Issue 40: June - September 2020

PortMiami

In normal times this is an image of which PortMiami would be justly proud – ten cruiseships in port at once. But these are not normal times and the aerial shot shows ten cruiseships idle.
Credit to PortMiami and Miam-iDade County as lay berth fees for homeporting cruiseships have been waived.

'Our cruise partners have our full support,' Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez said.

Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady was scheduled to be christened in Miami on 19 March, but this ceremony was postponed indefinitely due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic and first sailings delayed until 16 October.