Cruise & Ferry Review - Autumn/Winter 2020

2 2 9 “We have issued personal protective equipment to all of our staff since the very beginning of the outbreak, including gloves, masks and hand sanitiser. In addition, we have continued our sanitisation activities throughout the port facilities on a daily basis, with sanitising protocols in place in the cruise terminals and corporate offices.” The port has also been working hard to protect all non-employees, for example by installing hand-sanitising stations throughout the port’s high-traffic areas and busy contact points. “We are regularly disinfecting all vehicles and anything that is touched by a port employee,” he said. While putting measures in place for the here and now is essential to keep those who are accessing the port safe, PortMiami has also developed a list of business process adaptation to guarantee that it is well-positioned once the industry reboots. “We have been working with all of our partners – the coast guard, Customs and Border Protection, Miami- Dade Police Department and the Fire Department – to plan for the eventual reopening of the port to the cruise industry,” Kuryla said. “We have also created a health committee comprised of many of these members and are engaging with the CDC and federal agencies so that we can be 100 per cent ready to go once the CDC lifts the order and the cruise lines start sailing.” CFR “We are regularly disinfecting all vehicles and anything that is touched by a port employee” Mayor of Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez has been waiving all lay berth fees for home-ported vessels since 13 March to support PortMiami’s cruise partners during the crisis