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PublishedJanuary 3, 2023
Bar Harbor businesses sue town over limit on cruise ship visitors
The ordinance adopted by voters in November puts a 1,000-person cap on the number of passengers who can come ashore daily.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2022
Bar Harbor residents launch effort to cap daily visits by cruise ship passengers
A group seeks to limit the number of passengers from cruise ships to no more than 1,000 per day.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2022
Bane or boon, massive cruise ships will return to Maine this year
With no travel restrictions and only voluntary COVID-19 regulations for cruises, the industry is back in full swing and bearing down on the state.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2021
CDC tells even vaccinated people to avoid cruise ships
Shares of Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. tumbled on the news.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2021
Cruises are back, but they may not see prepandemic passenger numbers until 2023
The industry saw 28.5 million passengers worldwide in 2018 and 29.7 million in 2019, but dropped off to just 5.8 million in 2020, an 81% decrease.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2021
Norwegian Cruise Line asks judge to block Florida passenger vaccine law
The law prohibits cruise companies from demanding that passengers show written proof of coronavirus vaccination before they board a ship.
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PublishedJune 25, 2021
Two children test positive for COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean cruise ship
The ship sails out of the Bahamas, and was the first by the cruise line to return to business in North America, requiring vaccines for those eligible.
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PublishedApril 2, 2021
Italy may be in Easter lockdown, but at sea, the party’s on
After cruise ships were early sources of coronavirus outbreaks, the Grandiosa has tried to chart a course through the pandemic with strict anti-virus protocols that seek to create a 'health bubble' on board.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2020
Cruise lines say they’ll test all passengers, crew as they plan to resume sailing
No date has been set for the resumption of cruising in the Americas.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2020
Cruise ship that dominated Eastport gets ready to depart
A cruise ship that tied up in Eastport during the pandemic is ready to set sail
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