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News Articles: CRUISE SHIPS

Tests show the amount of sediment stirred up by large cruise ships often exceeds EPA standards and can  damage the marine environment.

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  • Environment

In Key West, testing shows cruise ships stir up as much sediment as a hurricane

Tests in Key West show sediment stirred up by cruise ships, which can harm marine life, routinely exceed federal standards. Key West has responded by suspending the tests.

March 06, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
The Cunard cruise liner RMS Queen Mary 2 was among several ships to see an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea caused by norovirus this winter.

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  • Health

Norovirus outbreaks are on the rise around the country and on cruise ships

Outbreaks of the gastrointestinal illness are surging both at sea and on land. Here's what to know.

January 02, 2025
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
The Norwegian Epic cruise ship in Miami in 2010.

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  • News

Rescue team ends search for a man overboard from Norwegian Cruise Line ship

The tragedy marks the 19th overboard incident on a cruise ship this year, with only two passengers successfully rescued.

December 27, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
The Ocean Explorer, a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew, which had run aground in northwestern Greenland, is pictured on Tuesday

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  • World

A luxury cruise ship is pulled free 3 days after running aground in Greenland

The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully pulled free at high tide after running aground above the Arctic Circle with 206 people on board.

September 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A group of fisherman drive pilot whales towards the shore during a hunt in the Faroe Islands in May 2019.

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  • World

78 pilot whales were slaughtered near a cruise ship carrying marine conservationists

Passengers of the Ambassador Cruise Line had just arrived in the Faroe Islands when a group of small boats drove the whales to shallow water for killing, part of a long-standing local tradition.

July 14, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
The Norwegian Gateway cruise ship is moored at PortMiami on Jan. 7 in Miami. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advisory warning Wednesday for cruise travel after more than two years of warning Americans.

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  • Health

CDC drops its COVID-19 risk advisory for cruise ship travel

While the agency has lifted its travel health notice two years after putting it in place, officials say it's up to travelers to determine their own health risks before going aboard a ship.

March 30, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Employees of Nomi Health check in a long line of people for COVID-19 tests on Tuesday in North Miami, Fla.

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  • National

COVID-19 outbreaks hit 3 cruise ships as Florida breaks record for new cases

An undisclosed number of passengers and crew aboard the Carnival Freedom tested positive. It was the third outbreak this week affecting ships operated by Carnival and Royal Caribbean.

December 25, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Royal Caribbean's <em>Symphony of the Seas</em> cruise ship, seen docked in Miami in March 2020, saw 48 cases of COVID-19 on its most recent seven-day sailing.

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  • National

48 tested positive for COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean cruise ship docking in Miami

The seven-night cruise ended in Miami on Saturday after making three stops in the Caribbean. More than 6,000 people were on the ship, which required testing and those 12 and over to be vaccinated.

December 20, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Home away from home: Passengers on the Seven Seas Mariner will sail around the world in a "deluxe veranda suite" — a voyage that will last more than four months.

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  • Business

$73,499-Per-Guest World Cruise Sells Out In Less Than 3 Hours

The cruise will take passengers on a trip lasting 132 nights. Prices range up to $199,999. The strong interest may be a positive sign for the cruise industry as it tries to rebound from the pandemic.

July 16, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Writer Chaney Kwak says his book, <em>The Passenger</em>, was inspired by the isolation of the pandemic.

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  • Author Interviews

Author Chaney Kwak Turned A Cruise Ship Ordeal Into A Metaphor — And Memoir

He was one of nearly 1,400 people stranded aboard the Viking Sky cruise ship off the coast of Norway in 2019. It changed his life.

July 06, 2021
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  • Noel King
"What we want to do is make sure that our fantastic tourist industry, including the cruise ships, including our hospitality in our ancillary businesses, have an opportunity to get back to where they were," Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says.

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  • Business

Alaska Lures Tourists With Its Stunning Landscapes — And Free COVID-19 Vaccines

Officials hope the added incentive of the vaccine will attract visitors. It's part of an effort to jump start a floundering summer tourism industry that's been devastated by the pandemic.

June 03, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Cruise ships are docked at the Port of Miami in the spring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suspended cruises from U.S. ports in March after coronavirus outbreaks on a number of ships.

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  • National

Cruise Lines Can Sail Again From The U.S., But It's Not Clear How Soon

The federal government has given the go-ahead for cruise ships to sail from ports in the United States. Officials stopped cruise lines in March as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up.

October 30, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Passengers line up to board a Norwegian Cruise ship.

My Week On A Cruise During Coronavirus

During the first week of March, I did not understand the extent to which many people across the country might have already come into contact with the...

April 23, 2020
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By:
  • Skylar Nicholson

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