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Holland America will sell 4 cruise ships

Holland America announced on Wednesday that it will remove four ships from its fleet, sold to new owners.

The four ships that were sold are Amsterdam, Maasdam, Rotterdam and Veendam.

The Maasdam, Veendam and Rotterdam are over 20 years old, and were built in the 1990s and carry 1,258 to 1,404 passengers.

The Amsterdam was launched in 2000.

Holland America Group CEO Stein Kruse said in a statement:

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Key West to vote on proposal to ban big cruise ships

Some Key West residents are proposing the city restrict, if not ban, big cruise ships from stopping at the island.

Florida Key News reports the PAC "Key West Committee for Cleaner, Safer Ships" has outlined three goals it hopes to pass as law in Key West:

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line cancels cruises through end of August

Bahamas Paradise Cruise line was just days away from restarting cruises, but announced on Monday it has pushed back its restart date to late August.

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the cruise line will now aim to cruise again on August 28, 2020 with the Grand Celebration cruise ship.

Carnival plans to sell ships off quicker than expected

Carnival Corporation provided a business update to investors, which outlines its plan to sell off 13 cruise ships quicker, while delaying new ship arrivals into the fleet.

Instead of selling off ships over the next few years, Carnival will accelerate the removal of ships in fiscal 2020.

Royal Caribbean Group now completely owns Silversea Cruises

Two years after buying two-thirds of the cruise line, Royal Caribbean Group announced on Friday that it now fully owns Silversea Cruises.

Royal Caribbean purchased the remaining shares of the ultra-luxurious cruise line, which gives it full ownership of the company.

Royal Caribbean Group bought two-thirds of Silversea in July 2018.

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AIDA Cruises announces they will begin cruising again in August

German cruise line AIDA Cruises, which is owned by Carnival Cruises, announced it will begin cruising again, beginning August 5, 2020.

AIDA's resumed sailings will have enhanced medical protocols, reduced passenger capacity and visit no ports during its initial sailings back.

AIDA will restart with three cruise ships sailing from Hamburg, Rosestock-Warnemunde and Kiel, Germany.

AIDAperla will be the first to set sail on August 5 from Hamburg, followed by AIDAmar from Rostock-Warnemünde on August 12 and AIDAblu from Kiel on August 16.

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Cruise ships could be easier to protect people from COVID-19 than college dorms

One of the co-chairs of a new health protocol group set up by Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line thinks protecting guests on a cruise ship from coronavirus would be easier than other tight quarter environments, like a college dorm.

Healthy Sail Panel's co-chairman Governor Mike Leavitt spoke to Royal Caribbean Group Chairman and CEO Richard Fain about the nature of a cruise ship and the challenges of developing health protocols on a ship.

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