Two Cruise Lines Cancel Sailings Through Mid-Spring
Published 3 months ago
As Princess Cruises and Holland America both continue to prepare and develop plans to meet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Framework for Conditional Sailing Order,” the lines have made the decision to extend their pause in operations.
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Ruby Princess (Photo courtesy of Princess Cruises)
Princess Cruises has extended its pause in sailings through May 14, 2021. Citing uncertainty around travel restrictions as well as the fact that it is still continuing to ready its ships to sail, the pause will affect sailings in the Caribbean and California as well as early season Alaska and Europe voyages.
By City News Service
Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Cruise ships without passengers will be docking periodically at the Port of Los Angeles starting this week and continuing through February as first steps for meeting federal regulations before service suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic can resume.
More than two dozen Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises ships will be docking for fuel, food, supplies and services to reestablish themselves in U.S. waters, local port officials said.
Authorities have not set a date for U.S. cruise operations to continue, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Framework for Conditional Sailing Order, which outlines a phased resumption of cruise ship operations.
COVID Outbreak on Ferry Leaves Nearly 400 People Stranded
On 12/16/20 at 11:53 AM EST
Six crew members tested positive for COVID-19 on a Stena Line ferry traveling to Belfast, Northern Ireland, leaving the ship s 322 passengers and all 53 workers stranded overnight on Tuesday.
They were held on board near the town of Birkenhead, on the bank of the River Mersey, just opposite the city of Liverpool, in northwest England.
A spokesperson for the ferry company said: Stena Line can confirm that six members of the crew of the Stena Edda have tested positive for COVID-19 last night. In line with our safety protocols we alerted the Port Health Authorities, who advised us to hold the vessel in Birkenhead as a precaution.