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Some of 101 crew left stranded off Brazil amid Covid-19 crisis protested to demand repatriation Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDozens of Mauritian cruise ship workers who were stranded off the coast of Brazil throughout the pandemic have finally started their journey home after desperate appeals to return. A crew member representing the 101 workers, who have been at anchor on three...

On 1 March, photographer Jon Tonks left New Zealand on a Pacific cruise. Twenty eight days later, the boat docked in San Diego, amid a pandemic. What happened in between?The cruise ship MS Maasdam left New Zealand on the evening of 1 March, steaming out of Auckland’s Waitemata harbour into the Hauraki Gulf, where it headed north. The route was to San Diego via...

World’s largest cruise company declines to give details for extent of redundanciesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCruise ship company Carnival has announced a wide-ranging programme of job losses and pay cuts as it desperately seeks to cut costs in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.The world’s largest cruise company said it would save “hundreds of millions of dollars” over the course of...

Death toll of crew stranded by coronavirus continues to rise as industry blames ‘impractical’ safety requirements for blocking disembarkationCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSome cruise companies have refused to agree to rules that would allow tens of thousands of stranded crew back to land, citing concerns about cost and potential legal consequences, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Eight cruise ships to resume operations from 1 August, sailing from Texas and Florida Coronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCarnival Cruise Line has announced plans to resume operations at the beginning of August despite dozens of deaths on cruise ships during the Covid-19 pandemic and investigations into the industry’s possible role in spreading the disease around the planet.In a...

From the Galapagos to Dubai crew have been left marooned amid squabbles over who is responsible for their welfareRevealed: 100,000 crew never made it off cruise ships amid coronavirus crisisThe Apex was nearly finished. A brand new cruise ship for the Celebrity Cruises line, it was a towering, 117,000-ton vessel with luxuries like a “resort deck” featuring martini-glass-shaped jacuzzis and a movable platform cantilevered...

Accidents, pollution, exploitation… cruise firms were in murky waters even before Covid-19“We’ve been asked – and we’ve asked ourselves – why Covid-19 seems to be impacting Princess so heavily.” Thus spoke Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises, in a video posted on social media in mid-March. She looks sad-eyed and baffled into the camera: “We don’t really know.” Perhaps, she muses, the problem is...

Sixty-one of the state’s 133 confirmed cases are linked to the hospitals and 35 are healthcare workers. This blog is now closedFollow our global coronavirus live updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCoronavirus Australia maps and cases: live numbers and statistics 9.51am BST That’s where we will leave the live blog for...

With dozens of fatalities linked to ‘floating Petri dishes’, shares have collapsed – but all may not be lostCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLike many thousands of nurses, Julie Timson has spent the past few weeks suited up in an armour of personal protective equipment fighting the coronavirus and trying to save lives.In the moments when it’s too overwhelming on the ward,...

Holding a sign that reads ‘help us’, a Canadian couple are stranded on the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam off the coast of Panama as sickness spreads aboard. Chris and Anna Joiner are among more than 130 passengers stuck onboard the vessel, which has been stranded for days after Chile refused to allow the ship to dock.'Very scary': pleas for safe harbour from stranded...

American Airlines to scrap most long-haul flights while Australia orders all arrivals to self-isolate and Spain goes into lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesThe international travel industry faces a widespread shutdown over coronavirus fears after airlines announced new flight reductions and more countries introduced travel bans and isolation requirements.Travel businesses were hit with multiple doses of bad news on Saturday and Sunday, with the US expanding...