Corona scare gives cruise line share prices a slight ding

Stocks of cruise lines took a minor hit today, in apparent reaction to reports that a passenger on board SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream 1 had tested positive for COVID-19. The boutique cruise

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Cruise line shares rebound on Pfizer vaccine announcement

Prices of cruise lines stocks soared on the New York Stock Exchange today as Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced that their mRNA-based vaccine candidate had demonstrated evidence

Viking Cruises installs first full-scale PCR lab at sea

As cruise lines prepare to resume sailing under protocols calling for extensive COVID-19 testing of passengers and crew, Torstein Hagen’s Viking Cruises said today that it has completed installation of the first

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CDC releases framework for phased resumption of cruising

Cruise line stocks soared today as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a framework for a phased resumption of cruise ship passenger operations. The full framework runs to 40

Costa Cruises completes Italy’s first LNG bunkering operation

Carnival Corporation’s Costa Cruises brand reports another milestone for Costa Smeralda, its first ship fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Costa flagship’s bunkering with the fuel on October 25 in the

Commissioner Sola led cruise fact vfinding

FMC Commissioner Sola: Canceled cruise season hitting Alaska hard

Considered on a per capita basis, there may not be another state in the nation paying as high a cost from passenger ships not sailing as Alaska. That is one of the

American Cruise Lines rolls out American Melody

American Cruise Lines, Guilford, Conn., reports that just two months after accepting delivery of the American Jazz, its next new ship is already being readied for launch at its affiliate, Chesapeake Shipbuilding

Carnival says “low likelihood” of data accessed in cyberattack being misused

Cruise giant Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today released an update on the August 15 cyberattack on parts of its IT systems. “Information Security at Carnival Corporation acted quickly

Still burning cash, Carnival hopes for resumption of U.S. cruises this year

In a business update released today, the world’s largest cruise ship operator, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reported that its monthly average cash burn rate for the third quarter

Costa Cruises to bring third ship back into operation

Carnival Corporation’s Costa Cruises brand is to put a third ship back into service: its flagship LNG-fueled Costa Smeralda. Delivered at the end of last year by Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard, the

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