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…This is possible. Remember we already have cruises out of Italy, Germany, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. Royal Caribbean has arranged for Grandeur of the Seas to homeport out of Barbados. I have previously reported that Norwegian Group has indicated to their crew that they are exploring starting up in Europe before the USA. Royal Caribbean are saying that when cruising does return, it will be in a phased approach, and also may resume sooner in othe…

…ged cruise ships, which have already been allowed to sail in Singapore and Taiwan. Among China’s main concerns, Mr. Liu said, is the risk of importing the virus through travel. To grow in China and get around this, Viking Cruises has recently formed a Joint Venture there with China Merchants Shekou, moving and registering Viking Sun in China to run high-end domestic cruises. River Cruising Update Many people have also asked me to include updates o…

…were open to German, Swiss and Austrians only, and in Singapore, Japan and Taiwan only local residents could go on each of those cruises. Australia is reported to be looking at Australian resident only cruises, as is the UK. Over time, this change will be scrapped as international travel opens and frees up with greater use of testing, vaccines and so on. 7-Night Only Cruises In the USA the CDC requires all cruises out of US ports to be no longer t…

…The main elements, which have been tested successfully by Italian, German, Taiwan and Singapore sailings to date, are (1) 100% testing of all passengers and crew, usually multiple tests before, during and at end of cruise; (2) reduced capacity of between 50% and 70% to enable distancing; (3) mask wearing inside the ship and at events outdoors when distancing not possible; (4) more digital-based muster drill; (5) limits on numbers at venues, events…

…ruises still operating are the cruises to no-where in Singapore, Japan and Taiwan; Aranui in French Polynesia and some of the Hurtigruten coastal services in Norway. The fifth thing to note, which I think also shows more about what lines think the actual return rate will be, is a recent move by Cunard. The cruise line has reduced their final balance payments to just 30 days before departure for all cruises due to depart up to 30 June. Of course, b…

…sume out of USA Ports. Other Countries Open Japan is joining Singapore and Taiwan in resuming cruises in a limited way. The no-sail order there expired at the end of October and local operators have started trials of short cruises calling on domestic ports. One of the first was the Nippon Maru, run by Mitsui O.S.K Passenger Lines who sailed with 200 guests and 100 crew on a 3-night cruise. So it is small scale but another country tentatively openi…