One year to the day that MSC Cruises resumed international sailings following the global industry’s shutdown in March 2020, the line now has more than half its fleet at sea.

Cruising's restart can’t come soon enough for an industry that has effectively been closed for business during the last 15 months, says Niklas Carlen, Director, Maritime Strategies International(MSI).

A special edition 2021 MedCruise annual statistics report provides information and statistics on the cruise industry in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas since the start of the pandemic. It also documents the restart of operations in the...

German-based Steripower has developed a solution to disinfect luggage and other items, and is trialling a prototype at Columbus Cruise Center in Bremerhaven over the next few months.

The islands of Guernsey, part of the Channel Islands, will not be accepting cruise calls for the 2021 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was taken today by Guernsey’s Committee for Economic Development.

A series of short sailings and weeklong cruises in the UK this summer will go on sale later this month, while cruises on Arcadia, Aurora, Azura and Ventura have been cancelled until the end of August, and on Britannia and Iona until the end of...

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is cancelling all sailings until the end of June 2021, citing the pandemic as the cause plus the need for greater understanding of the impact of the vaccine roll-out.