Admiralty and Maritime

A Kansas court has sentenced a Topeka man to 12 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend aboard a Carnival cruise ship.

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In yet another setback for the cruise industry, Carnival Cruise Line has announced that it will delay the launch of its Mardi Gras cruise ship until at least February 2021.

Carnival Mardi Gras Debut Pushed to…

Last week we blogged about the Spain-based cruise company Pullmantur, which recently declared itself insolvent as a result of financial strains caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, another cruise line has made a similar announcement.

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Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, many have wondered what would happen to international cruising. This was an especially pertinent question because the early days of the pandemic saw cruise ships play a central role in the spread of the disease. Now new guidelines from Health…

Last month the Spain-based cruise line Pullmantur announced that it had become insolvent and would be filing to restructure under Spanish laws. Almost immediately industry watchers began to speculate whether the company would ever return to service and what would happen to the company's cruise…

Many have speculated that, as a measure aimed at limiting the spread of viruses aboard cruise ships, cruise companies will have to make major changes. One proposed change that has struck a nerve with devout cruise travelers is the possibility that cruise lines will eliminate buffet-style dining…

2020 was supposed to be the year that Royal Caribbean launched its newest ship, the 4,900-guest Odyssey of the Seas. But with the recent downturn in travel, which has resulted from the coronavirus pandemic, the company is now postponing the launch until April 2021.

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Some are beginning to wonder if cruising will make a return in 2020, or if travelers will have to wait until 2021 to see a full return to cruising. This question has become more interesting after a European cruise company announced that it is suspending its operations until the spring of next…

As the tens of thousands of cruise ship workers who remain trapped at sea continue to slowly return home, many of them are leaving the ships only to face quarantine once they reach their homelands.

Dream Cruise Lines is set to be among the first major cruise companies to return to operations when it takes to the sea on July 26.

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