PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Port Canaveral officials are revising their financial projections for the current budget year to reflect the possibility that multiday cruises will not resume until July because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cruise industry has been shut down in the United States since March 2020 because of the pandemic that triggered a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no-sail order.
Cruise lines are working on restart plans that will meet the CDC’s “framework for conditional sailing” announced in October that replaced the no-sail order, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.
As a result of the port’s revised outlook for the return of cruise operations, Port Canaveral Chief Financial Officer Michael Poole is