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Cruise ships resuming their schedules in May
On May 15, the 'Mein Schiff 5' will begin its summer season in the Eastern Mediterranean from Heraklion. On May 17, the 'Mein Schiff 4'Ä will commence operations in Trieste,, where it will be based for Adriatic cruises. Given that the voyage south around Africa takes over three weeks and also requires logistical stops, the schedule for the two TUI Cruises ships was relatively tight. The 'MSC Euribia', operated by MSC Cruises, still has a long journey ahead before it begins operations in Kiel on May 16. The ship will then start its summer season two weeks late, sailing a route to the Norwegian fjords from/to Kiel and Copenhagen. Celestyal Cruises was currently repositioning both its ships from the Middle East to the Mediterranean. Since they have switched off their AIS, it was impossible to determine whether the ships were being transferred through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal or south around Africa. The Suez Canal was last listed as the destination for the 'Celestyal Discovery', while the 'Celestyal Journey' appeared to be heading for Cape Town. All currently bookable voyages were to be operated. This would mean that the 'Celestyal Discovery' should commence operations on May 22, in Lavrion, and the 'Celestyal Journey' on May 23 in Piraeus. The last of the six cruise ships to leave the Persian Gulf was the 'Aroya,' operated by the Saudi cruise line Aroya Cruises. It was expected to arrive in Jeddah on April 27,. Before that, the ship faces another challenging passage along the Yemeni coast. If all goes according to plan, the 'Aroya' will welcome its next guests in the port of Jeddah on May 14,. Cruise ship launch dates at a glance: - May 14, 2026: Aroya (Aroya Cruises) in Jeddah; - May 15, 2026: Mein Schiff 5 (TUI Cruises) in Heraklion; - May 16, 2026: MSC Euribia (MSC Cruises) in Kiel; - May 17, 2026: Mein Schiff 4 (TUI Cruises) in Trieste; - May 22, 2026: Celestyal Discovery in Lavrion/Athens; - May 23, 2026: Celestyal Journey in Piraeus/Athens.
First cruise ship to pass Strait of Hormuz
After the Strait of Hormuz was opened to shipping by Iran on April 17, the first cruise ship on its way out of the Strait was the 'Celestyal Discovery', which has left Dubai and was now north of Oman with a speed of 17 knots. At 11:00 a.m.LT, before news of the temporary opening of the Strait of Hormuz had spread, the ship had set sail. Either the Cypriot shipping company was well-informed or was speculating on the strait's opening. The cruise ship's AIS signa initially indicated the port of Khasab as its destination. This port lies before the critical passage. Shortly before 6:00 p.m., approximately six hours after departing Dubai, the 'Celestyal Discovery' passed Khasab and changed its destination in the AIS to Muscat. It continued along the Omani coast at a high speed of about 17 knots. The chosen route was significantly further south and closer to the coast than the shipping lanes before the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. At around 8 p.m. , the ship had had already passed the critical part of its passage and also now sailed past Muscat in Oman. Its next destination was the Suez Canal with an ETA as of April 24,. The planned resumption of cruise operations on May 1 in Lavrion should then proceed without any major obstacles. The shipping company will likely still need to fly in crew members and finalise the logistics for the 'Celestyal Discovery' in order to launch its season in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Cruise ships successfully transited Strait of Hormuz
Five cruise ships have transited the Strait of Hormuz since April 17. The 'MSC Euribia' has departed Dubai, safely transited the strait and was now en route to Northern Europe. The 'Mein Schiff 4' and 'Mein Schiff 5' have successfully passed the Strait of Hormuz. The captains and crews supported and enabled the safe passage with great professionalism and prudence, TUI said in a statement issued on April 18. All four ships followed the Omani coastline through the passage, with Muscat listed as the next port of call. The 'Celestyal Journey' briefly stopped several nautical miles off the port of Khor Fakkan before continuing. The four ships followed the 'Celestyal Discovery', which became the first cruise ship to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the conflicts in the Middle East, departing Dubai on the afternoon of April 17. Each of the ships operated with skeleton crews for the transit. The cruise lines were now deciding on routing to Europe, either via the Red Sea and Suez Canal or the longer route south around Africa. As the 'MSC Euribia' was now able to arrive sooner than previously anticipated, MSC Cruises has confirmed that the ship’s sailing due to depart May 16 from Kiel and May 17 from Copenhagen would operate as originally scheduled, with all subsequent sailings proceeding as planned. The 'Celestyal Discovery' was expected to resume its regular sailing schedule in the Eastern Mediterranean on May 1, 2026, embarking on a short cruise to the Greek Islands and Turkey from the port of Lavrion. Only Cruise Saudi’s 'Aroya' was still in the Persian Gulf.
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