Americas & Caribbean

American Cruise Lines said six of its 13 vessels are now operating in eight states around the country.

Nobody knows when cruise ships will sail again from Galveston, but the port has begun planning for a phased resumption 'as early as July, just to be ready,' CEO/Port Director Rodger Rees said.

As expected, members of the House of the Representatives introduced a bill to revoke the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's conditional sailing order and resume safe cruising from the US by July.

Hurtigruten Expeditions' Seattle office launched an Earth Week Sale for Americans, while the Hurtigruten Foundation will donate to support Alaskan wilderness.

US Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis Sola has proposed that Port Canaveral be designated as a port where vaccines are made available to the crews of any cargo or cruise ships calling in Florida.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends avoiding all cruise travel, including river cruises, worldwide and issued new guidance for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people who ignore that advice and go anyway.

Two Carnival Cruise Line ships were released from standby off St. Vincent Tuesday, even as Soufrière volcano continued erupting, while a pair of Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises vessels remained in the vicinity.