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Jul. 11, 2022 - Cruise ship Industry almost back to normal
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Cruise ships are back in Seattle, but not quite back to normal.
While limiting passenger numbers to about three-fourths capacity, the Port of Seattle expects to see 1.26 million visitors this year.
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Jul. 11, 2022 - Cruise ship Industry almost back to normal
7/11/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
While limiting passenger numbers to about three-fourths capacity, the Port of Seattle expects to see 1.26 million visitors this year.
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Cruise ships are back in Seattle, but they're not quite back to normal.
The Puget Sound Cruise Industry started the season with agreements between the Port of Seattle, cruise lines, and local health departments detailing COVID protocols, which include having at least 95% of vaccine eligible passengers and crew vaccinated.
And in case COVID outbreaks do occur, there are also isolation and disembarkation procedures in place.
While anticipating that ships will keep their passenger numbers at about 3/4 capacity to help ward off the virus, the Port of Seattle expects to see more than 1.2 million passengers this year.
Thousands more passengers than 2019.
But the industry still faces challenges.
The latest involved a COVID outbreak on a cruise ship that docked in Seattle last month.
I'm Starla Sampaco.
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