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NCLH Announces Restart of Additional Cruise Ships Across Its Three Brands

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced today the next phase of its planned restart of cruising across its three cruise lines. NCL will resume cruise operations on eight additional ships by the beginning Fall 2021, Oceania Cruises with three, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises will deploy all five ships back to service by February 2022. All initial cruises will operate with fully vaccinated crew and in addition to the Company’s multi-layered SailSAFE™ health and safety program.

NCLH temporarily halts crew assignments from countries with high Covid-19 prevalence

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is temporarily suspending all assignments for its crew from India, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and South Africa amid a surge of Covid-19 cases in these countries. According to a letter by NCLH Vice President, Shipboard HR Operations the company has made a hard decision to suspend incoming crew movement based on reviewing crewing pools by country considering three factors: Prevalence, Number of mutations, and general availability of vaccines to seafarers in the listed count

Letter from Myanmar Crew to the Cruise Lines – Don't leave us in this storm

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Like many nations struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic, Myanmar faces additional destabilizing risks from the military coup. Cruise ship crew members from this country shared their concerns about the current situation and worries that this might affect their next sign-on date. In hopes that the cruise lines will not forget them they sent an open letter voicing their concerns.

NCLH releases a list of accepted vaccine brands for crew and vaccination updates

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As Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings prepares for a restart of cruise operations, the company announced important information regarding crew vaccinations and approved vaccine brands in a letter sent to its crew members via email. Following a recent crew survey, which NCLH conducted regarding the availability and intend to return to work on board, the company received a large number of inquiries related to vaccinations against Covid-19.

CLIA Calls for CDC to Lift Framework for Conditional Sailing Order

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The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), which represents 95% of global ocean-going cruise ship capacity, today called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lift the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order. According to the trade association, the CDC needs to allow the start for the planning of a phased resumption of cruise operations from U.S. ports by the beginning of July.

NCL cancels cruises on 3 ships through October and November 2021

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One week after Norwegian Cruise Line announced suspension of cruise voyages across the fleet through June 30, 2021, the company decided to cancel additional voyages on three ships through October and November 2021

Today the Facebook page Ncl Cruise Blog shared a letter from the Norwegian Cruise Line with important information about the latest cruise cancellations.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings cancels all voyages through June 2021

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced today another round of cancelations, extending the suspension of its global cruise operations by another month. The latest cancelations will affect all cruises on Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania and Regent Seven Seas through June 30. NCLH said it continues to work through its safe return-to-service plan to meet the CDC requirements of the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order.