Green Instruments' UVD Robot was officially verified by DNV today, with company President Jeppe Møller receiving a product assessment attesting to the device’s infection prevention and control capabilities.

Ulstein Verft handed over National Geographic Resolution to Lindblad Expeditions ahead of the ship's inaugural Antarctica season.

Here's a quick read of some of today’s coronavirus-recovery cruise news.

The Australian Cruise Association’s 2021 annual general meeting and conference that was to have been held in Townsville in November has been cancelled due to ongoing state border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic exposed a need for new ways of financing cruise port infrastructure, experts said at a Seatrade Cruise Global session Wednesday.

Royal Caribbean Group signed an MOU with the US Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) to develop St. Croix and enhance Crown Bay in St. Thomas, including investment in its infrastructure and attractions.

TraceSafe and Royal Caribbean Group signed a two year technology partnership involving the wearable Tracelet.

Global Marine Travel and Qatar Airways hosted a joint client appreciation dinner Tuesday at Smith & Wollensky in Miami Beach, timed to Seatrade Cruise Global.

Sustainability may be a buzzword but cruise executives on a luxury panel at Seatrade Cruise Global indicated they — and a growing number of others — take it very seriously.

Outfitting work on Holland America Line’s Rotterdam, MSC Cruises’ MSC Seashore, Viking's Venus and Virgin Voyages’ Valiant Lady was completed by De Wave Group, which carried out work on each of the newbuilds at a cost of €70m.