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The cruise ship industry, of Florida’s largest, is warning the state’s governor that a law he signed could make it more difficult for ships to return to sea after they were docked by the coronavirus pandemic.

Hundreds of cruise ship crew members began getting their COVID-19 shot Wednesday morning at the Port of San Diego, making it the first port in California to offer vaccines to such workers.

Cruise ship crew members will receive their first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in town, making San Diego the first port in California to be doing this. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more information.

The Port of San Diego is doubling shore power capability at its B Street and Broadway Pier cruise ship terminals to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on and around San Diego Bay, it was announced Monday.

A year ago, the Grand Princess captured the world’s attention when it became clear the coronavirus pandemic had arrived on the shore of California, making the virus real to millions in the United States.

Cruise ships are scheduled to return to the Port of San Diego this week and through the new year, part of an effort by the cruise lines to reestablish ships in U.S. waters as a prerequisite to resume cruising in a post-COVID-19 world, it was announced Monday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upgraded cruise ship travel to the highest possible risk level for spreading COVID-19 – weeks after the agency gave cruises the green light to set sail.

Cruise stocks rose Friday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it will replace its nearly 8-month old no-sail order with a less restrictive “Conditional Sailing Order.” The no-sail order expires Saturday.The new conditional order will remain in effect until either Nov. 1, 2021, the expiration of the Department of Health and Human Services’ declaration of a public…

Tens of thousands of crew members are stuck aboard dozens of cruise ships around the world, weeks after passengers were allowed to disembark amid the coronavirus pandemic

Passengers aboard two cruise ships that have had coronavirus cases and deaths have been given the green light to disembark at a Florida port

The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board while being sequestered “indefinitely” offshore during the coronavirus pandemic

Several cruise ship passengers have been able to disembark in San Diego over the past two weeks but after Tuesday, those vessels will no longer be able to drop off its passengers in America’s Finest City through the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

Congress has left cruise lines high and dry when it comes to emergency relief from the new virus outbreak