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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday told cruise lines that they could resume sailing with passengers as early as mid-summer. In a letter to cruise lines that was first obtained by USA Today and later reported by Reuters, Aimee Treffiletti, head of the maritime unit for the CDC's COVID-19 response, said that while "cruising will never be a zero-risk activity," the goal of a phased reopening "is to resume passenger...

American cruises could resume by mid-July.

Carnival Cruise Line President Makes First Ship Visit Since Suspension Started Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy visits crew members on Carnival Sunshine. Her first ship visit since cruises were suspended in March 2020. Photo Courtesy: Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Cruise Line president Christine Duffy has made an important visit to crew members on board the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship. It’s also the first time Duffy has visited a ship since cruise operations were first suspended over a year ago in March 2020. Meeting the Carnival Sunshine Crew in Miami Despite Carnival Crui...

CDC Changes Outdoor Mask Guidelines for Fully Vaccinated People, What About Cruises? The CDC has released new recommendations on wearing a mask for fully vaccinated people. What about on cruise ships? Apr 28, 2021 On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendation on wearing a face mask outside for those who are fully vaccinated in the United States. The guidelines seem to be improving as the vaccine rollout continues to be a success across the country. Even though the cruise industry remains shutdown by the CDC’s Conditional Sailing Order, thi...

At a Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce meeting in the early 1970s, Len Laurance said that eventually Ketchikan would host more than one million cruise ship passengers each season. The proclamation, made at a time when less than 70,000 cruise passengers visited the First City, was met with guffaws by the audience. But Laurance, who died at 88 on April 8, was right. In both 2018 and 2019, Ketchikan had more than one million cruise visitors and would likely have had more than 1.3 million in 2020 if not for the COVID 19 pandemic that shut down the entire Alaskan cruising industry. In an interview in ...