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About 1,000 police officers being drafted in to protect the G7 summit in Cornwall next month are to be accommodated on a 3,100-capacity cruise ship (more realistically described by owners Tallink as a ‘cruise ferry’). Sky News says that Devon and Cornwall Police has hired the MS Silja Europa, which has more than 1,150 passenger […]
P&O’s Iona – the largest cruise ship built for the UK market – arrived in Southampton this weekend. With capacity for 5,200 passengers, Iona has 17 passenger decks and will be used by the operator for its summer season of domestic sailings. It’s the first British liner fuelled by liquefied natural gas. Iona was greeted […]
A new, UK-based cruise operator, Ambassador Cruise Line, has launched. It’s being run by a senior management team previously with Cruise & Maritime Voyages. Ticket sales for the 798-cabin Ambience commence next month and inaugural cruises start next spring. Ambassador Cruise Line says it will offer a premium-value cruise experience, sailing for the British market […]
Tourists may soon be able to sail from Portsmouth to Portugal as, according to the Portsmouth News, Brittany Ferries looks to capitalise on the country’s green light travel status – although Portugal won’t allow visitors from the UK until at least May 30. The company is reportedly exploring the possibility of launching a service to […]
Princess Cruises says while it continues to work with various government and port authorities to finalise its return to cruising, the company is already cancelling a selection of cruises. Gone from its itinerary are the California Coast and Mexico sailings (Ruby Princess) and Caribbean sailings (Caribbean Princess) through August, and the remaining 2021 Mediterranean season […]
Port of Poole cruise officials have introduced a raft of new health and safety measures to help make its land and sea operations as Covid-secure as possible. The port’s current Covid-safe processes with its ferry partners, which it says have passed four audits with the Health and Safety Executive since August 2020, are being extended […]
Royal Caribbean International is offering 999 free sailings to those working in the emergency services, NHS, social care sector and armed forces. Free staterooms will be offered on its first Ocean Getaways to UK residents in these professions. The Anthem of the Seas will begin sailing from Southampton as soon as July. Ocean Getaways feature […]
Cruise ships anchored off the South Coast have suffered ‘anchor losses’, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch has revealed. It’s urged captains to raise anchor and take their vessels out to sea rather than risk the chains tearing in rough seas and gusts. MAIB says it’s concerned about the number of marine incidents involving cruise ship […]
Royal Caribbean is relaunching its services in June and like P&O says that passengers can only travel if they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The company says travellers can trade in virtual travel experiences for cruises in The Bahamas and Mexico. The global cruise line announced a summer lineup of 7-night cruises on board Adventure […]
Announcing details of its Ultimate Escape UK holidays, P&O Cruises says sailings on cruise liners Britannia and Iona will be for UK resident, Covid-19 vaccinated guests only. This, the company says, is the ‘strong expressed preference’ on the part of its guests. P&O is defining ‘vaccinated’ to include the second dose of the currently approved […]
Oceania Cruises says the first of two new 1,200-guest Allura Class ships that are being constructed by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. will be called Vista and will set sail in 2023. Inaugural voyages open for sale in September 2021. The company says Vista is ‘a marvel in the making’ and will have two staff members […]