Cruise Safely

Feature: Protecting passengers and crew at sea

Rebecca Gibson explores some of the major health and safety challenges facing the passenger shipping industry, as well as some of the products and services that are helping operators to protect their ships, passengers and crew

Omicron makes waves right before cruise industry’s busy booking period

By Arnie Weissmann |Dec 30, 2021 Cruise lines face the challenge of being turned away from ports should there be infections on the ship. Photo Credit: Lais Monteiro/Shutterstock A...

When Will Cruise Lines Return to Full Capacity?

DONALD WOOD  JANUARY 07, 2022 Cruise ships at a port in The Bahamas. (photo via Brand X Pictures / Stockbyte / Getty Images Plus) The cruise industry has taken another coronavirus-related blow, as the...

CDC Data Shows Two-Thirds of Cruise Ships Are Reporting COVID Cases

PUBLISHED DEC 28, 2021 4:43 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE CDC data shows most cruise ships reporting COVID-19 cases (file photo) All sectors of the travel industry continue to be...

Woman falls overboard from Carnival cruise ship off coast of Mexico

Dec. 11, 2021, 5:47 PM PST / Updated Dec. 11, 2021, 8:12 PM PST By Alicia Victoria Lozano A woman fell off a Carnival Cruise Lineship balcony and into the Pacific Ocean early Saturday morning, spurring an ongoing international search effort.

Variant Prompts Swift Travel Bans on Africa

LAURIE BARATTI  NOVEMBER 26, 2021 COVID-19, the coronavirus global pandemic illustration. (Photo via iStock/Getty Images Plus/ismagilov) A new COVID-19 strain, which originated in southern Africa, has been identified and classified by a special panel of the World Health...

Photos: Cruise Ship “Pulls Over” for Medical Emergency

American Song alongside the river bank for the medevac (Kennewick Firefighters) PUBLISHED OCT 26, 2021 3:40 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE In most cases when there is a medical...

Destructive protests hurt Portland’s standing as a destination

By Sara Cline, Associated Press |Oct 31, 2021 Portland International Airport. Photo Credit: Port of Portland Portland's "badly damaged" reputation -- marked by months of destructive protests, a homeless crisis...

What’s Worrying Travelers the Most This Season?

LAURIE BARATTI  OCTOBER 19, 2021 The travel essentials during COVID-19 pandemic (photo via elenaleonova / iStock / Getty Images Plus) For 19 months now, the act of making travel plans has been...

Florida Files Appeal Against Norwegian Cruise Line Over Vaccine Passport

DONALD WOOD  OCTOBER 08, 2021 Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis. (photo via Flickr/Gage Skidmore) The State of Florida has filed an appeal in its case against Norwegian Cruise Line regarding vaccine passports.