Ports closed to cruise ships in the context of COVID-19: What choices are there for coastal states?

Anne Choquet and Awa Sam-Lefebvre

Annals of Tourism Research, 2021, vol. 86, issue C

Abstract: In the COVID-19 context will coastal States open their ports to cruise ships to meet the needs of people in danger? Can they prefer a more self-centered approach to protect their territory and exercise their sovereignty? The purpose of this study is to analyze the legal framework for the management of health risk by coastal States in the context of the coronavirus threat on cruise ships. The lack of a clearly defined common management strategy in face of major health risk complicates the situation. Only cooperation between flag States and port States will make it possible to overcome any conflicts of implementation between the State sovereignty principle and assistance to persons in distress at sea.

Keywords: Coronavirus-COVID-19; Coastal States; Cruise ships; Shipping; Law of the sea; Maritime Law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.103066

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