https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #71 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ The cruise industry has long acknowledged the cumulative negative impact of illness outbreaks. COVID-19 presents a frightful situation. From a public health perspective, though, we shift from Distress to Redress and Address. Leader-SHIP is the newsletter that interweaves media articles and cruise industry responses to provide guidance on actions being taken against the novel coronavirus. It negates forces of disruption and decline with measures for steadfastness ultimately having you enhance the practice of public health in your own life and of those around you. PLEASE NOTE THIS ISN’T A COMPLETE LISTING OF MEDIA ARTICLES BUT A SNAPSHOT ONLY. In this Issue: - How Carnival Cruise Line Will Begin to Phase-in Cruises in August - Carnival cancels all North American cruises through July, no restart date set for New Orleans - Carnival Dangles $28-a-Night Fares for Planned Aug. 1 Restart - Cruise companies reveal whether over 70's will be banned from future sailings - Carnival to Resume Some Cruise Sailings in August After Months long Pause - Carnival Cruise Line Says It's Canceling Alaska Sailings - Gov’t denies claim of monetary request to quarantine ship workers - European Ports Open Giving Hope for Some Sailings Later This Year - Frustration as Passengers Struggle for Months Without Cruise Refunds - GAC and F-drones to develop drones for delivering supplies to vessels - Royal Caribbean Details Massive Plan to Get Crew Home - Portsmouth Marine Terminal to Host Trio of Norwegian Ships - 'We just want to go home': More than 300 Canadian crew members still stranded at sea aboard cruise ships - 'Locked in a cabin, you lose track of day and night,' says Brazilian crew member held on ship for 50 days __________________________________________________________________________________ Click link below to subscribe to Leader-SHIP e-Newsletter Email: [email protected] https://gphs-consulting.webflow.io/leader-ship-newsletter/newsletter-home 1 | Page https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #71 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ 06 May, 2020: How Carnival Cruise Line Will Begin to Phase-in Cruises in August Carnival Cruise Line unveiled a new plan this morning that included the canceling of additional cruises and the cruise line will being to phase in service starting in August. Carnival Cruise Line will resume cruises beginning on August 1 with a total of eight cruise ships from Miami, Port Canaveral and Galveston. In connection with this plan, Carnival’s pause in operations will be extended in all other North American and Australian markets through August 31. The key elements of this plan include all North American cruises from June 27 to July 31 will be cancelled. Beginning August 1, Carnival Cruise Line is planning to resume cruises on the following ships: Galveston: Carnival Dream, Carnival Freedom and Carnival Vista Miami: Carnival Horizon, Carnival Magic and Carnival Sensation Port Canaveral: Carnival Breeze and Carnival Elation. Other than the above referenced service from Galveston, Miami, and Port Canaveral, all other North American and Australian homeport cruises will be cancelled through August 31. Read more…. https://cruisefever.net/carnival-cruise-line-will-begin-to-phase-in-cruises-in- august/?utm_source=aimtell&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=campaign-1026118 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22873-carnival-cruise-line-to-start-service-again-on- august-1.html 06 May, 2020: Carnival cancels all North American cruises through July, no restart date set for New Orleans Carnival Cruise Lines on Monday officially canceled all of its North American cruises at least through the end of July due to the coronavirus pandemic. Carnival said on Monday that it tentatively plans to begin a limited sailing schedule from Aug. 1 with eight ships out of three ports: Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, and Galveston, Texas. The company said that all other North American sailings, including from the Port of New Orleans, are canceled through the end of August and it offered no potential restart date for those ports. The cancellations are the latest extension of the sailing hiatus that was first imposed in mid-March to comply with a "no sail" order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for cruises with 250 or more passengers. The CDC order has twice been extended: the latest, in mid-April, extended the "no sail" order to late July. Carnival issued an additional statement on Monday to emphasize that any resumption of sailings, including the eight ships it tentatively scheduled to restart on Aug. 1, is dependent on how __________________________________________________________________________________ Click link below to subscribe to Leader-SHIP e-Newsletter Email: [email protected] https://gphs-consulting.webflow.io/leader-ship-newsletter/newsletter-home 2 | Page https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #71 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ government guidelines evolve. "Any resumption of cruise operations — whenever that may be — is fully dependent on our continued efforts in cooperation with federal, state, local and international government officials," Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said. "Any return to service will also include whatever enhanced operational protocols and social gathering guidelines that are in place at the time of the resumption of cruise operations." Royal Caribbean International and Norwegian Cruise Lines said in mid- April that they expect to resume operations on June 11 and 30, respectively, and have offered no update to their schedule since then. Read more…. https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_987b1040-8e0d-11ea-a281-d7150bd3ac1f.html 06 May, 2020: Carnival Dangles $28-a-Night Fares for Planned Aug. 1 Restart Carnival Corp. plans to resume sailing on Aug. 1, becoming the first major cruise operator in the Americas to outline a return to operations after coronavirus outbreaks on several ships shuttered the industry. The company’s flagship Carnival brand said Monday it will restart initially from Galveston, Texas, and Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida. Departures from other home ports in North America and Australia are canceled through Aug. 31, and other pauses will last even longer. With several states starting to reopen their economies, the company is offering discounts of as little as $28 a day to get customers back. Still, many questions linger about the safety of cruising. When the industry shut down in mid-March, coronavirus outbreaks at sea wreaked havoc by trapping passengers, some of whom died, and placing demands on local health-care systems at a critical time in the pandemic. Read more… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-04/carnival-cruise-line-to-resume-sailing-aug-1- after-virus-halt 06 May, 2020: Cruise companies reveal whether over 70's will be banned from future sailings CRUISE lines are assuring older passengers that they will not be discriminated against for future travel, despite being classed as some of the most vulnerable to coronavirus. Some cruise lines have said their older passengers will not be discriminated against in the future, despite being classed as some of the most vulnerable to coronavirus. The news comes after updates in recent months banned over the 70s from boarding impending cruises. As the pandemic began to ramp up speed, several cruise lines including Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises made the decision to ban passengers over the age of 70 unless they had a letter from a doctor confirming they had no severe, chronic medical conditions. However, cruise lines have been working closely with the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and __________________________________________________________________________________ Click link below to subscribe to Leader-SHIP e-Newsletter Email: [email protected] https://gphs-consulting.webflow.io/leader-ship-newsletter/newsletter-home 3 | Page https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #71 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to come up with new ways to ensure passenger and crew safety once travel resumes. Read more…. https://www.express.co.uk/travel/cruise/1277541/Cruise-coronavirus-safety-measures-over-70s-royal- caribbean-cruises-latest 06 May, 2020: Carnival to Resume Some Cruise Sailings in August After Months long Pause Cruise line extends some cancellations as it continues to tackle fallout from coronavirus pandemic Carnival Cruise Line said it plans to resume sailings on eight ships departing from Florida and Texas beginning Aug. 1 and is extending the cancellations of some of its other voyages—in North America and Australia—to later in the year as it continues to tackle the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more…. https://www.wsj.com/articles/carnival-to-resume-some-cruise-sailings-in-august-after- monthslong-pause-11588614052 06 May, 2020: Carnival Cruise Line Says It's Canceling Alaska Sailings JUNEAU, Alaska — Carnival Cruise Line is canceling its sailings to Alaska this summer, a company spokesperson said Monday. The move adds to the mounting woes facing the state’s tourism industry amid coronavirus concerns. The announcement referred only to Carnival Cruise Line and not the other brands under the umbrella of Carnival Corp., spokesperson Vance Gulliksen said by email. Princess Cruises and Holland America Line, which also fall under Carnival Corp. last month announced dramatically reduced sailing plans for Alaska. Princess Cruises did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment on any changes to its plans. Holland America Line said so far nothing has changed regarding its plans. Tourism is a major industry in Alaska, with cruise ships bringing large numbers of visitors during the typically busy summer months. The number of peop le visiting the state on cruise ships went from 480,000 in 1996 to almost 1.4 million last year, according to a report by state labor department economists Neal Fried and Karinne Wiebold. Mike Tibbles, with Cruise Lines International Association Alaska, said so far 419 voyages to Alaska, with a passenger capacity of 825,200, have been canceled.