Tag: cruise ships
Cruise worker found dead aboard ship in GT harbour
(CNS): The RCIPS is making inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 45-year-old cruise ship worker who was found unresponsive Friday morning while the ship was anchored off the George Town port. However, the police say they do not believe those circumstances are suspicious. Emergency services boarded the ship at around 8:30am on […]
Concerns raised as ship anchors close to dive site
(CNS): The Celebrity Equinox was anchored very close to the Devil’s Grotto dive site on Thursday, and local divers and operators were concerned that it could be damaging the reef and posing a danger to anyone diving in the area. While it turned out that the ship was within the port zone, the situation nevertheless […]
Activists call for zero tolerance of cruise emissions
(CNS): The Global Cruise Activist Network (GCAN) is calling on G20 nations to stop cruise ships entering ports if they don’t meet greenhouse gas emission standards consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to support the right of countries to control access to their ports. The call from the international organisation campaigning for […]
Minister: CIG not talking with cruise lines
(CNS): As the cruise industry attempts to re-launch itself, regardless of concerns that the ships played a key role in bringing COVID-19 to this region, the Cayman Islands tourism minister said he has not spoken to the cruise lines about their potential return here. Last week the first ever cruise ship to come back to […]
CDC lifts cruise ban as coronavirus rages
(CNS): The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not renewed its no-sail order on cruise ships based at American ports after it expired Saturday. Instead, as COVID-19 rages around the world and especially in the US, the CDC has announced a framework for a phased resumption of cruise operations, though no date […]
Cruise lines press CDC to lift ban
(CNS): The major cruise lines are lobbying the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lift the no-sail order currently in place and allow ships to sail once again from American ports, despite the ongoing spread of COVID-19. In the early days of the pandemic cruise ships played a critical role in spreading […]
Cruise ships barred from Cayman till year-end
(CNS): The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands has issued a notice to its cruise industry partners that the George Town port will remain closed to cruise ships until at least 31 December. While both Premier Alden McLaughlin and Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell have stated on a number of occasions that they did not expect […]
CDC extends ban on cruise ships
(CNS): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has extended the ‘no sail order’ on cruise ships as a result of the continuing global spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The original order banning ships from the seas was imposed in March and has been extended […]
Tourism plan coming, claims minister
(CNS): Cabinet will be issuing a formal order shortly that Cayman airports and ports will be closed until 31 August. But officials have all indicated this is unlikely to mean the borders will be opening the next day. At the press briefing on Thursday Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell failed to send a clear message to […]
Ship turned away by Cayman amid coronavirus fears
(CNS): One of the six cruise ships scheduled to visit Grand Cayman on Wednesday has been denied entry because a crew member on board with a travel history to a country with cases of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) had symptoms associated with the disease and had been placed in isolation on the ship. The […]
Carnival cruise ships crash in Mexico
(CNS): Two cruise ships belonging to the Carnival Corporation, the cruise line partnering with the Cayman Islands Government over the proposed controversial cruise project here, crashed in Mexican waters just before 9am Friday. The Carnival Legend and Carnival Glory collided in high winds as they were docking at the berthing facility in Cozumel. The Royal […]
