Cruise News Today — September 24, 2022: Grand Turk Port Closed, Tropical Storm, Cruise Ship Scrapped
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Doug Parker provides several updates regarding Caribbean cruise operations and industry news for September 24, 2022. Due to ongoing dock repairs, the Grand Turk Crew Center is closed, causing Carnival Freedom, Carnival Sunshine, and Mardi Gras to skip the port this week. Additionally, the development of Tropical Storm Ian is noted. While no operational changes have been made yet, travelers sailing through the Florida Straits, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, or Tampa are advised to monitor communications for potential itinerary reroutes. The report also notes that travel insurance for hurricane coverage cannot be purchased once a storm has been named. In fleet news, Holland America Line has returned the MS Volendam to service in Trieste, Italy, after the vessel was used to house displaced Ukrainians. Finally, the report covers the arrival of the former Celebrity Cruises ship Zenith off the coast of India. The vessel, which was a significant part of Celebrity's early history and once homeported in Jacksonville, is preparing to be scrapped. The segment concludes with a report on declining cruise line stocks, noting percentage drops for Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian.
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expect a busy week ahead in the Caribbean between the grand TARC crew Center being closed for dock repairs and tropical storm Ian soon to be hurricane Ian spinning around down south
Holland America line has marked a full return to service after the MS volandam was being chartered to house displaced ukrainians over the past few months in Rotterdam
Celebrity Cruises former ship the Zenith has arrived the coast of India to be scrapped in 1992
Cruise Line stocks were down on Friday Carnival Corporation down 7.2 percent 8.95 Royal Caribbean down 5.5 44.42 that was 44.42 and Norwegian down 5.8 percent 13.55
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