AIDA Cruises canceled its September sailings and now plans to begin service with AIDAmar in the Canary Islands in November.

Coronavirus numbers got worse for Hurtigruten's Roald Amundsen with 62 people now infected, while there was good news from Spitsbergen and Fridtjof Nansen testing.

AIDA Cruises gave notice it hasn't received approval from its flag state, Italy, to start short trips from Germany Aug. 5.

Munich-based FTI Cruises, a member of the FTI Group, is closing in a restructuring of its parent company sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

Ten AIDA Cruises crew members with coronavirus are in quarantine, and the line's short sailings from Hamburg, Rostock-Warnemünde and Kiel in August are still planned.

AmaWaterways has resumed operations in Europe with a series of charter sailings on board AmaKristina in Germany, carrying local guests.

Carnival Corp. & plc needs 25 ships, or about one-quarter of its fleet, sailing at full occupancy to break even.

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, AIDA Cruises and TUI Cruises are restarting service in late July and August, with short sailings from German ports and heightened sanitation protocols.

German shipowner/entrepreneur Sven Paulsen is launching a new cruise brand, Adler-Schiffe Expedition, with the 1,211gt Quest time-chartered from Arctic Travel Co.