The CDC's Color Coding of Ships is Out

[Ladys Mom]

The CDC’s coding system is finally out.  Interesting read.  Scroll down to find NCLH ships:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/crew-disembarkations-commercial-travel.html?fbclid=IwAR2COVAusN5gRwSCh67yTeIC0NqcN7quoEMqXgbi6dCnBYi-sUtngsR_KeI#response

 

[zoncom]

Cannot find color definitions, whats red on Insignia? Thanks.

[njhorseman]

46 minutes ago, zoncom said:

Cannot find color definitions, whats red on Insignia? Thanks.

There's a link at " Determination for color-coding status (Green, Red, or Yellow) can only be made for ships if the following are true:"on the web page that takes you this page, which has the color definitions:

 

https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/cruise/management/interim-guidance-no-sail-order.html

 

COVID-19 Color-coding System for Cruise Ships During the Period of the No Sail Order

This guidance and the commercial transportation attestation are only applicable to cruise ship operators with a complete and accurate No Sail Order response plan for crew management and for their ships that have met CDC’s criteria for a “Green” ship. Cruise company officials must sign an acknowledgment of the completeness and accuracy of their response plan. Status of ships is contingent upon weekly submission of the Enhanced Data Collection (EDC) during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Green Ship Criteria

No confirmed cases of COVID-19 or COVID-like illness for 28 days, as determined by a qualified medical professional.

If the ship received ship-to-ship transfers within the past 28 days, crew must have come from a ship that had no confirmed COVID-19 or COVID-like illness within the 28 days before the transfer occurred.

If land-based crew embarked, they were immediately quarantined for 14 days upon embarking the ship.

Note: To maintain Green status, ships must submit a weekly EDC form to CDC. Failure to submit, changes ship status to Red. Green ship status means that CDC believes the ship is currently unaffected by COVID-19 based on information provided by the cruise ship operator.

Yellow Ship Criteria

Previously designated Green, but now has 1 or more COVID-like illness cases pending COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

If PCR positive, status changes to Red (must sign attestation again after meeting criteria again)

If PCR negative, status goes back to Green

If crew with COVID-like illness are not tested by PCR or if results are not available within 1 week of the case being reported, status changes to Red.

If the ship received ship-to-ship transfers within the past 28 days, crew must have come from a ship that had no confirmed COVID-19 or COVID-like illness within the 28 days before the transfer occurred. If not, status changes to Red.

If land-based crew embarked, they were immediately quarantined for 14 days upon embarking the ship. If not, status changes to Red.

Red Ship Criteria

One or more cases of confirmed COVID-19 or COVID-like Illness within the past 28 days, or

Ship received ship-to-ship transfers from a ship that had confirmed COVID-19 or COVID-like illness within the 28 days before the transfer occurred, or

If land-based crew embarked, they were not immediately quarantined for 14 days upon embarking the ship, or

During the past 28 days, the ship missed one or more weekly submission of the EDC form.

Note: Embarkation of passengers is strictly prohibited for all ships during the period of the No Sail Order and may result in suspension and revocation of this limited permission to operate in U.S. waters.

[chengkp75]

This plan has been out for over a week now, but please note it only applies to crew repatriation, a green classification has nothing to do with when/if a ship can resume cruising with passengers.  Note, that nearly every ship, whether red/yellow/green, is noted as "provisional" meaning that the cruise line's covid response plan has not been approved.  Until the plan receives approval, that line will not sail from the US.

[roothy123]

I found that whole No Sale Order as well as the color coded chart mentioned above very interesting.  CDC is doing a lot.  It's so easy to forget that even though cruise ships aren't traveling around, they still have lots of crew on board, and they must be kept as safe as possible, and people they interact with as safe as possible.

 

Did anyone ever figure out what cruise line it was that had to have their plan revised numerous times?  Just being nosy. 

[pinotlover]

At this point, it’s mostly a joke! The cruise lines have banded together to consolidate trips to get crews repatriated. Good thing right? Automatic red in the CDC’s eyes!

 

Here’s NCL’s timeline from what we can gather. They get the final report from their industry team on 8/15.

 

They make adjustments and submit a final plan around 9/1 to sail in Oct or November. During those 60 days, all the timelines on current CDC requirements have been blown past. Too many people are looking at the June injury report of a NFL team and claiming they all won’t play in September! 
 

Oceania has no intentions to sail until late October or November. All those June to early July CDC rankings mean as much as the ship’s toilet paper! 
 

As the CEO of Carnival said “ US ports may be the last to open!” Doesn’t mean they won’t be sailing from other ports to other locations!

Edited July 22, 2020 by pinotlover