According to the US Coast Guard, 73 cruise vessels, with 52,000 crew on board, are moored or anchored in US ports and anchorages.
Another 41 cruise ships, with 41,000 crew members, are underway and still in the vicinity of the United States.
Some ships have been docked at their homeports for weeks but many of them remain anchored far away from ports, in the open seas. There are still operating cruise ships with passengers onboard, struggling to find open ports to disembark. Those vessels that succeeded in bringing passengers home can now struggle in finding a safe anchorage due to a shortage of berthing locations.
