From left, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, Chad Wolf, acting secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio attended a meeting with cruise line executives to discuss the coronavirus response at Port Everglades on March 7, 2020.
CEOs from the four largest cruise companies met via phone with Vice President Mike Pence Friday in an effort to get the industry operating again.
According to a White House readout of the call, the group discussed a published proposal from Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings that the companies say will allow cruises to resume safely in the U.S. The proposal calls for 74 protocols including testing all passengers between five days and 24 hours before boarding, requiring passengers and crew members to wear masks, lowering doctor-to-passenger ratio on ships and upgrading air-conditioning systems. The industry’s lobbying group