Are Cruise Ships Still Sailing

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Are cruise ships still sailing. Carnival Mardi Gras departed from Port Canaveral on Saturday on its maiden voyage coinciding with a major celebration of. A number of cruise ships are back in operation globally as the industry continues its restart with some ships sailing at reduced capacity levels. An MSC spokesperson told CNN Travel.

Here are the cruise ships currently back in service or planning restarts in December. American Queen Steamboat Company. While this number is significantly better than the 70000 crew members stuck on passenger ships in May it is still a significant.

The good news for cruising is that as of June 26 2021 the first ship Celebrity Edge returned to sailing from the US. American Queen Steamboat Company resumed operations in March 2021. Five months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC issued a no sail order due to COVID-19 around 12000 crew members are still onboard cruise ships waiting to go home.

Cruise ship homeports and starting dates are as follows. All 28 cruise ships across the three brands are expected to be back sailing by April 1 2022. While other cruise lines are still sailing at a fraction of their normal capacity Carnivals newest ship is nearly full.

American Cruise Lines resumed sailings in March 2021. More cruise lines and ships are returning slowly but surely. There were numerous outbreaks of COVID-19 aboard cruise ships early in the pandemic and the CDC dry-docked the industry in the US.

Berthed in Civitavecchia Italy. Oasis of the Seas will sail seven night. 75 of the fleet is expecting to be operating by the end of this year.