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

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...

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Published in:Annals of tourism research 2021-01, Vol.86, p.103066-103066, Article 103066
Main Authors: Choquet, Anne, Sam-Lefebvre, Awa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coastal States
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Cruise ships
Humanities and Social Sciences
Law of the sea
Maritime Law
Shipping
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Summary: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. •Some States decide formal prohibitions to accost or quarantine due to COVID-9.•States prohibit a ship from entering its waters because some passengers are ill.•Assistance to a ship and the passengers when a threat of serious and imminent danger•There are sovereignty and sovereign rights over maritime areas.
ISSN:0160-7383
1873-7722
DOI:10.1016/j.annals.2020.103066