The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators and the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators worked in partnership to develop standards for field staff in polar regions.

Former Chief Strategy Officer, Nick Stace, has been appointed CEO of Saga Travel and will head up the company's Cruise and Tours portfolio.

Training crew members remotely through the use of online tools will help to ensure ships can recommence operations as soon as the time is right.

Cruise workforce rallies are planned Oct. 21 at PortMiami, Port Everglades, Port Canaveral (where International Longshoremen's Association members from Port Tampa Bay will be joining) and the Port of Galveston.

Vikand Solutions appointed Tony Vieira as manager of shipboard medical operations.

One of Oceanwide Expeditions' longest serving captains, Alexey Nazarov, died suddenly and unexpectedly near his home in Russia on Monday. He was 42.

Carnival Sensation came to the aid of a small craft in distress in international waters 37 miles off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida, early Saturday.

Hurtigruten is splitting its expedition cruise segment from its Norwegian coastal operation, each with its own CEO.

Aris Batsoulis is the new president of MedCruise.

A patchwork of both exotic and close-to-home destinations are selling for Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.