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The cruise lines heard the call from their loyal foodies missing the dishes served on their favourite ships. Now cruisers can recreate dishes they miss while they’re at home and waiting for the return of cruise. From Viking’s cookbook of recipes from around to world, Carnival Cruise Line and Celebrity Cruises on board crowd favourites, … Read more
Can you create a ship from home? P&O Cruises’ head of design Petra Ryberg is doing just that. She is staying at home like most of Australia – but she is busy designing the line’s newest ship, Pacific Adventure. The line shared pictures of Ms Ryberg working on Pacific Adventure’s designs from home on their Facebook page. … Read more
Coral Adventurer, the flagship of local line Coral Adventures, returned home safely to Australia after sailing through Indonesia to Darwin. The Adventurer cut short her Sulawesi itinerary because of the coronavirus pandemic and changing regulations around port access. “Having travelled through the islands of Indonesia to Darwin, Coral Adventurer brought all crew and guests safely … Read more
A claim that 140 passengers were in self isolation when the Ruby Princess was approaching Sydney Harbour has been made by Nine newspapers. Over night, a number of police boarded the Ruby Princess to start investigations. Photos have emerged of the detectives in protective gear walking the gangplank. The Daily Telegraph reported this morning that detectives seized … Read more
Genting Cruise Line has revealed a new comprehensive onboard health plan for its brands, Star Cruises and Dream Cruises, which will include medical certificates for passengers aged 70 and above. The new initiatives will be for both passengers and crew, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from new filtration systems, isolation wards in the … Read more
Some 112 Australian and New Zealand passengers, who have endured days on an adventure ship off the stormy coast of South America, have been allowed off in Uruguay. The Greg Mortimer was brought alongside at Montevideo and a “sanitary cordon” constructed to Carrasco Airport, a Uruguayan navy statement said. A medical plane to evacuate Australian … Read more
Cruise & Maritime Voyages announced it will extend its suspension of cruise operations until 24 May 2020 due to the escalating nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will apply to CMV cruises across the globe and affects passengers booked to embark from 24 April – the original suspension cut-off date – until 24 May 2020. Dean Brazier, Managing Director of Cruise & Maritime Voyages Australia, said … Read more
The Ruby Princess has arrived in Port Kembla, a day after the NSW Police announced a criminal investigation into the handling of the ship’s passengers. The ship, which still has 1,040 crew members onboard, will be tied up at the port for the next 10 days. Around one fifth of the crew members are exhibiting coronavirus … Read more
New information concerning the communications between the Ruby Princess and NSW health officials before she landed last month pose questions over why a police inquiry is being held. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian ordered a police investigation into why the ship disembarked 2,650 passengers while tests being carried out on 13 others with flu like symptoms. … Read more
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.
