Puerto Rico Earthquake And Cruise Ship

On Tuesday morning a 64 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico causing extensive damage and sadly killing at least one person.

Puerto rico earthquake and cruise ship. EST -- Cruises are continuing to call on San Juan Puerto Rico in the wake of two earthquakes that struck the island. To be able to handle the worlds largest cruise vessels Port San Juan invested around USD 8 million in building a 3rd dock. Puerto Rico Earthquake the Impact on Cruises.

A 58 magnitude earthquake struck southwest Puerto Rico early Monday morning causing cracks in homes and power outages. However the majority of cruise ships call at the port for as many as 8 hours which is enough time to explore quite a few highlights of Puerto Rico. Cruise tourism continues in full swing in Puerto Ricos main port of San Juan according to local officials despite the earthquake that interrupted electrical power service and caused damage on.

Cruise ships in San Juan Puerto Rico Photo by Brian Major. Cruise ship visits to San Juan Puerto Rico are being canceled for the 2020-21 season due to the privatization of the cruise port. The port of San Juan remained open after two separate earthquakes shook the southern region of Puerto Rico within 24 hours.

A month from now. According to El Nuevo Dia Royal Caribbean is canceling 90 calls to San Juan Puerto Rico for the 2020 and 2021 season. Cruise ships did not stop coming to Puerto Rico after the earthquake.

Im freaking out I travel to PR on Thursday were taking a cruise that ships on Saturday dont know what is going on over there. Cruise tourists contribute around 71 to Puerto Ricos economy. Three cruise ships are visiting Puerto Rico today with cultural programming to receive them despite Tuesdays major earthquake and power outages.

Carnival Cruise Line has issued a statement regarding their cruises to Puerto Rico and recent earthquakes that have hit the island. Puerto Rico tourism officials say the destination is open for business in the wake of last weeks massive earthquakes on the island. The cruise port was visited by 68 million cruise passengers in 2008-2009 79 million 2014-2015 and 15 million 2015-2016.