A GROUP of US-flagged cruise lines are hoping to start operations as early as Jun, as they are exempt from the no-sail order issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The cruise lines are excluded from the order due to their fleet sizes, with American Cruise Lines looking at a 20 Jun restart and American Queen Steamboat Company eyeing 22 Jun.
“The CDC order really is not targeted to lines with ships of our size that just operate in the US, it is specifically for vessels with 250 or more souls on board, passengers and crew in total,” said American Cruise Lines President & Chief Executive Officer Charles Robertson.