Carnival Cruise Line continues to implement ship deployment changes announced earlier in February, with ship and homeport assignments extended into 2023 and 2024.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines altered its Baltic itinerary to steer clear of Russia and Saga Cruises dropped Odessa, Ukraine, while MedCruise expressed the hope for peace and Cruise Baltic cited the situation's fluidity.

MSC Cruises is launching a series of themed sailings with the French market in mind, starting with a dedicated golf itinerary from Dubai coupled with MSC Yacht Club accommodation onboard MSC Virtuosa.

The cruise season is officially underway at Cagliari, following the arrival of AIDAblu last week.

The Port of Seattle's preliminary 2022 cruise schedule shows 296 calls from a greater number of ships and an estimated 1.26m revenue passengers.

MSC Cruises suspended calls to St Petersburg, Russia, impacting four ships with Baltic sailings from late May until October. And Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises are dropping all Russian ports through 2022.

In light of the attacks by Russia in Ukraine, Carnival Corp. brands will be modifying their itineraries in the coming week.

The newest addition to the AIDA Cruises fleet, AIDAcosma, arrived in Hamburg for the first time this afternoon, ahead of its maiden season which gets underway tomorrow.

Hong Kong's cruise suspension was extended to April 20 and the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal will be supporting COVID-19 mitigation efforts by providing housing.

Norwegian Cruise Line and Windstar Cruises dropped St. Petersburg calls and Viking cancelled all departures to Ukraine and will alter sailings to Russia, while further lines continue to monitor the developing Russia-Ukraine conflict.