Alaskan Cruise Ship On Lockdown

Published Jul 27 2021 605 PM by The Maritime Executive.

Alaskan cruise ship on lockdown. The cruise line did not specify what precautions were being taken on board during the passenger quarantine. The Globe and Mail - Two US. An Alaskan Cruise sounded like a nice get away and a restart in the Cruise Industry.

The Alaska Tourism Restoration Act comes in the wake of Canadian restrictions from spring 2020 on cruise ships carrying more than 100 passengers. Bidens signing of the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act on Monday doesnt guarantee that there will be big-ship cruising in Alaska this summer. The large cruise lines that dominate Alaskan waters during the May-September season havent yet canceled this summers sailings but most have stopped selling space.

Under the act foreign-built ships are not allowed to carry passengers between two US. Wednesday after authorities lifted an hourslong lockdown passengers told ABC News. The ship will be the first of the season for Alaskas Oceania line which will launch an itinerary in June that includes 28 sailings in the summer and fall.

The state estimated that 13 million cruise ship tourists were expected to visit Alaskas ports last summer prior to the Covid outbreak and cruise industry shutdown in early 2020. March 08 2021. We were welcomed when we arrived and our luggage was in our.

The worlds largest cruise ship Royal Caribbeans Harmony of the Seas arrived in Seattle this morning ahead of the start of Alaskas 2014-2015 cruise season. Alaskan businesses have been hit hard over the past year by the COVID-19-related shutdown of cruising in the state. Lisa Murkowski proposed a bill Wednesday that would allow cruise ships carrying more than 1000 passengers and bound for Alaska a permanent exemption from the Passenger Vessel Services Act.

Cruise ships account for around 60 of all visitors to Alaska in a typical year. VANCOUVER Two US. Bills proposed by a congressman and senator aimed at allowing Alaska-bound cruise ships to bypass Canadian ports would have a devastating effect on British Columbias economy the head of Victorias harbour authority says.