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One in Three Cruise Ships in U.S. Waters Have COVID-19 On Board – Six Passengers on Adventure of the Seas Test Positive

July 30, 2021

Today, a half-dozen passengers on the Adventure of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19. The ship is one of several dozens of cruise ships with either passengers or crew members who have tested positive for COVID-19. The Miami Herald covered the story (by Taylor Dolven). USA TODAY published an article by Morgan Hines who is aboard the ship. On Thursday, the six passengers on the Adventure of the Seas tested positive for the…

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Nine People Aboard Three Cruise Ships Test Positive for COVID-19 During Cruises to Alaska

By Jim Walker

July 29, 2021

A passenger on a Celebrity cruise to Alaska tested positive for COVID-19 last Sunday, according to Celebrity Cruises. Fox Business reports that a “fully vaccinated passenger” on the Celebrity Millennium reported to the cruise ship infirmary last weekend and complained of what is described as “cold-like symptoms.” The guest subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, the cruise line said in a statement yesterday. The person was initially isolated in the ship’s medical facility for monitoring and…

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COVID-19 Cases On German Cruise Ship Amera Increase to Twelve

By Jim Walker

July 26, 2021

Twelve crew members on the German cruise ship M/S Amera are now infected with COVID-19, according to an employee of the operator (Phoenix Resien) who wishes to remain anonymous. The German cruise ship remains in the port of Bremerhaven. As we previously reported, five crew members tested positive for coronavirus on July 2oth. The number increased on July 21, to nine, with the health department of Bremerhaven expecting additional positive cases. The ship is…

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Nine (and Counting) Crew Members on Cruise Ship in Germany Test Positive for Coronavirus

By Jim Walker

July 22, 2021

Two days ago, five crew members on the M/S Amera cruise ship in Bremerhaven, Germany were diagnosed with coronavirus, according to the German newspaper Buten and Binnen. The delta variant has been confirmed in two of these cases. The ship is operated by the Phoenix Reisen company, which stated that the crew members in question did not have any symptoms. The newspaper stated that the company requires incoming crew members to present a negative…

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Ten Royal Caribbean Crew Members Test Positive for COVID-19 on Independence of the Seas and Jewel of the Seas

By Jim Walker

July 21, 2021

At least ten crew members recently tested positive for COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas and Jewel of the Seas. There are also over three dozen employees under quarantine on these two cruise ships. Independence of the Seas – Galveston The Galveston County Daily News (subscription only) article, by John Wayne Ferguson), reported that “four crew members aboard Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Independence of the Seas have tested positive for COVID-19, and more…

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DeSantis’ Short-Lived Victory: Eleventh Circuit Stays Lower Court’s Order Blocking CDC Oversight of Cruise Passenger Health and Safety

By Jim Walker

July 18, 2021

Very early this morning, “Politico’s senior legal-affairs reporter Josh Gerstein tweeted that the 11th Circuit panel had voted 2-1 to stay a judge’s decision blocking U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rules as they applied to cruise-ship COVID regulations.” (via Sun Sentinel’s article titled: Eleventh Circuit panel stays lower court’s decision to block CDC cruise-ship regulations, handing setback to DeSantis). “Following a lower-court decision on June 18 which had ruled for Florida in …

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Positive COVID-19 Cases Aboard the Jewel of the Seas

By Jim Walker

July 17, 2021

Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas finally started its inaugural cruise and revenue sailing from Limassol, Cyprus this past week. The Jewel of the Seas will be sailing from Limassol until late October 2021, on seven-night cruises calling at Piraeus, Rhodes, Crete, Mykonos and Santorini. According to the Financial Mirror, on Saturday the agency which operates the cruise terminal in Limassol “safely welcomed the crew and passengers” who boarded the Royal Caribbean cruse ship,…

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Positive COVID-19 Cases Plague Cruise Ships As They Resume Sailing

By Jim Walker

July 16, 2021

In the last week, there have been at least a dozen positive COVID-19 cases reported by the international media. Three days ago, three people, including an unvaccinated crew member, tested positive for coranavirus aboard the American Constellation cruise ship during a 10-night cruise from Juneau, Alaska which left July 4, 2021. The other people infected included two vaccinated passengers. We reported on this outbreak on July 12, 2021. Cruise ship 🛳 cancels after 2 vaccinated…

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Norwegian Cruise Line Sues State of Florida Over Vaccine Requirement

By Jim Walker

July 14, 2021

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The public dispute over requiring vaccinations for cruise travel took a serious turn yesterday. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (HCLH), the parent company for NCL, Oceania and Regent Cruises, sued Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Scott Rivkees (as head of the Florida Department of Health), alleging that the state of Florida is preventing it from resuming sailing in a “safe, sound and consistent with governing law” by prohibiting businesses in the state from requiring customers to be…

Ship Law Log

Court of Appeal clarifies that term in trade recap stating that certificate of quality is final and binding is not qualified

By Nick Austin & Nick Moon

July 14, 2021

BP GTCs 2007: Septo Trading Inc v Tintrade Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 718 Introduction In Septo Trading Inc v Tintrade Limited ([2021] EWCA Civ 718) the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision ([2020] EWHC 1795 (Comm)) that a term in a trade recap which provided that an inspector’s results were “binding on the parties save for fraud or manifest error” was qualified by the BP 2007 General Terms and Conditions for FOB sales…

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One in Three Cruise Ships in U.S. Waters Have COVID-19 On Board – Six Passengers on Adventure of the Seas Test Positive

Nine People Aboard Three Cruise Ships Test Positive for COVID-19 During Cruises to Alaska

COVID-19 Cases On German Cruise Ship Amera Increase to Twelve

Nine (and Counting) Crew Members on Cruise Ship in Germany Test Positive for Coronavirus

Ten Royal Caribbean Crew Members Test Positive for COVID-19 on Independence of the Seas and Jewel of the Seas

DeSantis’ Short-Lived Victory: Eleventh Circuit Stays Lower Court’s Order Blocking CDC Oversight of Cruise Passenger Health and Safety

Positive COVID-19 Cases Aboard the Jewel of the Seas

Positive COVID-19 Cases Plague Cruise Ships As They Resume Sailing

Norwegian Cruise Line Sues State of Florida Over Vaccine Requirement

Court of Appeal clarifies that term in trade recap stating that certificate of quality is final and binding is not qualified

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