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Cruises from U.S. ports could restart in mid-July

Cruise lines have been sent a letter by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that indicates that cruises from U.S. ports could resume in mid-July, reports USA Today, which has obtained

seafarer vaccination rates are low

InterManager: We’ll source seafarer vaccinations ourselves

Frustrated by the lack of progress and slow pace of international efforts, ship management trade association InterManager says it will work separately to obtain COVID-19 vaccines to protect seafarers and keep international

Singapore prohibits crew change for seafarers with recent travel history to India

According to India’s Directorate General of Shipping, India now provides 9.35% of the global seafarers and rank thirds in the list of seafarer-supplying nations. However, with coronavirus surging in India, the Singapore

Support grows for USTR petition on Chinese shpibuilding

Push back against CDC cruise ban gains Capitol Hill support

Florida’s two U.S. senators, Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, along with Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska, have introduced the Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements (CRUISE) Act. The legislation would revoke the

U.S. ports see silver linings despite pandemic

Port NOLA Sees Downtime Improvements While there is no doubt that COVID-19 has shuttered cruising operations around the world, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Market Manager Jessica Ragusa says that

Digitalization in maritime shipping

How COVID-19 has driven a technology revolution in shipping

By Alexander Buchmann, Managing Director, Hanseaticsoft CONTRIBUTED CONTENT: Hanseaticsoft is an established global provider of cloud-based software for the maritime industry. Last year, satcom specialist IEC Telecom highlighted that demand for digital

Norwegian Cruise Lines logo on cruise ship stack

Norwegian to CDC: We plan to start cruising from U.S. again July 4

Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings Ltd, (NYSE:NCLH) has been quick to respond to the CDC’s updated guidance on cruising. Today it wrote the CDC outlining its plan to resume cruising from U.S. ports,

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CDC updates guidance on cruising

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the next phase of technical guidance under its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO). Though it marks another step forward by the

Top 5 stories of March 2021

In March, the maritime industry reached a full year of ongoing COVID-19 issues as it continued on recovery efforts. March also saw one of the largest ever disruptions to maritime trade as

seafarer vaccination rates are low

ICS releases video and guidance on seafarer vaccinations

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has coordinated with a number of shipping bodies to launch a practical guide on COVID-19 vaccinations for use throughout the industry. The guide is part of

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