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  German and Italian Cruise Brands start limited service - sailing short cruises restricted to domestic ports and Italian and German Nationals Select cruise lines has decided to start cruising operations outside of United States waters Norwegian cruise line - Sea Goddess has started cruises for Norwegian citizens on their private yachts - only calling at ports within Norway. Carnival Owned German cruise line Aida Kreuzfarten  is planning to start operations from German ports calling at select German cities. Royal Caribbean's jointly owned German cruise operation Mein Schiff began cruising last month - sailing short cruises to to nowhere for German nationals only. As part of the cruise, the ship sailed to the shipyard where is was built allowing passengers a view of the shipyard. Later this month Carnival Cruises' Italian brand Costa Cruises - will start sailing from Italy with 2 ships. The ships will be restricted to carry only Italian citizens and call only at Italian ports....

Carnival Corporation Announces Upcoming Fleet Reductions and Delay of New Ships. Carnival Cruises announced that the company expects future capacity to be moderated by the phased re-entry of its ships, the removal of capacity from its fleet and delays in new ship deliveries.  As previously announced, the company intends to accelerate the removal of ships in fiscal 2020 which were previously expected to be sold over the upcoming years. The company sold one ship during June 2020 and has agreements for the disposal of five ships and preliminary agreements for an additional three ships, all of which are expected to leave the fleet in the next 90 days.  These agreements are in addition to the sale of four ships, which were announced prior to fiscal 2020. In total, the 13 ships expected to leave the fleet represent a nearly nine percent reduction in current capacity.  The company currently expects only five of the nine ships originally scheduled for delive...

AIDA Cruises to Resume cruises from German ports post coronavirus starting August 2020 AIDA previously announced it will resume guest cruise operations from ports in Germany beginning August 2020 with three of its ships, making it the first of the company's nine cruise brands to resume guest cruise operations. AIDA will introduce additional safety and protective measures which will include pre-boarding health questionnaires and temperature checks for both guests and crew, physical distancing guidelines, routing systems on arrival, departure and onboard, increased mitigation and sanitation efforts in all cabins and public areas, as well as closely managing capacities at onboard experiences. These enhanced measures have been developed with advice from medical experts and align with the current guidance from the World Health Organization ("WHO") and the German Robert Koch Institute ("RKI"), as well as other governmental and health authorities....

Carnival Corporation To Provide a Business Update Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has scheduled a conference call with analysts for Friday, July 10, 2020 at 10 a.m. (EDT); 3 p.m. (BST) to provide a business update. A simulcast of the call will be available via the company's Web sites at www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com . View original content: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carnival-corporation--plc-provides-business-update-and-additional-financial-information-for-the-second-quarter-301088075.html Information expected to be shared include a business update as well as a potentially more details concerning the ships to be sold off and the brands impacted. RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   ---------------------------------------   Sister Sites => NYCruiseInfo.com Website - Cruise Schedule, Ship Reviews, Ports of Call & More. => Nick's Cruise Corner Blog - News On Cruise Ships Sailing World Wide. => Foll...

Six ships expected to exit in next 90 days The company is accelerating the removal of ships in fiscal 2020 that were previously planned to be sold in future years. Carnival said it has preliminary agreements for the disposal of six ships that are expected to exit in the next 90 days, and the company is working on additional sales. The exact ships have not been named but it is expected that their older ships will be the first to go. The ships could span multiple Carnival Brands including AIDA, Holland America, Chartered ships to other carriers, Seabourn, Costa, Cunard, Princess, P&O, P&O Australia and others. It is not clear if the sale will be to other operators or to scrappers in India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey.   RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   ---------------------------------------   Sister Sites => NYCruiseInfo.com Website - Cruise Schedule, Ship Reviews, Ports of Call & More. => Nick's...

Aida Cruises AIDAluna was expected to sail from New York to New England / Canada or the Coastal US and Bahamas - until AIDA cruises decided to cancel all 2020 US based cruises. Aida Cruises, a German based cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation , has made the decision to suspend all cruises to the United States and Canada in 2020 due to travel bans and restrictions in both countries. The cruise line has traditionally sailed from New York to both New England / Canada and East Coast ports like Norfolk, Charleston SC, Port Canaveral and the Bahamas on two ships. Most of their cruises feature overnight stay in New York to offer their German Clientele time to explore New York City. The AIDA ships have limited dining room eateries and were focused more on buffets and cooking stations. Based on the new corona restrictions, the cruise line will have to re-think their dining experiences. For the summer and fall of 2020 AIDA was expecting to sail the AIDAluna and AIDAdiva from New ...

This time of year many cruise ship invade New York as part of the repositioning from Europe to the Caribbean for the winter. The ships call at New York with the lure of cruises to New England / Canada to see the splendor or the fall foliage. Unique ships calling at the Big Apple either as a port of call or port of embarkation include: German Operator Mein Schiff / TUI's Mein Schiff 1 German Operator AIDA Cruises' AIDAluna - Windstar Cruises' Luxury Small Ship - Star Pride P&O Cruises Aurora Bring British Citizens to New York to See Fall Foliage RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   ---------------------------------------   Sister Sites => NYCruiseInfo.com Website - Cruise Schedule, Ship Reviews, Ports of Call & More. => Nick's Cruise Corner Blog - News On Cruise Ships Sailing World Wide. => NewShipNews - Information and News on Cruise Ships being built.    ...

AIDAdiva AIDA Cruises Sails Seasonally from New York to New England Canada Hello Readers, I am trying to close some gaps on new articles that were missed and I failed to mention. This past Sunday (9/24), the Port of New York and New Jersey played host to 5 cruise ships. The attraction of fall foliage and New England / Canada cruises has ships from all over the globe congregating in New York. Many European Cruise Lines like AIDA and P&O focus on specific demographics. P&O on the British market and cruise passengers, while AIDA focuses on German cruise passengers. These ships usually spend at least overnight stay in the Big Apple to offer passengers time to explore the city. This past weekend, P&O's Aurora and AIDA's AIDAdiva were alongside as well as Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Escape, Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Summit and Cunard's Queen Mary 2. Every one of these ships sailed from New York to New England / Canada. There was at-l...

AIDA Cruises AIDAvita - One of a number of German cruise lines offering extended stays in New York on their New England, Canada Cruises. As stated in previous blog posts, as the fall approaches, many cruise lines re-locate their ships to New York to Sail on New England Canada Cruises.  These fall sailing are very popular among the German Cruise lines like AIDA and Mein Schiff (TUI Cruises) which use New York / New Jersey as a turn around port. Their cruises use New York as a embarkation and disembarkation port allowing passenger time to visit and explore the Big Apple. Usually the cruise lines add an overnight stay for their passengers in New York and the passengers can use the ship as their hotel. So for instance on a 14 day cruise, the ship arrive in New York on Day 13 allowing guests to stay onboard overnight and explore NYC. For the next cruise, the passengers will embark on day 1 but the ship will NOT leave New York until day 2. These cruises with the extended stay ...

Today will be an usual day in New York with the mid-week arrival of three cruise liners into New York City. In New York today will be: German Operator AidaCruises' AidaVita will sail a series of summer New England Canada Cruise From New York. German Cruise Operator, AIDA Cruises AidaVita. which is relocating to the US East Coast to provided German Cruise passengers an opportunity to sail to New England and Canada. The ship is expected to operate a series of cruises with new cruise passenger flying into New York or Montreal with extended stays at each end point. Carnival Cruise Line's New Carnival Horizon will depart today on a 4 day cruise to Bermuda. Allowing passengers 2 days at sea and 1 full day at island nation.  Luxury cruise ship - Regent Seven Seas Cruises' Seven Seas Navigator will call at New York as part of her world cruise. After departing New York, she will proceed to New England, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland and the UK. New York is  quic...