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A number of passengers aboard MSC Orchestra in Durban, South Africa have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the cruise ship into lockdown upon her return to port. MSC Orchestra arrived back in port on Friday, with several cases of COVID-19 onboard, prompting authorities to place the ship on lockdown while all guests were re-test… read more
MSC Cruises has significantly reduced the fares on an upcoming cruise in December out of Durban aboard MSC Orchestra. The four-day cruise aboard MSC Orchestra is now being offered for as low as R750 per person sharing, but currently only applies to the December 13th, 2021 sailing.
Even balcony cabins aboard the December 13th … read more
Hurtigruten Expeditions has added more West African expedition cruises for the 2023/24 season spanning Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. The cruises aboard Spitsbergen based out of Dakar, Senegal, are the most extensive in Hurtigurten’s history and make it the only cruise line with such a broad range of West Africa… read more
Most of the cruise industry will be back in full operation by 2022, but the resumption of cruises amid the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted most cruise lines to implement some form of vaccine mandate. The cruise industry has relied on coronavirus vaccines to enable it to resume operations, with almost every major cruise line requiring vaccination … read more
Costa Toscana features more than 2,600 cabins, 21 restaurants, 19 bars, 4 swimming pools, a theatre, spa, kids’ facilities, and several new to the line attractions across her 180,000 gross tons and 17 passenger decks.
Delivered in 2021 at the tail-end of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Costa Toscana was presented by Costa Cruises… read more
MSC Cruises on Wednesday confirmed that its South African cruise season out of Durban would go ahead as planned amid the Omicron variant of COVID-19, but also announced that vaccination would be mandatory. The decision by MSC Cruises to implement a vaccine mandate for its roundtrip cruises out of Durban during the 2021/22 cr… read more
Hapag-Lloyd’s luxury cruise ship Europa has docked in Cape Town for a significantly curtailed turnaround in the city amid ongoing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Europa arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday, where she was meant to stay overnight and then depart on a roundtrip cruise along the South African and Namibian coasts, in… read more
Norwegian Cruise Line has become the first to cancel the entirety of its South African cruise season due to the travel restrictions imposed on the country due to a new variant of COVID-19. Norwegian Cruise Line was meant to deploy its ship Norwegian Jade in Cape Town during December, 2021 and January, 2022, but has cancelled all five roun… read more
MSC Cruises appears to be planning to go ahead with its South African cruise itineraries, despite the travel bans on South Africa due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. MSC Cruises’ ship MSC Orchestra appears to still be scheduled to homeport in Durban, sailing roundtrip in the Indian Ocean between December, 2021 and April, 2022.
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MSC Virtuosa has been named in Dubai, becoming only the second cruise ship ever to do so, and the largest ever to homeport in the Arabian Gulf. MSC Cruises newest Meraviglia Plus-class cruise ship was named by silver screen icon Sophia Loren in Port Rashid alongside at the Dubai Cruise Terminal, ahead of the ship’s maiden cruise season in the Ar… read more
MSC Orchestra suffers COVID outbreak in Durban, cruises suspended
Hurtigurten releases more West African itineraries for 2023/24
Cruise lines that require COVID-19 vaccination
Ship Preview: Costa Toscana
Europa cruise ship arrives in Cape Town for curtailed turnaround
Norwegian Cruise Line cancels Cape Town season due to Omicron travel ban
