Carnival Corporation has announced the cancellation of all cruises from the U.S. until 2021 impacting Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and more.
Carnival Extends Suspension in North America
It’s finally been announced and comes as no surprise that the world’s largest cruise company has decided to cancel all cruises from North America until 2021. This follows other main cruise lines that have cancelled cruises from the U.S.
It’s a big blow for Carnival but it’s obvious the cruise company is not but ready to resume operations safely and time is needed to implement new health procedures. The CDC announced a new Conditional Sailing Order and this 40-page framework must be adopted too. We already know that Carnival Cruise Line recently asked for patience so it can review the brand new details and requirements from the CDC.
Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation, said:
“Our highest responsibility and top priorities are always compliance, protecting the environment, and the health, safety, and well-being of our guests, the people in communities we touch, our crew and shoreside workers.”
“We continue to work with the U.S. Centers for Illness Control and Prevention, and world authorities and public well-being authorities, in addition to prime medical and science specialists across the globe, on a complete plan for the eventual restart of cruising in North America. With their collective steerage, we now have developed and proceed to replace our enhanced well being and security protocols which might be in the perfect curiosity of our company, crew, and general public well being. Each time we restart our cruise operations within the U.S., we actually stay up for welcoming our company on board.”
What Now for Carnival?
Properly, Carnival continues to work with the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention and related health authorities in addition to prime well-being specialists on a complete plan on resuming cruises from North America subsequent yr.
Looking by way of the framework from the CDC, extra time is going to be needed to make sure every little thing is in place to keep company and crew members safe at all times. Crew members will need to be educated and test services set up which goes to take time. The CDC has additionally detailed the necessity for trial sailings to stress-test new protocols first.
Lots of work to be done and it must be done properly. All the major cruise strains have now suspended operations from the U.S. and cruising is over until subsequent yr but when it does resume, it’s going to be safer than ever.
Until then Carnival ships will remain on hold and we already know that crew members are heading back to ships, likely to start training.
It came as no shock really as Carnival Cruise Line removed all December sailings from its reserving engine and today Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises all announced an additional suspension through December 31, 2020.
