from the article;
In the wake of numerous coronavirus outbreaks onboard, the CDC has banned Carnival, Norwegian Cruises, and Royal Caribbean cruise lines from sailing in US waters until at least July.
Those three companies alone represent $60 billion of the cruise line market. - TOM
The CDC just wants MONEY. Did you see Friday’s 12pm selloff in cruise line stocks? Under International Law the CDC and Homeland Security can’t impose most of their restrictions on foreign-flagged vessels. Also their health and care mandates violate Safe Haven and Maritime Aide provisions. Then there’s the whole issue of the states regulating private cruise ports, not the Feds for US to US home port cruising. Cruise ports are not international airports!
Hopefully Desantis will see the Fed overreach for what it is and tell DHS and CDC to pound sand. The ports are in state waters. The ships can get gussied up and play pretty from 8 miles to 200 to placate the Feds -just don’t impose restrictions in state waters on domestic-based cruising and cruisers.
Throw the bums out of the ports!