Disney Cruise Line announced on Monday due to COVID-19, the cruise line has extended the suspension of Disney Magic up to and including the October 2, 2020 sailing.

Antigua's new cruise ship pier progress is still progressing, despite the COVID-19 impact felt around the world.

Global Ports Holding issued an update that the marine contractor, Meridian Construction Ltd., with the exception of the brief suspension of construction activity during the first ten days of the government curfew and a few manufacturer delays caused by COVID-19, the majority of the project components are on schedule.

MSC Cruises announced on Thursday it will extend its cruise suspensions through July 31, 2020, along with sharing its plans to resume shorter-term operations for winter 2020/21 season in phases and by region only when the time will be right and following guidance from the relevant national and international health and other regulatory authorities.

MSC Cruises announced it has cancelled its Canada and New England sailings on MSC Meraviglia from Sept. 5 - Oct. 22, 2020.

MSC joined other cruise lines in announcing the cancellation of all of its Canada/New England 2020 sailings due to Canada's announcement that due to the COVID-19 pandemic they will be prohibiting cruise ships carrying more than 100 persons from operating in Canadian water until October 31, 2020.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd announced it will offer senior guaranteed notes to be issued by the Company due 2023 for an aggregate principal amount of up to $1.0 billion and a concurrent private offering of senior convertible notes to be issued by the Company due 2023.

Princess Cruises announced more cruises will be cancelled on six of its cruise ships due to the expanding cruise bans from Canada and Australia.

Princess Cruises cancelled the Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 sailings that depart and return to Australia:

• Sea Princess
• Majestic Princess
• Sun Princess 
• Sapphire Princess

In addition, Princess Cruises vessels that visited Seattle or Vancouver, BC, in September or October are cancelled. This includes:

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is working on a new red, yellow and green system for easily identifying cruise ships with Coronavirus.

The Miami Herald is reporting the CDC has been working on the new system for months with the cruise lines on a system to detect, prevent and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus on cruise ships.

Royal Caribbean announced it has cancelled all of its cruises to Alaska and Canada through October 31, 2020.

The decision was made after Canada announced cruise ships are banned from its waters through October 31, 2020.

Guests on cancelled sailings have the choice of getting a 125% Future Cruise Credit, 100% refund or the option to Lift and Shift their booking to a similar booking in 2021.

Disney Cruise Line announced today that due to the Canadian government extending its ban of cruise ships until October 31, sailings on the Disney Wonder that were scheduled to depart between Aug. 3 and Sept. 14, 2020 are cancelled.

Impacted sailings include: