Jun 2, 2021
Cruisers are ready to get back on the water and being vaccinated plays a big role.
80-percent of respondents to a CruiseCritic.com survey say they prefer to sail on a ship with a vaccine requirement.
Colleen McDaniel, Editor-in-Chief at CruiseCritic.com, says even with a ban on vaccine passports going into effect here in Florida, most cruiselines ask travelers to fill out a medical questionnaire ahead of time.
Nearly 70-percent of those surveyed say they want the more traditional cruise experience, meaning no masks or social distancing.
McDaniel feels showing a vaccination card in order to get back on board is a minor step.
Burnt-out container ship sinking off Sri Lanka
The MV X-Press Pearl, which had its fires extinguished on Tuesday after burning for almost two weeks, is now sinking, threatening further environmental damage. Roughly 25 tons of nitric acid are on board the ship.
Salvage experts were trying to tow the stricken ship to a safer place
A fire-stricken container ship that has already caused Sri Lanka s worst-ever maritime environmental disaster, was sinking fast on Wednesday, with nearly 1,500 containers and 25 tons of nitric acid on board, plus oil in its tanks.
Water submerged the MV X-Press Pearl s quarterdeck a day after firefighters extinguished a blaze that had been burning for almost two weeks.
One of Iran's largest naval ships sank Wednesday after catching fire while on a "training mission" of a strategic port near the head of the Gulf, the navy said.The British-built fleet replenishment vessel Kharg, which measured more than 200 metres (more than 650 feet) long, caught fire on Tuesday off the port of Jask on the Sea of Oman, the navy.