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.

Due to the increase of Covid cases aboard the cruise ship MSC Seaside, MSC Cruises is revoking some of the crew privileges and access to public areas. Moreover, the company is restoring the possibility to disembark crew towards ashore facilities in order to contain the number of positive cases on board within limits that can be acceptable by different port health authorities.

Norwegian Cruise Line canceled four voyages on the Norwegian Escape because the ship is going through an unplanned dry dock in September.

According to the letter sent to passengers and travel agents, the ship built in 2015 will be out of use for more than a month due to the obligatory visit to the shipyard.

MSC Cruises is adding another vessel to the Mediterranean to meet the growing demand in the region. MSC Bellissima, currently based in the Middle East, will return to Europe and begin summer voyages this July. MSC Bellissima will no longer be located in Doha, Qatar and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as it will start sailing the Mediterranean from July 9, 2022.

Disney Cruise Line has officially taken over its fifth cruise ship Disney Wish. The vessel was handed over to the Meier Verft shipyard to a cruise company during today's ceremony in Germany. Disney Cruise Line President Thomas Mazlum and Meyer Verft CEO Jan Meyer signed official documents transferring ownership of the shipbuilder to Disney.