“It’s about making sure everyone’s vaccinated, making sure the environment itself has been retrofitted with the highest quality like advanced air filtration techniques, making sure that if there is a case that gets through those layers of protection that you’re going to substantially reduce the risk of secondary spread within the environment, and then if someone becomes ill within that environment making sure you have the capability to get them advanced medical care very quickly,” said Gottlieb. Gottlieb, who noted that “nothing is 100% and impervious,” believes that NCL’s “two layers of protection” will drastically reduce the risk of exposure and transmission.
NCL ENCORE CAPACITY FULL
“If all goes well,” said Del Rio, “beginning on the 61 st day we will resume full operations.” For the first 30 days of a ship’s operation, occupancy will be capped at approximately 60%, and will increase to 80% for the next 30 days. In addition to vaccination and testing, NCL is also operating all cruise ships with reduced capacity at first. We’ve invested a lot of money and time on this but it’s the right thing to do.” “We think that given everything we’re doing, this is the safest place on earth – certainly the safest vacation alternative. “We believe in it, and as you’ve seen over the last few weeks with the rise of the Delta variant, more and more companies and governments are following our lead. That was the advice of our SailSAFE Healthy Council led by Dr. “We committed that we would not start cruise operations unless everyone onboard our vessels were 100% vaccinated. Food and Drug Administration and Chairman of the SailSAFE Global Health and Wellness Council, Del Rio doubled down on the company’s SailSAFEprogram, which requires all guests and crew to be 100% fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and take a COVID-19 antigen test (paid for by the cruise line) prior to boarding. Scott Gottlieb, former Commissioner of the U.S.
The ship departed Seattle over the weekend for its inaugural season of Alaska voyages, the first of NCL’s 17 ships to return to cruising in the U.S. This past weekend, NCL celebrated its highly anticipated return to cruising from the United States with the Aug. More than 1,200 passengers have already booked tickets, promising to prove they’ve been vaccinated before boarding, the judge noted. The Norwegian Gem is set to depart from Miami on Sunday – the company’s first voyage from Florida since the pandemic halted its operations.
Each canceled seven-day voyage would cost the company another $4 million, the judge noted. The pandemic has cost Norwegian more than US$6 billion to date by forcing the company to dock its entire 28-vessel fleet and send nearly 30,000 crew members home. Norwegian had previously said that if it can’t maintain its vaccination policy in Florida, it will have to cancel all voyages leaving from the state or allow unvaccinated passengers on board, and both options would cause significant financial and reputational harm. And that’s what we did back on July 13 when we filed suit.” Referring to Florida as an “outlier” for passing the law, Del Rio added that the company had three choices: “We could break the law, which we would never do, we could accept the law and be forced to operate cruises in a less safe way, or we can challenge the law. “Nothing is going to get in the way of us protecting our guests and our crew and the communities we visit – including politics.” “We believe that around the world, the safest way to cruise is to have everyone 100% vaccinated and have everyone tested at the pier before they go onboard,” he said. 15 departure of the Norwegian Gem from Miami, with fully vaccinated crew and passengers onboard.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) president and CEO Frank Del Rio said that Florida’s ‘vaccine passport’ ban prevented NCL and other cruise lines from safely resuming cruises and that a positive verdict would allow NCL to cruise from Florida, beginning with the Aug. Prior to yesterday’s ruling, Norwegian Cruise Line hosted a ‘Great Cruise Comeback Press Panel’ at Seattle’s Pier 66 on Friday to commemorate the West Coast debut of its newest ship, Norwegian Encore.
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