Virgin Voyages will restart cruise operation this summer from the UK with Scarlet Lady. One day after Virgin Voyages announced the decision to cancel Miami sailings thought September 17, 2021, the cruise line released an exciting announcement that Scarlet Lady will sail out of Portsmouth, UK starting August 6.
Montenegro's Ministry of Health will allow entry of cruise ships and lift the ban which has been in force since March 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ban will most likely be lifted by the end of this week, for cruise ships with medical facilities for PCR testing on passengers and crew on a daily basis.
Virgin Voyages has cancelled summer cruises on Scarlet Lady departing from Miami until September 17, 2021.
Nearly three weeks after Viking announced the restart of cruise operations in the UK with the newest ocean-going ship Viking Venus, the company released exciting news that it will continue restarting limited operations on two additional ships for the upcoming summer season. In June Viking will deploy the ocean ships Viking Orion and Viking Sky to Bermuda and Iceland respectively. With the latest announcement, Viking will operate 3 out of 7 cruise ships in its ocean fleet by this summer.
Seabourn, the ultra-luxury brand of the Carnival Corporation family, announced the restart of cruise operations in the Mediterranean with a series of voyages out of Athens from July 3, 2021. The company will start cruises with the Seabourn Ovation sailing series of 7 and 14-day itineraries throughout the Greek Isles with a variety of different ports on each.
Today Norwegian Cruise Line announced the long-awaited return to service with three ships set to sail in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. NCL’s highly anticipated return to cruising will start with the Norwegian Jade sailing from Athens (Piraeus), Greece beginning July 25, 2021, sailing 7-day cruises to the Greek Isles.
The Port of Kiel, Germany plans to resume cruise operations in May 2021, reports Schiffe-und-Kreuzfahrten website.
The former Royal Caribbean cruise ship Empress of the Seas was spotted in Port Rashid, Dubai by Cruise Arabia & Africa. The vessel which now bears the name Empress was sold to an Indian startup company Cordelia Cruises back in December 2020.
MSC Cruises announced the return to UK shores with the newest ship in the fleet, MSC Virtuosa departing from Southampton for the first time on May 20. The MSC Virtuosa will make its UK debut instead of the MSC Magnifica, as previously announced by the company. According to MSC Cruises, there will be no compulsory vaccination for the cruises, which only British passengers are allowed to sail.
Celebrity Cruises have become the latest cruise line to confirm the return to the UK cruises this summer in line with the UK Government's decision to allow domestic travel operations from 17 May 2021. Today the company announced its long-anticipated return to UK shores with the Celebrity Silhouette setting sail from Southampton from July 3, offering new staycations for discerning British guests.
