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Quark Expeditions New Luxury Expedition Ship Is Launched in Croatia Catch up on the latest cruise news for ships sailing world wide. Learn About - Ships bringing crew members home;  Whose new ships will be delayed; Which Cruise lines have started sailing; Refits; Residential Yachts and more. Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady Heads To Genoa Italy to Repatriate Crew.. Spanish Cruise Line - Pullmantur Cruceros Files For Bankruptcy... TUI Expects to Return to Service in Summer With Reduced Capacity... UPDATE: RCGS Resolute is Expected to be Sold at Auction... Center For Disease Control Expected to Rate Ships Based on Coronavirus Cases ... Disney Cruise Lines Announces the Delayed Delivery of the New Triton Class Ships... Windstar Cruises Announces 2021 Itineraries With a More US Cruising... MSC Cruises Looks Ahead And Confirms Full 2021 Ship Deployment... SeaDream Yacht Cruises Adds 2nd Ship to 2020 Summer Norway Cruise Season... Quark Expeditions Exploration Ship Ultramari...

Princess Cruises - Temporarily Suspends Operations - Video Jan Swartz The heightened awareness around the coronavirus has been amplified by President Trump's address to the nation on 3/11/20. The speech, which did not instill confidence in the public, has caused an already devastated cruise industry to take further blows. Here is a synopsis of the changes in the past 24 hours. While addressing the nation on 3/11/20 President Trump imposed the following: No foreign nationals from European countries will be permitted into the US. Exception: UK Residents. American Citizens traveling to most of Europe will need to self- quarantine themselves for a 2 week periods following their return to the US. The majority of European cruises are filled by American Citizens - with the new ruling, cruise cancellations spiked significantly. In reverse, many Europeans travel to Florida to embark on Caribbean Cruises. With the changes above they will NOT be p...

Virgin Voyages Announced New York City Introduction For Their New Scarlet Lady Has Been Cancelled Virgin Voyages has announced that the New York preview of their new ship - the Scarlet Lady - has been cancelled. The visit, originally scheduled for 3/6/2020 and staying the in Big Apple for about one week will not happen. Virgin stated in a prepared statement: “In light of the current news headlines, we want to ensure everyone feels it is the right time to celebrate with us. We understand people may want to focus on other things at the moment, so we have made the decision to reschedule our upcoming Showcase Tour stop and events in New York City. We plan to sail back to New York soon for you to visit her." Virgin Voyages re-iterated that no one currently on the ship has any signs of  the Coronavirus but the cancellation is being done as a precaution. It was  a prudent decisions since thousands of visitors and media were expected to visit the ship - which has a cl...