A number of cruise lines are deployed around the world in February as the industry offers a safe vacation experience in a controlled environment.
Here are the cruise lines that are currently back in service or planning a restart in February and March:
Cruise Line: Dream cruises
Ship: Explorer Dream
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 1,856
Built: 1999
Home port: Keelung, Taiwan)
Route: One to five day cruises to Penghu, Matsu, Anping, Kaohsiung and Hualien
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Dream cruises
Ship: World dream
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 3.360
Built: 2017
Home port: Singapore
Route: Two or three night cruises to nowhere, exclusively for local residents. Longer travel routes to Korea and Thailand are planned from March
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International
Ship: Quantum of the Seas
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 4,100
Built: 2014
Home port: Singapore
Route: Three and four night cruises to nowhere, exclusively for Singapore residents
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: TUI cruises
Ship: My ship 2
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 2,894
Built: 2019
Home port: Las Palmas (Spain)
Route: 7 and 14 nights in the Canaries in Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: TUI cruises
Ship: My ship 1
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 2,894
Built: 2018
Home port: Las Palmas (Spain)
Route: 14 and 21 nights in the Canary Islands with stops in Tenerife, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Arrecife and Puerto del Rosario
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: MSC cruises
Ship: MSC Grandiosa
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 4,888
Built: 2019
Home port: Genoa (Italy)
Route: Civitavecchia, Naples, Palermo and Valletta
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: MSC cruises
Ship: MSC Magnifica
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 2,550
Built: 2010
Home port: Genoa (Italy)
Route: 10 nights to Livorno, Civitavecchia, Messina, Valletta, Piraeus and Katakolon
Status: Crossings suspended until February 14, 2021
Cruise Line: Costa cruises
Ship: Costa Smeralda
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 5.224
Built: 2019
Home port: Savona (Italy)
Route: La Spezia, Cagliari, Messina, Naples and Civitavecchia
Status: Sailing trips suspended until March 13, 2021
Cruise Line: AIDA
Ship: AIDAperla
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 3,250
Built: 2017
Home port: Gran Canaria (Spain)
Route: Canaries – Funchal, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote
Status: Crossings suspended until March 6, 2021
Cruise Line: AIDA
Ship: AIDAmar
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 2.174
Built: 2012
Home port: Gran Canaria (Spain)
Route: Canaries – Tenerife, La Palma, Funchal and Lanzarote
Status: Sailing trips suspended until March 7, 2021
Cruise Line: AIDA
Ship: AIDAstella
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 2.192
Built: 2013
Home port: Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
Route: Civitavecchia, Livorno, Marseille and Barcelona
Status: Planned – first sailing planned on March 6, 2021
Cruise Line: AIDA
Ship: AIDAsol
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 2.174
Built: 2011
Home port: Hamburg, Germany)
Route: 7 nights to Southampton, Le Havre, Zeebrugge and Rotterdam
Status: Planned – first sailing planned on March 6, 2021
Cruise Line: Hapag-Lloyd cruises
Ship: Europe 2
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 513
Built: 2013
Home port: Tenerife (Spain)
Route: Canaries and Madeira – Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, El Hierro and Funchal
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Hapag-Lloyd cruises
Ship: Hanse inspiration
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 230
Built: 2019
Home port: Hamburg, Germany)
Route: After the ship offered expedition cruises to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Poland in the last few months, it is now to sail new winter routes to Norway and Lapland and explore Finland and Sweden
Status: Planned – first sailing planned on March 6, 2021
Cruise Line: Aranui cruises
Ship: Aranui 5
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 254
Built: 2015
Home port: Papeete (Tahiti)
Route: Marquesas Islands
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Coral expeditions
Ship: Coral Discoverer
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 72
Built: 2005
Home port: Hobart (Australia)
Route: Tasmania
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Coral expeditions
Ship: Coral adventurer
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 120
Built: 2019
Home port: Adelaide (Australia)
Route: South Australia, Great Australian Bight and more
Status: Planned – first sailing planned for February 10, 2021
Cruise Line: True northern cruises
Ship: True north
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 36
Built: 2005
Home port: Perth (Australia)
Route: Southwest Australia
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Asuka Cruise (NYK Line)
Ship: Asuka II
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 720
Built: 1990
Home port: Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe (Japan)
Route: Short cruises visiting Japanese ports only
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Mitsui OSK passenger lines
Ship: Nippon Maru
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 600
Built: 1990
Home port: Yokohama and Kobe (Japan)
Route: Short cruises visiting Japanese ports only
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Venus cruise
Ship: Pacific Venus
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 680
Built: 1998
Home port: Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Yokohama and Tokyo (Japan)
Route: One to three day cruises to Japanese ports
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Heritage expeditions
Ship: Spirit of Enderby
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 50
Built: 1984
Home port: Bluff (New Zealand)
Route: Fiordland, Stewart Island and New Zealand’s Sub-Antarctic Islands
Status: sailing
Cruise Line: Ponant
Ship: The Lapérouse
Capacity (at 100% occupancy): 264
Built: 2018
Home port:
Route: Expeditions to remote parts of New Zealand, exclusively for New Zealanders
Status: Planned – first sailing planned by February 2021
