The cruise industry is mounting a comeback with ships restarting operations globally at reduced capacity levels.
Here are the cruise ships currently back in service or planning restarts in September:
Cruise Line: Dream Cruises
Ship: Explorer Dream
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 1,856
Built: 1999
Homeport: Keelung (Taiwan)
Itinerary: Peng Hu, Matsu Island, Kinmen and Hualien
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: TUI Cruises
Ship: Mein Schiff 1
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 2,894
Built: 2018
Homeport: Kiel (Germany)
Itinerary: Only sea days, with scenic cruising in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and more.
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: TUI Cruises
Ship: Mein Schiff 2
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 2,894
Built: 2019
Homeport: Hamburg (Germany)
Itinerary: Only sea days, with scenic cruising in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and more.
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: TUI Cruises
Ship: Mein Schiff 6
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 2,534
Built: 2017
Homeport: Heraklion (Greece)
Itinerary: Piraeus and Corfu
Status: Planned – First sailing scheduled to September 13, 2020
Cruise Line: MSC Cruises
Ship: MSC Grandiosa
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 4,888
Built: 2019
Homeport: Genoa (Italy)
Itinerary: Civitavecchia, Naples, Palermo and Valletta
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: MSC Cruises
Ship: MSC Magnifica
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 2,550
Built: 2010
Homeport: Bari (Italy)
Itinerary: Trieste, Corfu, Katakolon and Piraeus
Status: Planned – First sailing scheduled on September 26, 2020
Cruise Line: Costa Cruises
Ship: Costa Deliziosa
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 2,260
Built: 2010
Homeport: Trieste (Italy)
Itinerary: Bari, Brindisi, Corigliano Rossano, Catania and Siracusa
Status: Planned – First sailing scheduled on September 6, 2020
Cruise Line: Costa Cruises
Ship: Costa Diadema
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 3,700
Built: 2014
Homeport: Genoa (Italy)
Itinerary: Civitavecchia, Napoli, Palermo, Cagliari and La Spezia
Status: Planned – First sailing scheduled on September 19, 2020
Cruise Line: Ponant
Ship: Le Jacques Cartier
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 180
Built: 2020
Homeport: Saint-Malo (France)
Itinerary: Brittany
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Ponant
Ship: L’Austral
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 260
Built: 2011
Homeport: Marseilles (France)
Itinerary: Mediterranean
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Ponant
Ship: Le Lyrial
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 264
Built: 2015
Homeport: Nice (France)
Itinerary: Corsica
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Ponant
Ship: Le Champlain
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 180
Built: 2018
Homeport: Dubrovnik (Croatia)
Itinerary: Adriatic
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Paul Gauguin Cruises
Ship: Paul Gauguin
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 320
Built: 1997
Homeport: Papeete (Tahiti)
Itinerary: Tahiti, French Polynesia and South Pacific
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Ship: Europa 2
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 513
Built: 2013
Homeport: Hamburg (Germany)
Itinerary: After offering only “only sea days” voyages at first, Hapag-Lloyd is planning Zodiac tours and selected shore excursions at several ports of call in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland and more.
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Ship: Europa
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 408
Built: 1999
Homeport: Hamburg (Germany)
Itinerary: After offering only “only sea days” voyages at first, Hapag-Lloyd is planning Zodiac tours and selected shore excursions at several ports of call in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland and more.
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Ship: Hanseatic Inspiration
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 230
Built: 2019
Homeport: Hamburg (Germany)
Itinerary: After offering only “only sea days” voyages at first, Hapag-Lloyd is planning Zodiac tours and selected shore excursions at several ports of call in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland and more.
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: CroisiEurope
Ship: La Belle des Océans
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 120
Built: 1989
Homeport: Nice (France)
Itinerary: Corsica – Ajaccio, Bonifacio, Porto Vecchio, Bastia and L’Île Rosse
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: Aranui Cruises
Ship: Aranui 5
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 254
Built: 2015
Homeport: Papeete (Tahiti)
Itinerary: Marquesas Islands
Status: Sailing
Cruise Line: SeaDream Yacht Club
Ships: SeaDream I and SeaDream II
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 110 each
Built: 1984 and 1985
Homeport: Oslo and Tromso (Norway)
Itinerary: Norwegian Fjords, Lofoten Islands and Denmark
Status: As the first cruise line to restart service after the pandemic, SeaDream has been sailing since June and is now concluding its scheduled sailings in Norway.
Cruise Line: Variety Cruises
Ship: Galileo
Capacity (at 100% Occupancy): 49
Built: 1992
Homeport: Athens, Greece
Itinerary: Poros, Folegandros, Poliegos, Mykonos, Delos, Santorini, Paros, Syros, Kythnos
Status: Sailing
