Celestyal Cruises has made the “difficult but prudent” decision to suspend all sailings until the start of the 2021 season.

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has begun to advise against all cruise ship travel. This is due to the ongoing pandemic and is based on medical advice from Public Health England, the government body said.

Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH). have teamed up to develop enhanced health and safety cruise standards that would be open to any company to adopt.

Genting Cruise Lines has announced a restart of operations for Dream Cruises as the operator seeks to become the first to return to the seas.

With some borders gradually reopening and air service slowly resuming, yacht charter operators are hopeful that business will begin to rebound.

CLIA announced Friday that ships will not be sailing from U.S. ports throughout the summer, extending a pause put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.