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Passenger vessel operators say recovery from the pandemic's devastation is several years away. Their outlook for this once thriving market is colored by uncertainty over the Delta variant, supply chain problems, and the hard time they're having finding employees - licensed and otherwise. "None of us can afford to go backward," Colleen Stephens, president, Stan Stephens Glacier & Wildlife Cruises, Valdez, Alaska, and president of the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA), said during a WorkBoat webinar on post-Covid operations in July. Some of the changes made for Covid-19 continue like fewer trips per day or per week to conserve resources. American Queen Steamboat Co., for example, requires all passengers and crew to be vaccinated and tests vendors before letting them onboard. They also have two dinner seatings and two shows instead of one. |