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

4:22am March 05, 2025

by Greg Allen

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.

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

8:00am January 01, 2025

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

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

10:49am December 27, 2024

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

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

12:00pm September 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

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.

A group of fisherman drive pilot whales towards the shore during a hunt in the Faroe Islands in May 2019.

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

1:13pm July 14, 2023

by Emily Olson

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.

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.

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

4:43pm March 30, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

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.

Employees of Nomi Health check in a long line of people for COVID-19 tests on Tuesday in North Miami, Fla.

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

8:10pm December 25, 2021

by The Associated Press

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.

Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas cruise ship, seen docked in Miami in March 2020, saw 48 cases of COVID-19 on its most recent seven-day sailing.

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

4:10pm December 20, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

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.

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

12:55pm July 16, 2021

by Bill Chappell

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.

Writer Chaney Kwak says his book, The Passenger, was inspired by the isolation of the pandemic.

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

6:01am July 06, 2021

by Noel King

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.