Passenger Vessels

Cruise_ships_docked_at_Interbay_near_downtown_Seattle_on_Puget_Sounds_Elliott_Bay_CC_Chuck_Taylor — A tug passes before docked cruise ships on Puget Sound's Elliott Bay. Creative Commons photo by Chuck Taylor.

Canada to restart cruise ship season in November

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Guests will no longer be required to wear masks on board or receive pre-cruise testing. American Queen Steamboat photo

American Queen lifts mask mandate, Covid-19 testing for fully vaccinated

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The main cabin has luxury Freedman seating for 26 passengers, centerline dinettes for 12 passengers, a barista station, and direct glazed windows throughout for enhanced visibility and natural light. ACI Boats photo

ACI Boats delivers passenger cat to Alaska

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The NPS named the all-steel passenger/utility vessel Annie Moore after the first immigrant, a 15-year-old Irish girl, who signed the Ellis Island register. TAI Engineers photo

TAI Engineers, Aluma Marine deliver new passenger/utility boat to New York

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On June 12, the 175-passenger American Constellation was the first cruise ship to dock in Haines in 622 days. ACL photo

ACL docks first passenger vessel in Haines, Alaska, in 622 days

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American Cruise Lines has more than doubled in size since 2017. American Cruise Lines photo

American Cruise Lines to build two more modern riverboats

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CDC recommended to the Coast Guard and other federal agencies that they no longer enforce mandatory mask wearing in outdoor spaces. David Krapf photo

CDC relaxes mask mandate for outdoor spaces on passenger vessels

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Wilderness Adventurer crew bow wearing masks — Crew of the Wilderness Adventurer wear masks during its August 2020 Alaska cruise that was cut short. UnCruise Adventures photo

PVA continues to call for an easing of the mask mandate

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The Seastreak Commodore grounded in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, where police and fire vessels evacuated passengers and crew. Video image courtesy Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park.

Seastreak ferry grounds in New York, 125 evacuated

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Passenger vessel operators want the Coast Guard to consider a number of options as it weighs possibly requiring safety management systems (SMS) that would affect the whole industry. Ken Hocke photo

Passenger vessel operators push back against safety management systems

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Wilderness Adventurer crew bow wearing masks — Crew of the Wilderness Adventurer wear masks during its August 2020 Alaska cruise that was cut short. UnCruise Adventures photo

PVA pushes for easing of mask mandate

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Image courtesy of Water-Go-Round

North America’s first commercial hydrogen fuel cell, zero-emission e-ferry

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National Geographic Sea Lion. Lindblad Expeditions photo

Lindblad-National Geographic to reactivate two more ships in Alaska

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