Are Cruise Ships Still Operating

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Are cruise ships still operating. Ships returning to service. MSC is a global cruise line and has ships sailing worldwide but it is making inroads into the United States with some of its newest and largest vessels. Captain Cook Cruises.

While the cruise industry stages a comeback this summer in Europe and the Caribbean a number of lines are already sailing in April. As of this writing most operators that routinely offer expedition cruises to Antarctica including Hurtigruten Quark Expeditions Seabourn and Silversea have all cancelled their 2020-2021. In the past month most major cruise lines have suspended operations starting with hard-hit Carnival-operated Princess Cruises on March 12.

Carnival has announced that cruises are tentatively scheduled to resume in July 2021 out of Port Miami Port Canaveral and Port of Galveston. The line also canceled the European season for Carnival Legend which was scheduled May through Oct. Later in the year Cruise Maritime Voyages acquired Grand Holiday and renamed her Magellan.

The 2005-built cruise ship will be restarting cruises in the new year when she sets sail on January 3 2022 from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas. Here Are The Cruise Lines Operating Right Now. Operations resumed December 19 2020 Carnival.

As some cruise ships have operated under multiple names all names will be listed in the Status section along with the history of the vessel under the vessels current or most recent name. Celebrity Cruises has not formally announced their complete new health protocols for cruises when they restart which are being developed in consultation with the Healthy Sail Panel group that was assembled by the Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. In an evening tweet President Trump said Carnival Royal Caribbean Norwegian and MSC Cruises had acted at his request.

While we have seen a few cruise ships resume operations in Europe and other destinations around the world since last summer most of these vessels remain off-limits to Americans. The oldest cruise ship still operating on the open seas may be retiring this year. After pioneering the European restart back in August 2020 MSC Cruises currently has three ships in service in the Mediterranean and the United Kingdom.