BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 8, 2020
Bar Harbor shut its doors to all cruise ships for the rest of the year on Tuesday night, after councilors heard a cruise line’s plans to restart small cruises this summer and fall. The town, which normally gets more than 100 cruise ship visits annually between late April and early November, has had no cruise ship visits this year after the vessels became early hot spots for coronavirus transmission. But Paul Taiclet, of American Cruise Lines, told Bar Harbor councilors on Tuesday that its cruises weren’t subject to the CDC’s no-sail order or the trade group’s suspension because the firm operates ships that carry fewer than 250 passengers. The council voted 6-1 to bar all cruise ships from stopping in Bar Harbor for the remainder of 2020.