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Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival Group, Viking and Resident at Sea have expressed interest in resuming Hawaii sailings in 2022, ending a nearly two-year hiatus following a pandemic-related no-sail order from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state Department of Transportation Harbors Division told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Thursday that it “is negotiating port agreements with several cruise lines” that include the state’s Safe Travels requirements.
Cruise ships stopped calling on Hawaii with the CDC order issued March 14, 2020. The CDC issued an updated conditional sailing order in October 2020 setting forth testing, laboratory standards and other trial sailing conditions required of cruise ships to operate in U.S. waters.
With the national rollout of COVID-19 vaccines this year, the federal agency on Oct. 25 updated and relaxed the requirements…