Legal & Regulatory

A US judge gave the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through July 22 to respond to Florida's challenge of the cruise shutdown.

With Congress passing a temporary waiver to the Passenger Vessel Services Act to allow foreign-flag cruise ships to sail in Alaska this summer, US cabotage regulations are back in the spotlight, leading to three proposals that would repeal and ...

Silvia Garrigo will join Royal Caribbean Group as chief environmental, social and governance officer, a newly created position.

Cruise lines are coping with Florida's vaccine passport ban by requesting but not requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccination.

A US judge rejected the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 restrictions for cruise ships operating in Florida.

With three of its ships planned to sail from Valletta, Viking partnered with Lufthansa to offer nonstop flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Malta.

Talks to reach a settlement in Florida's lawsuit challenging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's cruise shutdown were unsuccessful.

US Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. asked his Florida colleague, Gov. Ron DeSantis, to reconsider the state’s ban of COVID-19 vaccine passports for Caribbean cruises.

A decision in Florida's motion for preliminary injunction against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's conditional sailing order may be coming early next week.

Ahead of an International Maritime Organization meeting starting today, TECO 2030 urged IMO to recognize the role carbon capture could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, as not enough vessels will undergo fuel...