摘要: |
Virus variants, threatened mandates, mask and sanitation protocols, supply chain woes and higher costs for everything including workers have tested the resilience of passenger vessel operators. So far, they're still afloat, but it hasn't been easy. They've adapted in many ways, such as going cashless, postponing engine repower-ings and other work, finding substitute products and burning through reserves. What's more, two existing challenges have gotten tougher: The widespread legalization of recreational marijuana has aggravated a worker shortage, especially when drug tests can show use but not impairment; and illegal charters have proliferated, filling the void left when governments shut down licensed vessel operators and land-based nightclubs. |