March 20, 2020
Via: World Maritime NewsThese include three guests and a crew member, according to Princess Cruises. “Please be advised that all four had reported flu-like symptoms during the cruise and, along with their stateroom occupants, were in isolation on board the ship minimising contact […]
Shipping, Travel & Public Transit
March 9, 2020
Via: World Maritime NewsThe 107,517 gross ton Grand Princess, operated by US cruise line Princess Cruises, has been stranded off the coast of San Francisco for several days due to the coronavirus outbreak onboard the vessel. Out of more than 3,500 people aboard […]
March 6, 2020
Via: PoliticoThe cruise industry has been under scrutiny as the coronavirus crisis deepens, with thousands of passengers aboard Princess Cruises ship currently waiting off California potentially exposed, following more than 700 cases on a separate ship which was quarantined in Japan. […]
March 6, 2020
Via: World Maritime NewsThe samples were delivered to the California Department of Public Health in Richmond for processing, and the results are expected today. As reported earlier, the ship is being held off San Francisco, California, after a passenger who returned at the […]
March 5, 2020
Via: World Maritime NewsSpecifically, a cluster of individuals has been identified for testing after a Northern California man in his 70ies died from the illness upon his return from a San Francisco-to-Mexico cruise on Grand Princess from 11-21 of February. The deceased individual […]
December 2, 2016
Via: The HillPrincess Cruises, one of the world’s biggest cruise lines, will pay a record $40 million fine for polluting the seas and trying to cover it up, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. The company, which is owned by Carnival […]