Last week, Hamburg-based company TUI Cruises, which operates the Mein Schiff vessels, announced easing of the health protocols for cruise guests - these will apply to all voyages from this week.

Celebrity Cruises will be eliminating embarkation quarantine of the new joining crew, effective at each ship’s next turnaround. The decision to ease the health protocols comes after Celebrity Cruises sister brand recently conducted a no-embarkation quarantine pilot with hundreds of crew. The data showed that given the effectiveness of vaccines and pre-arrival protocols, the elimination of embarkation quarantine does not present additional risk.

Royal Caribbean International's Harmony of the Seas hit the dock extension as it entered Jamaica's Falmouth Harbor on Thursday. The incident happen just hours after a Carnival Cruise ship caught fire in Grand Turk.

Royal Caribbean said that the damage on the ship was small and that it would not affect the current sailing.

Carnival Cruise Line has reached a remarkable milestone since its restart of cruises in the summer of 2021. The cruise line has welcomed two million guests.

MSC Cruises guests stopping in Brindisi will be able to choose from an even richer range of shore excursions. In fact, on the occasion of the weekly call of the MSC Armonia, a new excursion has been made available to cruise passengers for all those who wish to take a guided tour of the city. The unprecedented excursion will be available for all 26 weekly calls that the ship has yet to make during the summer season, which will end on November 14.

Carnival Corporation & plc, with its nine cruise brands, joined the global community Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, a nonprofit, independent research and development center committed to expediting the transition toward a net-zero future for the global maritime industry.

Recognizing the need for its crew members to stay connected with family and friends and receive a quality internet service, Carnival Cruise Line has invested in additional bandwidth for the fleet. The company announced a major increase of the current data volume by 50% per crew member, compared to before the pause in operations.

On May 18 the first-ever International Day for Women in Maritime started its maiden festivity honoring women seafarers with a seminar covering the areas where improvement is needed.

On May 12, 2022 Carnival Cruise Line held a groundbreaking ceremony of the new project worth $200 million at Freeport, Grand Bahamas which officials anticipate will bring additional value to the economy of the Bahamian nation's second city.  

Celebrity Cruises, known for its next-generation ships at the crossroads of architecture and design, galloping on the wave of the future with its first art on non-fungible token.