UPDATED: Cruise lines suspend operations and axe itineraries

The move comes as the UK Foreign Office issued new travel advice warning cruises were no longer being allowed to dock in the UAE “as a result of measures taken to combat coronavirus”.

This list was last updated by TTG at 3.45pm on Monday 16 March.

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises has suspended operations across its entire fleet of 18 ships for two months.

Royal Caribbean

RCCL has cancelled all its global operations until 11 April.

Fred Olsen

This cruise line has suspended its ocean sailings until 23 May.

A full refund or a future cruise voucher costing up to 125% of the original fare is being offered.

MSC Cruises

It has also adjusted a number of itineraries. MSC Grandiosa will homeport in Barcelona from 19 March, while sailings have been cancelled on MSC Opera until 26 April, due to the “inability of guests to embark through Italy”.

In South America MSC Fantasia’s sailing from 28 March has been cancelled, as has MSC Sinfonia’s Grand Voyage sailing from Santos, Brazil on 13 March to Venice, with guests offered MSC Seaview from Santos on 19 March to Barcelona instead.

In the Caribbean, MSC Divinia’s Grand Voyage from Miami to Genoa has been cancelled, as well as Mediterranean cruises scheduled for 11,18 and 25 April onboard the ship.

Meanwhile, the line has been forced to cancel a number of cruises following the UAE’s change in travel advice. A gulf cruise onboard MSC Bellissima on 14 March has been cancelled as well as a voyage from Dubai on 21 March to Yokohama, Japan.

Gulf cruises onboard MSC Lirica have also been cancelled up to 11 April.

Silversea

The cruise line has amended four itineraries each on Silver Shadow and Silver Spirit to avoid all Italian ports through April and May 2020.

The line is offering a 25% Future Cruise Credit to all booked guests who choose to retain their bookings.