PortandTerminal.com, October 23, 2020 Ports and employees who rely upon the cruise industry are pressuring the CDC to lift No Sail Order | These questions need to be answered before they do GALVESTON, TX – On Wednesday, employees at cruise ports in Texas and Florida held rallies to pressure the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to let a No-Sail …
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PortandTerminal.com, October 21, 2020 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND– MSC Cruises announced today that it will become the world’s first cruise line to install something called a “Safe Air” sanitation system on one of its new cruise ships. HVAC systems on cruise ships are a hot area of discussion these days ever since the CDC flip-flopped on their guidance earlier this month and …
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PortandTerminal.com, August 1, 2020 “By the time we were notified, the passengers had left the ship,” OSLO, NOWAY – Cruise line Hurtigruten’s expedition cruise ship Roald Amundsen sailed on a 7-day cruise from the arctic port of Tromsø, Norway on July 24 with 177 passengers and 160 crew. Norway has done a good job managing COVID-19 and people probably felt that the …
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REUTERS, JULY 16, 2020 By Tom Hals July 15 (Reuters) – A federal judge dismissed lawsuits by Grand Princess cruise ship passengers who sued for emotional distress caused by their fear of exposure to COVID-19, saying that allowing their cases to proceed would “lead to a flood of trivial suits.” Judge Gary Klausner in Los Angeles said in Tuesday’s ruling …
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PortandTerminal.com, February 24, 2020 “What the hell are you doing getting on a cruise ship? Do you not read the news?” Cruise passengers cross their fingers and hop onboard in California. LONG BEACH, CA – Remember that cruise ship, Holland America Lines’ “Westerdam”, that 5 ports turned away over fears that passengers on board had the coronavirus? You remember, the …
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