{"id":396963,"date":"2021-04-07T16:28:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=396963"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:28:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:28:28","slug":"carnival-cruises-might-move-home-ports-out-of-u-s-due-to-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carnival-cruises-might-move-home-ports-out-of-u-s-due-to-covid-19-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Cruises Might Move Home Ports Out Of U.S. Due To COVID-19 Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcarnival-cruises-might-move-home-ports-out-of-u-s-due-to-covid-19-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=396963&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-800.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Carnival Cruise Line is seeing an increase in demand as travelers get ready to return to ships this summer, but with remaining COVID-19 restrictions in place in the United States, the company said it might need to move its home ports elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The cruise ship operator has seen a heightened level of people booking trips during the first quarter, up around 90% from fourth-quarter levels, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/07\/carnival-says-bookings-are-rising-at-record-pace-watching-us-rules-closely.html\">CNBC<\/a> reported. On top of that, the current bookings for next year are at higher numbers than bookings before the pandemic in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody wants to go away. And I will tell you, the next best thing to actually going away is planning a vacation. And that\u2019s what a lot of people seem to be doing right now,\u201d said David Bernstein, Carnival\u2019s chief financial officer, in a conference call on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Carnival CEO Arnold Donald said in a press release that the trends of booking show \u201cboth the significant pent up demand and long-term potential for cruising,\u201d per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The company also has plans to introduce six new ships by the end of 2021 in order to increase future demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will drive even more enthusiasm, excitement and demand around our restore plans with both our brand loyalists and with new recruits,\u201d Donald said in a conference call.<\/p>\n<p>The cruise line said that it expects all of its fleets to be sailing by next year. \u201cThis summer, it is on track to resume cruise operations with 30% to 50% occupancy on nine ships across six of its brands: AIDA, Costa, P&amp;O Cruises, Cunard, Princess Cruises and Seabour,\u201d CNBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>However, coronavirus restrictions and guidelines are making it vital for the cruise lines to keep adjusting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2021 will clearly be a transition year, we expect the environment to remain dynamic over the next 12 months as we roll out our fleet, while continuing to adapt to an ever-changing situation,\u201d Donald said.<\/p>\n<p>The cruise operator \u201cended the first quarter with $11.5 billion of cash and short-term investments, and must make its funds last until its business resumes,\u201d according to CNBC. In order to make its funds last, it has to gain clearance by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which still has a ban on sailing.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that it might need to move its home ports to locations outside of the United States if it cannot meet all of the regulations put forward by the CDC. As an example, the company said that it would not be able to abide by a rule that required all passengers to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d prefer to have those jobs and all the staff all be here,\u201d Donald said. \u201cBut if we\u2019re unable to sail, then obviously we will consider home porting elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur biggest constraint right now is being able to ramp up with crew,\u201d Donald said. \u201cIt will take us minimum 60, up to 90 days, to be able to get a crew on board, trained up with new protocols, etcetera, to be able to execute sailing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2021\/s0402-conditional-sail-orders.html\">CDC<\/a> put forward new guidelines regarding their \u201cFramework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) requiring cruise lines to establish agreements at ports where they intend to operate, implement routine testing of crew, and develop plans incorporating vaccination strategies to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of COVID-19 by crew and passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CDC stated that the next phase of the CSO \u201cwill include simulated (trial) voyages that will allow crew and port personnel to practice new COVID-19 operational procedures with volunteers before sailing with passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carnival Cruise Line is seeing an increase in demand as travelers get ready to return to ships this summer, but with remaining COVID-19 restrictions in place in the United States, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311821,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-800.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Carnival Cruises Might Move Home Ports Out Of U.S. Due To COVID-19 Restrictions","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-800.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Carnival Cruises Might Move Home Ports Out Of U.S. Due To COVID-19 Restrictions","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}