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Cruise Industry Uncertainty Lingers, No Plans for Limited Sailings

9 November 2020

Royal Caribbean International is one of the world’s largest cruise companies, but it transported only 1,230 passengers in the three months ending September 30.
The pandemic has devastated a company that, in the same period a year ago, carried 1,728,997 passengers.
With only a trickle of revenue but many bills, Royal Caribbean has joined its peer companies Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line in slashing costs.
The companies had hoped for a 2021 rebound, but a surge in coronavirus infections...

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American Queen suspends cruises until 2021

24 September 2020

American Queen Steamboat Co. (AQSC) has suspended cruises through year’s end and earlier notified states of plans to lay off 250 crew starting Sept. 24 as fallout from Covid-19 persists for passenger vessels.

The New Albany, Ind.-based overnight cruise operator posted on its site that none of its four vessels, including the new American Countess, would be sailing on the Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Columbia or Snake rivers through Dec. 31.

“While extending our suspensions through the remainder...

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[Watch] Can’t Sail on Cruises But Can Fly on a Plane – Why?

26 June 2020

As the COVID19 crisis deepens, cruise traveling has been postponed while airlines have reopened for business. Several cruise liners like Carnival, Royal Carribean etc. has cancelled cruises till September. Many are wondering why you can’t cruise in this situation but it is safe to travel.

An article published in WTSP written by Allison Kropff, sought to answer this when they spoke to two doctors from USF about the differences between boarding a plane and boarding a cruise ship.

What’s at stake in...

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Cruise Lines Need To Get Experts Onboard To Combat Diseases!

17 March 2020

The Holland America Line Inc. Westerdam cruise ship passes through the West Arm of Glacier Bay, Alaska, U.S., on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Fears over melting glaciers are fueling a tourism boom in Alaska, with rising summer temperatures in recent years contributing to the rapid decline of a number of storied glaciers, according to reporting from The Telegraph. Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

As always cruise ships are at the centre of global situation again and lawmakers across the...

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