VIDEO: Grand Princess awaits results from test kits delivered by helicopter

As of this morning, Princess Cruises’ Grand Princess remained at sea off San Francisco pending the results of coronavirus tests on samples collected from 45 of the 3,553 people on board the

ICS issues new coronavirus guidance for shipping industry

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has issued new guidance for the global shipping industry to help combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The comprehensive 22-page document has been produced in

Cruise lines step up coronavirus screening measures

Citing “the cruise industry’s continued commitment to the health and safety of guests and crew, as well as the residents of port cities and destinations around the world,” the Cruise Lines International

Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady gives New York a miss

With coronavirus concerns in the headlines, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages has scrapped plans to hold a series of travel industry preview events in New York aboard its first ship, the recently

Coronavirus: ONE puts $1,000 a box surcharge on Shanghai and Xingang reefer shipments

Ocean Network Express (ONE) issued a notice to customers on February 14 noting that “due to the slow inbound container pick-up activity caused by the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus and the extension

Coronavirus slashes China crude import demand

To gauge the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the tanker market, VesselsValue has used satellite tracking technology to compared China’s real time demand for seaborne crude oil from the Middle East

Carnival: coronavirus will have “material impact” on earnings

Carnival Corporation & plc said today that it “is closely monitoring the evolving situation with respect to coronavirus” and that its “medical experts are coordinating closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease