Canada Cruise Ship Ban Extended

[joepeka]

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23780-canada-extends-cruise-ship-ban-through-february.html

 

I didn't see this posted previously (which is surprising since it came out yesterday). As the story mentions, cruise traffic in Canada is minimal in the winter months so it's kind of a symbolic gesture, but does 2/28/21 subsequently become 4/30/21 and then 6/30/21 and even further? Hope not. ☹️ 

[Bgcruising]

I hope not too

[joepeka]

I see this thread was moved here from the Carnival board. I guess it sort of makes sense except that this board is far less visited and a similar thread on the Princess board is still there. 😏

[ULCajunCruiser]

On 10/30/2020 at 12:29 PM, joepeka said:

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23780-canada-extends-cruise-ship-ban-through-february.html

 

I didn't see this posted previously (which is surprising since it came out yesterday). As the story mentions, cruise traffic in Canada is minimal in the winter months so it's kind of a symbolic gesture, but does 2/28/21 subsequently become 4/30/21 and then 6/30/21 and even further? Hope not. ☹️ 

It's like you could see the future!!  Except they skipped, April, June, etc and jumped it up a whole year to 2/28/22!!!

[cruiserking]

Canada is lifting it's cruise ship ban November 1, 2021.

 

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/25483-canada-will-lift-cruise-ship-ban-for-2022-season.html

 

Jonathan

Edited July 17, 2021 by cruiserking

[Nitemare]

Odd choice of date.  I imagine there aren't (m)any cruises in Canada from 11/1 until at least late April?

[GTJ]

22 hours ago, Nitemare said:

Odd choice of date.  I imagine there aren't (m)any cruises in Canada from 11/1 until at least late April?

 

I just reviewed all of the cruise line schedules in the most recent issue of Canada and Alaska Timetable, and it is indeed true that no cruises are scheduled to begin from within Canada on November 1, 2021 or later. The last cruise vessel scheduled to be in Canadian waters for the 2021 season is the Oceania Insigna. It had intended to make two 10-night one-way journeys from Brooklyn to Montréal on October 1 and October 21, one 10-night return journey from Montréal to Brooklyn on October 11, and one 14-night repositioning journey from Montréal to Miami on October 31. While Oceania could delay its final cruise and depart Montréal one day late on November 1, 2021 (easily making up the lost day by skipping the scheduled stop in La Baie), it would be quite an effort for the line to deadhead the vessel from wherever it has been laid up to Montréal, only to then make a repositioning move to Miami . . . more likely the line would just resume operations from Miami on November 14. The cruise vessels begin returning to Canada in April, typically with Princess Cruises leading the way with its first vessels repositioning to Canada in the second week of April.

 

However, there are five year-round, or nearly year-round, international ferries that could resume operations on November 1, including the Alaska Marine Highway (at Prince Rupert, B.C.), SPM Ferries (at Fortune, Nfld.), Clipper Vacations (at Victoria, B.C.), Black Ball Ferry Line (at Victoria, B.C.), and Washington State Ferries (at Sidney, B.C.).