I’m a crew member currently here onboard Norwegian Escape. 

We have a situation here that most of the crew members are being extended without our consent. 

The luxury ocean, river and expedition cruise line Viking announced that it has canceled the request for testing on COVID-19 before the cruise, as well as during the trip.

The line said it decided to make the change because the CDC recently updated its travel protocols and no longer requires those traveling to the U.S. from a foreign country by plane to show a negative entry test.

Carnival Cruise Line announced that Costa Cruises ship Costa Luminosa will join the Carnival fleet in September and will begin operations as Carnival Luminosa in November 2022 from Brisbane, Australia. 

The acquisition of Costa Luminosa is an update of previously announced plans for Carnival to take over Costa Magica, which will now remain at Costa Cruises.

The construction of the first large cruise ship designed to be ready for methanol for future conversion into what is considered one of the next generation's fuels for the industry began in Turku, Finland. 

After 20 successful years in service for Aida Cruises, AIDAvita is leaving the fleet. AIDAcara had to leave the fleet last year, and now it's AIDAvita turn. 

From the departure of the AIDAcara until today, the AIDAvita was the oldest ship in the fleet built in 2002. However, as the oldest ship, AIDAvita has not completed a single cruise since the start of the pandemic. Again and again, a restart was planned but then has to be canceled. AIDA Cruises fleet is now reduced to twelve cruise ships,

This morning about 20 activists from the “Stop Cruises” movement attempted to block the entrance of the Wonder of the Seas and MSC Orchestra at the port of Marseille in France. The activists on inflatable canoes blocked the cruise ships from entering the port for two hours.

Just days after MSC Cruises announced revoking of some of the crew privileges onboard the MSC Seaside, because of the rise of Covid cases, the crew are now facing additional restrictions. Yesterday they received the news that the company is restricting shore leave in all ports the ship is visiting. 

Holland America Line’s tenth ship has continued its passenger cruises, as Westerterdam is leaving the port of Seattle today.

The cruise ship Costa Fortuna set sail on its first voyage after more than two years due to the pandemic. On June 11, the ship of the Italian cruise company Costa Cruises again greeted guests in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Royal Caribbean Group is looking to adopt SpaceX’s next-generation high-speed satellite internet system Starlink onboard its ships. Starlink is a high-speed broadband Internet service from SpaceX that connects to the constellation Low Earth Orbit (LEO). SpaceX intends to provide affordable internet with sustainable speeds anywhere and anywhere in the world.