softening in demand followed the recent introduction of additional COVID testing measures for Italian residents travelling to Greece, where Magnifica’s itinerary included as many as three ports. As a result MSC delayed the restart of

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cruise ship queen elizabeth

End of the worlds as Cunard and Princess abandon 2021 grand voyages

Thousands of cruisers have had their dreams dashed with the news that Cunard and Princess Cruises are the latest to join the ranks of lines abandoning their 2021 grand voyages. They reached their decisions in light of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office guidance relating to the COVID pandemic and the complexity of operating world

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Arcadia

P&O Cruises extends pause to mid-November and cancels January’s ‘cruises of a lifetime’

P&O Cruises has extended its pause in operations until 12 November and also cancelled two long itineraries due to depart in January 2021. The move is in response to the latest guidance from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Paul Ludlow said today: “It is clear that whilst the guidance is in place it is not

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Hurtigruten CEO Daniel Skjeldam

How did cleaner-than-clean Hurtigruten end up with a COVID catastrophe?

Hurtigruten boss Daniel Skjeldam has spoken openly about the company’s failure to observe strict protocols as a large scale outbreak of COVID-19 swept the MS Roald Amundsen during an Arctic expedition cruise. “We have made mistakes and we have failed,” he told a news conference in Oslo yesterday. “We thought we were ready to start the expedition

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expedition vessel Roald Amundsen

Hurtigruten suspends expedition operations as large scale COVID outbreak hits Arctic cruise

Hurtigruten has temporarily suspended all expedition sailings on MS Roald Amundsen, MS Fridtjof Nansen and MS Spitsbergen until further notice following a large scale COVID outbreak on an Arctic cruise. The line reported that 36 crew members and several guests had tested positive in the outbreak on board the MS Roald Amundsen. Norwegian health authorities

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Majestic Princess in Sydney

Princess pauses most of its cruise operations until mid-December

Princess Cruises president Jan Swartz has spoken of her deep disappointment as the company further extended the pause in its cruise operations by several months because of the Covid-19 crisis. Due to the continued progression of the pandemic and related decisions of various government, health authorities, and airlines regarding travel restrictions, all sailings in Asia,

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‘Tragedy’ as booming Cruise & Maritime Voyages is sunk by Covid

As feared, Cruise & Maritime Voyages has become a victim of the Covid pandemic and ceased operations with immediate effect. The company’s demise comes after celebrating record trading in 2019 and booming sales for 2020 and 2021. Paul Williams, Phil Dakin and Edward Bines of Duff & Phelps have been appointed Joint Administrators of CMV

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Spirit of Adventure

Covid crisis for Meyer Wolf as it shuts down for six weeks

The Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany is shutting down for six weeks from today (20 July) due to the current global health crisis. Among ships affected by the shutdown are Royal Caribbean’ Odyssey of the Seas, P&O’s Iona and Saga’s Spirit of Adventure, pictured Meyer Werft is reportedly facing financial difficulties due to a lack of

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carnival horizon in miami

Cruise ships No Sail Order extended by US authorities until end of September

US authorities have extended the No Sail Order for cruise ships that can carry more than 250 passengers until the end of September. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supported the 19 June decision by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) to extend voluntarily the suspension of cruise ship travel until 15 September.

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