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游轮航行未获批,嘉年华复工屡屡碰壁

游轮航行未获批,嘉年华复工屡屡碰壁

Maria Aspan 2020-08-04
嘉年华的游轮能否复工,最终决定权归属意大利。

面对疫情下的旅游业颓势,嘉年华公司(Carnival Corp.)力图尽快复航,招徕顾客乘坐游轮。然而事与愿违,嘉年华屡屡碰壁。

作为全世界最大的游轮公司,嘉年华身陷窘境。由于意大利政府并未通过游轮的航行审批,公司已经取消了旗下AIDA航线三艘游轮中两艘的航程。

在本周一的发布会中,嘉年华表示:“到目前为止,意大利还是没有批准2020年8月5日之后的短程航行,这和我们先前的预期完全相悖。所以很遗憾,我们被迫取消了AIDAperla和AIDAmar两艘游轮2020年8月5日至12日的原定行程。”

嘉年华的无奈之举也反映出了当下全球的复杂困局。其实,不仅是嘉年华要应对此次困局,其最大的竞争对手皇家加勒比游轮公司(Royal Caribbean Group)、挪威游轮公司(Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings)也都要在疫情肆虐下,设法恢复游轮服务。虽然嘉年华的企业总部设在美国迈阿密、公司注册地在巴拿马、AIDA航线的营业部设在德国罗斯托克,但预备本月启航的三艘AIDA游轮却均在意大利注册,船上要插意大利国旗。因此,游轮能否复工,最终决定权归属意大利。

不过,截至目前,嘉年华还未取消第三艘AIDA游轮的本月航程。根据计划,此船将在8月16日启航。对此,嘉年华在发布会中仍表示期待:“我们认为,这艘游轮可以在启航日期前获得船旗国意大利批准。”

虽然嘉年华对未来持积极态度,但两艘AIDA游轮遭遇行程取消可不是什么复工“吉兆”。鉴于新冠疫情对旅游业的沉重打击,游轮业务未必能在今年夏季顺利重启。而且,自今年3月以来,嘉年华不仅游船业务长期关停,还身负诸多法律诉讼,被指控对游轮内的疫情爆发处理不力。如此看来,未来仍不乐观。

目前,嘉年华与其竞品公司仍试图说服消费者和各国政府,辩称游轮复工可以保证安全。然而这场论辩的胜利希望十分渺茫——上月,美国疾控中心将“禁航令”二次延长至9月30日,禁止游船公司在此期间恢复客运服务。

无论游轮业何时复工,其行业规模都必将大幅萎缩。今年3、4、5月内,嘉年华亏损达44亿美金。上周,它更是“壮士断腕”,出售了旗下104艘游轮(数据截至2019年末)的其中两艘。嘉年华还宣称,将于今年出售或报废旗下15艘游轮,先前订购的游轮订单也将推迟交付。(财富中文网)

编译:杜心邈

面对疫情下的旅游业颓势,嘉年华公司(Carnival Corp.)力图尽快复航,招徕顾客乘坐游轮。然而事与愿违,嘉年华屡屡碰壁。

作为全世界最大的游轮公司,嘉年华身陷窘境。由于意大利政府并未通过游轮的航行审批,公司已经取消了旗下AIDA航线三艘游轮中两艘的航程。

在本周一的发布会中,嘉年华表示:“到目前为止,意大利还是没有批准2020年8月5日之后的短程航行,这和我们先前的预期完全相悖。所以很遗憾,我们被迫取消了AIDAperla和AIDAmar两艘游轮2020年8月5日至12日的原定行程。”

嘉年华的无奈之举也反映出了当下全球的复杂困局。其实,不仅是嘉年华要应对此次困局,其最大的竞争对手皇家加勒比游轮公司(Royal Caribbean Group)、挪威游轮公司(Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings)也都要在疫情肆虐下,设法恢复游轮服务。虽然嘉年华的企业总部设在美国迈阿密、公司注册地在巴拿马、AIDA航线的营业部设在德国罗斯托克,但预备本月启航的三艘AIDA游轮却均在意大利注册,船上要插意大利国旗。因此,游轮能否复工,最终决定权归属意大利。

不过,截至目前,嘉年华还未取消第三艘AIDA游轮的本月航程。根据计划,此船将在8月16日启航。对此,嘉年华在发布会中仍表示期待:“我们认为,这艘游轮可以在启航日期前获得船旗国意大利批准。”

虽然嘉年华对未来持积极态度,但两艘AIDA游轮遭遇行程取消可不是什么复工“吉兆”。鉴于新冠疫情对旅游业的沉重打击,游轮业务未必能在今年夏季顺利重启。而且,自今年3月以来,嘉年华不仅游船业务长期关停,还身负诸多法律诉讼,被指控对游轮内的疫情爆发处理不力。如此看来,未来仍不乐观。

目前,嘉年华与其竞品公司仍试图说服消费者和各国政府,辩称游轮复工可以保证安全。然而这场论辩的胜利希望十分渺茫——上月,美国疾控中心将“禁航令”二次延长至9月30日,禁止游船公司在此期间恢复客运服务。

无论游轮业何时复工,其行业规模都必将大幅萎缩。今年3、4、5月内,嘉年华亏损达44亿美金。上周,它更是“壮士断腕”,出售了旗下104艘游轮(数据截至2019年末)的其中两艘。嘉年华还宣称,将于今年出售或报废旗下15艘游轮,先前订购的游轮订单也将推迟交付。(财富中文网)

编译:杜心邈

Carnival Corp.'s efforts to woo passengers back to its cruise ships have hit another snag.

The world's largest cruise company canceled two of the three cruises planned for its AIDA line this month, after failing to get regulatory approval from the Italian government to set sail.

"Contrary to our expectations, the final formal approval for the start of the short trips from August 5, 2020 by our flag state Italy is still pending," Carnival said in a press release Monday. "Unfortunately, we therefore have to cancel the planned short trips with AIDAperla and AIDAmar with departure dates between August 5 and 12, 2020."

The announcement demonstrates the complicated and global regulatory landscape that Carnival and its largest competitors, Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, must navigate in order to restart cruising while the pandemic still rages. Carnival, which keeps its corporate headquarters in Miami but its place of incorporation in Panama, operates its AIDA brand out of Rostock, Germany. But the three AIDA ships that it planned to start sailing again this month are "flagged" or registered out of Italy, meaning that country has the final say on whether or not the ships can bring customers back aboard.

Carnival has not yet canceled its third planned AIDA cruise this month, which is supposed to set sail on August 16. "We assume that we will receive the last formal approval by the flag state Italy in a timely manner," the company said in its release.

But the cancellations of the first two AIDA trips do not bode well for Carnival's plans to get its ships back in operation this summer, as it fights to recover from the sweeping effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its industry. The coronavirus effectively shut down cruising in March and has since launched dozens of lawsuits over how Carnival handled COVID-19 outbreaks on its ships early this year.

Now Carnival and its competitors are trying to convince both passengers and international government officials that it's safe to resume cruising—with limited and apparently diminishing success. Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended its "no sail" order for a second time, barring ships from resuming passenger operations in U.S. waters until at least September 30.

Whenever cruising does resume, it will be a much smaller industry. Carnival, which reported a $4.4 billion loss for the three months ended May 31, last week also said it was getting rid of two more cruise ships from a fleet that numbered 104 at the end of 2019. So far Carnival has announced plans to sell or scrap 15 of its ships this year, and is delaying the delivery of new ships it had previously ordered.

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