Joy April 6 Cruise?

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Joy arrives in Miami April 6, and sails to Bermuda from New York April 9.  Is there a charter for the repositioning? 

[shof515]

no, the ship sails empty with no passengers. it is a crew only sail and the crew will get a much needed days off

 

it is very very common for ships to sail passenger-less between Florida and New York. that is the quickest way to reposition a ship

[zqvol]

Can’t transport passengers on a non US flagged ship, between two US ports without a stop in a distant foreign port, so no passengers allowed. 

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10 hours ago, shof515 said:

it is very very common for ships to sail passenger-less between Florida and New York. that is the quickest way to reposition a ship

Not just very common but REQUIRED unless they visit a distant foreign port as explained by @zqvol

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Ah, the dreaded Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886.  I should have thought of that.  It might have been necessary to protect US flagged ships from competition in 1886 when passenger service was only transport from port A to port B.  I just saw a list of US flagged ocean-going passenger ships.  There were only 20, and with the exception of Pride of America, none carry more than 170 passengers.  

[Rick&Jeannie]

Seems like the need for PVSA has disappeared!