Coronavirus-hit Princess Cruises to suspend operations


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  • Thursday, 12 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: The Grand Princess cruise ship carrying passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus, seen berthed at the Port of Oakland for a second night in Oakland, California, U.S. March 10, 2020.REUTERS/Kate Munsch

(Reuters) - Princess Cruises, the operator of two ocean liners quarantined because of numerous coronavirus cases, said on Thursday it would suspend voyages of all its 18 ships for two months.

The suspension upends an industry already struggling with cancellations following the outbreak, and comes after Finland's Viking Line temporarily paused operations of its river ships and ocean liners around the world.

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