Carnival Cruise Sets Sail On First Cruise From Port Of Baltimore Since Industry-Wide Pause In Operations

3 years ago 432

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Carnival Cruise acceptable sail from the Port of Baltimore since the industry-wide intermission successful operations connected Sunday. The cruise departed connected a seven-day sail to The Bahamas.

Carnival is the archetypal to depart from the Port of Baltimore since the pause.

READ MORE: Baltimore County Police Investigating Fatal Motorcycle Accident

“We’re thrilled to beryllium backmost successful Baltimore, providing our guests with the relaxing abrogation they’ve been truthful patiently waiting for but besides supporting the section system and offering our unit members an accidental to enactment their families backmost home,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “Baltimore has been a fantastic spouse for much than a decennary and we are delighted to get Back to Fun successful this cardinal marketplace which serves hundreds of thousands of guests successful the Northeast and on the Atlantic Coast.”

READ MORE: COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 1.1K New Cases & 16 Deaths Reported Sunday

“What a large time for the Port of Baltimore!” said Port of Baltimore Executive Director William P. Doyle.

MORE NEWS: Prince George's Police Officer Kills Man Who Allegedly Tried To Fire Replica Guns At Him Friday In Oxon Hill

“We person waited a agelong clip to invited backmost the Carnival Pride to Charm City. Baltimore’s Cruise Maryland is terrific — our cruise terminal is straight disconnected Interstate 95 and BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport is lone 15 minutes away. The cruise terminal sits alongside Baltimore’s satellite celebrated Inner Harbor, arsenic good arsenic Federal Hill, Fort McHenry, and Fells Point. There’s plentifulness of sightseeing, dining, and buying options. So cruise from Baltimore, bask our large city, and sail to immoderate of the astir unthinkable tropical paradises successful the world.”

CBS Baltimore Staff

Read Entire Article