To contain the spread of deadly coronavirus, the government has so far prevented more than 25,000 crew and passengers on board over 700 ships from disembarking on Indian shores, a Shipping Ministry official said. Apart from restricting cargo handling, the government had last week prohibited entry of any international cruise ship, crew or passengers with.

Costa said Friday it was suspending all of its cruises around the world until April 3 over the coronavirus outbreak as governments step up measures to contain the outbreak. Several of the Italian company”s liners have been blocked in recent weeks over suspected or confirmed cases of the coronavirus and it has already halted cruises.

The Indian government has announced strict guidelines for international cruise ships to call on a port in the country to curb the Covid-19 outbreak. The advisory follows the case of several cruise ships like Diamond Princess which became infestations of the virus and are stuck at the ports. A standard operating procedure (SOP) has been.

Singapore will allow a cruise ship carrying about 2,000 people to dock after it was barred by Malaysia and Thailand over coronavirus fears, officials said Monday. The Costa Fortuna was turned away from the Thai holiday island of Phuket and the Malaysian state of Penang in recent days, despite having no suspected virus cases among.

A cruise ship with a Panama flag has been turned back at the New Mangalore Port here following the Centre”s advisory in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said. The vessel ”MSC Lirica” was sent back on Saturday as the Union Ministry of Shipping had directed all ports not to allow any cruise ship.

Subhash Chandra-owned Essel Group’s Jalesh Cruises, which sailed its first ship Karnika on April 17 last year, is planning to introduce a second vessel by October 2020 following robust demand for cruise tourism in India. “We witnessed huge demand since Karnika sailed from Mumbai on April 17, 2019. We are witnessing huge growth in bookings..

Watching the setting sun against an amber sky, sipping on a glass of wine while the sea breeze ruffles your hair. This picturesque scene from the sun deck of a cruise liner describes the newest fancy of the aspirational Indian. Even as the broader economic environment remains soft, passenger growth for cruises has grown about 50.

Shipping secretaries of Bangladesh and India have decided to address on-arrival visas for cruise ship passengers visiting each others countries. Bangladesh Shipping Ministry Secretary Abdus Samad said: “We have agreed to issue on-arrival visa for cruise passengers as they are mostly tourists.” The decision came at a shipping secretary level meeting of both nations’ Shipping.

As a step towards adding more attractions and interesting experience to Cruise Tourists a helicopter service has been introduced from Willingdon Island, Cochin by M/s. Chipsan Aviation in association with District Tourism Promotion Council, Kerala Tourism, Greenix Village. The helicopter service was formally inaugurated by Dr. M. Beena, IAS, Chairperson, Cochin Port Trust on 20/11/2019..

As many as 385 travelers from Mumbai reached the Diu coast on Thursday morning in the maiden trip undertaken by Jalesh cruise, run by Messrs Karnika. With the first trip to Diu, the services of Jalesh by Messrs Karnika started from Mumbai to Diu from November 14. Jalesh is India’s first multi-destination cruise, which began.